The Daily Populous

Saturday May 20th, 2017 evening edition

image for How and Why Has "Mr Brightside" Never Left the UK Charts?

However, when the single was re-released in 2004 there was a global change of heart and ev-e-ry-body suddenly gave an enormous shit about The Killers.

It spent a run of 35 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS (THIRTY-FIVE!!!)

If you're in university now, you are probably just a little too young to remember "Mr Brightside" on its first go-around.

But can we actually though like this isn't even a drunk thing" even though it absolutely is a drunk thing.

"Mr Brightside" is a song that's been blessed with the same quality as genres like UK garage and disco.

At the same time, though, how fucking Jeremy Corbyn Has Just Been Elected Prime Minister of the UK is this?

Because – in the hopeful eyes of the British public, at least – Jeremy Corbyn is "Mr Brightside". »

Russiagate Blows Wide Open and Comey Agrees to Testify

Authored by medium.com
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Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Trump asked Comey to shut down the FBI’s investigation into his then National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

The Times cited a memo Comey reportedly wrote after the February meeting with Trump, which took place the day after Flynn resigned.

Trump denied the allegation that he asked Comey to halt the investigation two days later, at a press conference alongside Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. »

Von Braun Mars Expedition

Authored by astronautix.com

Wernher von Braun made the first engineering analysis of a manned mission to Mars in 1948.

Von Braun envisioned not a simple preliminary voyage to Mars, but an enormous scientific expedition modeled on the Antarctic model.

Von Braun Mars Expedition - 1952 Mission Summary: Summary: First serious design for a manned expedition to Mars. »

Trump Budget Would Wallop EPA's Climate and Environment Programs

Authored by insideclimatenews.org
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It would cut Environmental Protection Agency funding by nearly one-third, slash spending on renewable energy innovation, and eliminate the Greenhouse Gas Reporting program, among other programs.

The president's so-called "skinny" budget, released in March, also called for slashing EPA funding by 31 percent but was light on detail.

Under the leaked proposal, the Department of Agriculture's budget would be slashed by more than 20 percent overall. »

The Last Man to Play Halo 2 on Xbox Live

Authored by kotaku.com

Nearly a month after Microsoft shut down the original Xbox Live, he was one of the Noble 14 who kept their connections running.

If you own an old Xbox and play online with it, or still play original Xbox… Read more.

This is the end of multiplayer on Halo 2 and the original Xbox Live. »