Here’s another song that references Nero:

Greg Sargent and Nate Cohn discuss the increasing importance of Southern black voters to the success of the Democratic Party.

Everyone seems to think that the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner should end the crisis in Ukraine. I don’t think it will work out that way.

You know what’s classy? How about stealing credit cards from the people who died in the plane crash?

Gazans are very active tunnelers.

Beware of donkey attacks.

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