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Julia Louis-Dreyfus hangs out with Joe Biden

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:56:00 +0000

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays a vice president on HBO's "Veep," recently had lunch with Vice President Joe Biden, who regaled her with racy jokes, his motorcade and a cellphone selfie:

Raul Castro gets new five-year term as Cuba’s president, names first vice president

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:34:00 +0000

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's parliament has named Raul Castro to a new five-year term as president and rising star Miguel Diaz-Canel his first vice president.

The 52-year-old Diaz-Canel is now the first in line to succeed Castro. He is the highest-ranking Cuban official who didn't directly participate in the 1959 Cuban revolution.

The selections were reported by state media Sunday.

Real Joe Biden upstages “Diamond” Joe Biden on Reddit AMA

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:51:00 +0000

In honor of The Onion's Kindle release of "The President of Vice: Autobiography of Joe Biden," the fake news site hosted a Reddit AMA starring the one and only "Diamond" Joe Biden, the vice president's sleazy, womanizing, Trans Am–loving alter-ego:

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"Diamond" Joe Biden wrote on Reddit:

You are welcome to ask me anything about the book, how to round up tail and make them wail, my Trans Am, things you can make into a pipe, Barack, or where we can hook up later if you're a smokin' hot mamacita.

I'm fairly hammered right now so I'll try to answer as many of your questions as I can before I pass out. I don't know what other crap I'm supposed to type here. Please buy this book or some real rough dudes are gonna hurt Joe real bad. Until then, grab a brewski and enjoy the ride.

To verify that I am real person, a tweet from my publisher @TheOnion

And then real magic happened. Moments after The Onion went live with the Q&A session, the real Joe Biden upstaged "Diamond," asking him to check out Biden's corvette, rendering the Internet speechless:

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