can t make that up. i it s like a movie, right? now that 2012 is gone, there are words and phrases that should go with it. scholars at lake superior university decided there are about 12 of those words and phrases that need to be put out to pasture. on the list, yolo, which means you only live once. fiscal cliff. hello. just go away. superfood, all had enough of it. i haven t had enough of the food, but you know. everything seems to be a superfood these days. trending, because it s not anymore. and bucket list, because the things on it tend to be less exciting than they used to be. i m glad to see yolo. yolo and fiscal cliff. they can just, you know what s trending right now? are these trending? it s a good look, isn t it? happy new year, everybody. these are my new prescription glasses. i m going to wear them the rest of the year. nicely done.
presidency. i want to switch to another subject here. fiscal cliff. we re talking about here words that are banished. lake superior university puts out a list of banished words this year. numbers one and two this year are fiscal cliff and kick the can down the road. now, regardless of today s outcome is the damage already done for congress? whether they come up with a small deal or not here when it comes to the american people, they ve already decided congress is useless. well, i think those of us who tried to function over the last couple years in congress have been saying that. we can t figure out who even the 10%, who support congress, are. we are totally dysfunctional right now and this is just probably the worst example of it. you know, i heard speaker boehner say a number of times that he doesn t believe in compromise and a lot of republicans say the same thing. they say let s find common ground and act on that. well, there just isn t much common ground. if, in fact, the number
it s going to be hilarious. stay home. deep on cnn. stay with us. the countdown to the republican caucuses. the first contest over who will face president obama in november. we ll take you live to des moines. and a corporation bows to public pressure. verizon convenience fee, fuhgedaboudit. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we start with iowa and the republican presidential race. there are just three days now until the first votes are cast, which means plenty of action this weekend in places like goblin goat and bloomers. a taste of what potential voters are hearing. we are just a few days, you know, before, before an important election. some people say, why does iowa have so much clout? it s a small state, and it has such great meaning, because it s sending a message around the country. a week ago we in last place. so right now people are thinking my whole emphasis on brain science coming in directly from dealing see that ambush, dealing with the real probl
more on the race straight ahead live. newt gingrich is starting his day in iowa meeting with moms at a coffee shop. newt gingrich has seen his support among likely caucus goers plunge. part of the reason is negative ads targeting him. analysis finds almost half of all the political ads in iowa have been attack ads against gingrich. crowds defy danger and took to the streets in syria today. opposition groups call the rallies the crawl to freedom square. they urge demonstrators to defy sniper attacks to make their way to public gathering places. the opposition says 32 people were killed by security forces today. the uprising has prompted some soldiers to defect. translator: we got the orders in the army that went against my oath as a soldier. i had sworn to protect civilians, but when i saw what the government forces were doing to the people, i defected. they say there will be no change in policy despite the death of kim jong il now replaced by his son. the state-run ne
quarter of its value during the housing crisis. can you believe that? the real estate website zillo says it is depreciated to $253 million even though the obamas added a vegetable garden and fancy swing set to the 132-room house. and they kept the bowling alley. i can t believe it. that s got to be worth something. this is an interesting indicator of prices. but it s not for sale any time soon. what were the most annoying words for 2010? any guesses? i can think of a few. well, lake superior university does this every year. number one viral. they say get rid of viral. runners-up included epic and fail. they re often used together on the internet to describe a fail of epic proportions that goes viral. that story s going to go viral. sure is. and as great as they are, roger federer and rafael nadal cannot walk on water, or can they? look at this. oh, my goodness.