This is the best video you will see all week, I promise.

“Wings of a Dragon” by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally

enough now.

newsweek:

BFFs 4 life.

mentalflossr:

Even with the long life expectancy of giant tortoises, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise named Adwaita blows all others away with a life lasting around 255 years. Estimates put his birth date around 1750, making him an entire generation older than the United States of America.

The tortoise was…

jamesnord:

Marina City, or The Wilco Towers 

allcreatures:

bunnyfood: (via)

thedailywhat:

Mission Accomplished of the Day: US Navy SEALs — members of the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden — were dropped into Somalia last night and successfully completed an operation to rescue two aid workers who have been held hostage since October.

American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Dane Poul Thisted, 60, are reportedly in “good condition” and on their way to be reunited with their families.

The operation had been authorized by President Obama and carried out before yesterday’s State of the Union address. Just before the speech, the President greeted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and congratulated him on a “good job.”

“Thanks to the extraordinary courage and capabilities of our Special Operations Forces, yesterday Jessica Buchanan was rescued and she is on her way home,” Obama said in a statement released early this morning. “As Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission, and the dedicated professionals who supported their efforts.”

He went on to emphasize that the abduction of American citizens will not be tolerated, “and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens and to bring their captors to justice.”

There were no injuries among American service members participating in the mission, but all kidnappers were reportedly killed.

According to the BBC, some 150 foreign hostages, the majority of them sailors, remain inside Somalia.

[photo: thestar.]

thedailyfeed:

Mitt Romney earned $21.6 million in 2010 — and paid just 14% in taxes, far less than Newt Gingrich’s 31.7% or Obama’s 26.3%.

In fact, the Romneys paid a higher tax rate to foreign countries, handing over 18 percent on the almost $375,000 that they garnered abroad. The former Massachusetts governor also shelled out almost $3 million to charity, roughly 16 percent of his post-tax haul.

washingtonpoststyle:

In a phone call from the Capitol immediately after the State of the Union address last night, President Obama informs John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica, a kidnapped aid worker, was rescued by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia earlier that evening. 

Official White House photo by Pete Souza

butyourelikereallypretty:

But You’re Like Really Anorexic, Demi Moore.

teamcoco:

Conan and Andy are dead ringers for Newt and Calista Gingrich. [more photos]

mentalflossr:

Born in 1790, John Tyler was our 10th President. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died. And he has two living grandchildren!

Not great-great-great-grandchildren. Their dad was Tyler’s son.

How is this possible? The Tyler men have a habit of having kids very late in life. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, one President Tyler’s 15 kids, was born in 1853. He fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler in 1928.

[Source: Genealogy of John Tyler]

juliasegal:

Just do what Buffalo Bill says!