Schedule note: Crackpot Utopia: The Year in Republican Crazy, Part 8 -- coming up at 6pm ET/3pm PT

You Can't Make This Stuff Up Dept.: On FOX "News" (March 3), "America's Mayor" rates Vladimir Putin over President Obama: "Putin makes a decision, and he executes it, quickly. . . . That's what you call a leader."

Sorry, minor technical difficulties here, but we'll be back with Part 8 of Noah's "2014 in Review" at 6pm ET/3pm PT. -- Ken

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