“One tweet seems to have upended the lives of at least two people and transfixed Silicon Valley over the past two days. Adria Richards, a San Francisco-based, self-proclaimed “developer evangelist” for SendGrid, a cloud-based email service apparently overheard a joke while attending Pycon, a convention in Santa Clara, Calif. to …
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Obama Gives Monsanto Get Out of Jail Free Card
“Anger is growing against President Barack Obama the day after he signed into law a spending bill that included a provision opponents have dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act.” That bill, the HR 933 continuing resolution, was mainly aimed at averting a government shutdown and ensuring that the federal government would …
Read More »Limbaugh vs. O’Reilly! Bible Thumpers and Gay Marriage
“On his radio show this afternoon, Rush Limbaugh took a swipe at Bill O’Reilly after the Fox News host and his guest said the opponents to same-sex marriage have no “compelling” argument besides “thumping the Bible.”* What’s this? Is Bill O’Reilly saying positive, supportive things about gay marriage? Unshockingly, Rush …
Read More »Rum Company’s Controversial ‘Rape’ Ad
“Angostura single barrel rum is a product of the House of Angostura (owned by CL Financial) in Trinidad and Tobago. This is a newspaper ad that ran at the end of last year. The headline and tone of the ad certainly contradict the tagline: “We Know Good Taste.”* Angostura has …
Read More »Bill Clinton Screws Ashley Judd
“Kentucky Democrats, along with Bill Clinton, possibly worried about the potential pitfalls of an Ashley Judd candidacy, are reportedly pushing another state Democrat to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2014. Politico reports that Clinton is courting Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky secretary of state, to get into the race.”* Ashley …
Read More »Margaret Cho Body Shamed at Korean Spa
“Actress and comedian Margaret Cho recently revealed that she was forced to cover up her body at a Los Angeles Korean spa because her tattoos offended other customers. In an essay she wrote for Jezebel, Cho, 44, said she was told by the spa manager that her tattoos were “taboo” …
Read More »Why Marriage Equality Matters
“Somebody wrote me a large speech which I’m not going to make but there are a couple of things I wanted to say. I wanted to tell you what marriage meant to me. “When my beautiful sparkling Thea died four years ago I was overcome with grief. Within a month …
Read More »Rush: We Lost on Gay Marriage
“Rush Limbaugh admitted on his radio show Wednesday that he thinks the nationwide legalization of gay marriage is inevitable. Limbaugh was reacting to the Supreme Court hearings on Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. He said that opponents of gay marriage are being told that “the country is …
Read More »Congressman Freaking Out Over Parking Ticket
“Outspoken Tea Party Republican Rep. Louis Gohmert (TX) got into a late-night altercation with U.S. Park Police over a parking ticket earlier this month. According to Politico, Gohmert attempted to pull rank with the police officers to get out of the citation. A National Park Service (NPS) police report said …
Read More »F*%$ Yeah Googly Eyes!!!
Googly Eyes make everything in life better. Music: https://soundcloud.com/dj-mike-mission/reverse-running-man-pre-master Inspired by: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/pictures-that-prove-googly-eyes-make-everything-better
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