After (semi) apologizing to Nate Silver for doubting his spot-on statistical insights into the 2012 presidential election, Joe Scarborough's gut instinct is now telling him to go after another guy who knows his data: Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
Players: Zach Galifianakis, oddball comedian best known for The Hangover and a guy who interviews celebrities between two ferns; the Koch brothers, billionaires with major conservative power.
Consumer Reports has gotten itself into some uncomfortably tepid water over a recent declaration. About bagels.
The Players: Chick-Fil-A, the Southern based fried-chicken fast-food chain, which employs the tagline "Eat Mor Chiken" (sic) to sell its greasy deliciousness; Eat More Kale, an eco-friendly T-shirt business that promotes sustainable food screen-printing its very similar sounding slogan "Eat More Kale" on t-shirts.
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