Andrea Cantor
By Andrea Cantor
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News Valentine Compares Burning Love To Jews In Oven At Central Michigan University
Valentine’s Day took an ugly turn at the College Republicans’s holiday party at Central Michigan University, when a card featuring Adolf Hitler and bearing the words “my love 4 u burns like 6,000 Jews,” mysteriously emerged. Members gave Valentine’s Day bags to each other during the February 8 party, and one bag contained an anti-Semitic…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Schumer Says Sessions Confirmation Turned His Stomach
Senator Charles Schumer didn’t mince words on how the confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general made him feel: physically ill. “When Jeff Sessions was passed, it turned my stomach,” said Schumer during a February 8 appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show. The Alabama Republican has faced accusations of being a racist and has…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Drake Stops Concert To Subtly Bash Trump
Drake sang a different type of tune when he interrupted his London concert to rant about President Donald Trump, although the rapper didn’t name Trump directly. “Every day I wake up and see all this bulls‑‑‑ going in the world, people trying to tear us apart, people trying to make us turn against each other,”…
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Culture Will Nazi-Hunter Simon Wiesenthal Become Comic Book Superhero?
For those who want a real life superhero, “Simon Says: Nazi Hunter” may be your comic book answer. The comic book draws from real life Holocaust survivor turned Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. If you are already hooked, don’t hold your breath: The creators have only finished 10-pages out of the expected 32-page graphic novel. Andre…
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News Record High Number of Anti-Semitic Acts in England
Anti-Semitic activity reached a record high in 2016, reports the Community Security Trust (CST), a British charity that protects Jews from anti-Semitism. It has documented the number of anti-Semitic incidents in England since 1984 but 2016, with 1,309 reported incidents, saw a 36% spike from 2015 and broke the record for the most Jewish hate…
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News Trump Takes Prostate Meds for Hair Growth, and More From the First Doctor
Harold Bornstein, President Donald Trump’s physician since the 1980s, revealed more about his presidential patient than a doctor normally would in his recent interview with the New York Times: Trump takes finasteride, a prostate medication, for hair growth promotion, Bornstein revealed. Bornstein, who apparently also uses the drug for hair growth, and attested that it…
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News Ralph Lauren CEO Leaves After Less Than Two Years
Ralph Lauren Corp. announced today that Chief Executive Officer Stefan Larsson, 42, is leaving after less than two years as CEO, according to the Chicago Tribune. Larsson was brought on board to implement a new creative vision, but reportedly he and Ralph Lauren, 77, disagreed on how to revive the brand. Shares are down 11…
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News Archaeologists Find Ruins of King Solomon’s Mines
In the Bible, King Solomon was known for his wisdom, but his wealth was pretty legendary, too. According to Kings I, he had 12,000 horses, 1,400 chariots, 700 wives and 300 concubines to be exact — and new research reveals copper may have been how he paid for it. Archeologists from Tel Aviv University claim…
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