POTpourri

• Vermont passes Single Payer Health Insurance. All states need to do this! 
• 2013-14 BCS Championship Game is set:  Florida State vs Auburn.  
• Tremendous speech on the state of America by TV Series Creator/Writer David Simon.
• Oregon QB Marcus Mariota to return for junior year.  Big mistake.
• "Dads" on FOX needs more Brenda Song.
• It's going to be interesting following Daniel Adongo's NFL football career.  
• Congress got 239 days off in 2013, also on track to being least productive congress ever. 
• NFL Mock Drafts are already coming out!   
• RIP Nelson Mandela.  
• 2014 Grammy Award nominations can be found here. 
• The USA gets a tough World Cup draw.  
• How come the Republicans won't name which tax deductions they'd cut? 
• Boise State's Chris Petersen named head coach at the University of Washington.
• Houston Texans fire head coach Gary Kubiak. 
• Is Farrah Abraham getting her own reality show?  I'd just prefer more porn.  
• Are you familiar with the right wings treatment of Nelson Mandela? 
• Sporting KC wins 2013 MLS Cup title.   
• Rolling Stone Magazines list of the Top 100 Songs of 2013 is interesting.  
• Did McDonald's really triple their CEO's compensation?  That's hilarious. 
• Craig Bohl leaves North Dakota State for Wyoming.  I thought he could do better.