In hip-hop, this is a moment for choosing sides, making noise and unlikely friends at the same time.

NEWYORKER: Make Some Noise

Backed up by some unlikely friends - in this case a centipede, earthworm and grasshopper - James squashes the aunts with the peach and floats away.

BBC: Roald Dahl and the darkness within

Steven and Margret are unlikely friends, living and working half a world apart, but are united by a common desire to facilitate all of the good things people are doing in the world to build self-reliance through financial empowerment and education, and in so doing, they are leaving their marks on the world.

FORBES: Sometimes it Starts with Saving 25 Cents Per Week

In 1990, the year Ryan passed away, two great friends and unlikely political allies, Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, came together and introduced the Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act -- the CARE Act -- which was later named after Ryan.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Ryan White HIV/AIDS Act

Gingrich told friends it is unlikely he will return at all when Congress reconvenes in January, but he is not ruling out that possibility.

CNN: Gingrich stuns Washington by stepping aside

Though it is unlikely to win him many conservative friends, Mr Bartlett's analysis of America's fiscal prospects is compelling.

ECONOMIST: George Bush

GoDaddy is already an unpopular company in internet communities for its support of SOPA, and developing a reputation for shutting down sites without court orders is unlikely to win them any more friends.

FORBES: Did GoDaddy Help The Secret Service Shut This Website Down Without a Court Order?

Software filters to block under-age users are unlikely to work, because young geeks will find ways around them and share them with all their friends.

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