“The man who was once responsible for the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency was giving a background interview during a train ride, but he didn’t notice that a fellow passenger was live tweeting the highlights. In truth, we didn’t learn any secrets from Ret. Gen. Michael Hayden, …
Read More »Monthly Archives: October 2013
Blogger Confronts Norms About Loving Trans Women
“I never thought I would have to come out about being attracted to women. But that’s the funny and sad position I’m in these days. Although I don’t see anything different about my sexual orientation, most people do. About four years ago, I was an exchange student in Thailand, a …
Read More »Bear Hunting Is Why Sarah Palin Rejected Piers Morgan
Why did Sarah Palin reject an invitation to appear on Piers Morgan Live on CNN? Apparently she was too busy hunting bears, at least based on a photo she sent out that resulted in some interesting tweets from Morgan. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (TYT University and Common Room), Eboni K. …
Read More »Racist Daily Show Interview Fallout
“Responding to the backlash from his racist “Daily Show” interview on Wednesday night regarding North Carolina’s controversial voter ID laws, grumpy GOP precinct chair Don Yelton appeared on WWNC’s “The Pete Kaliner Show” Thursday afternoon to address the criticism. But Yelton, who referred to “a bunch of lazy blacks,” in …
Read More »Grand Bargain Shot Down By Harry Reid
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ruled out a grand bargain, dismissing it as “all happy talk” in a Nevada public radio interview Thursday. “That’s all happy talk. I would hope that were the case, but we’re not going to have a grand bargain in the near future,” Reid told KNPR …
Read More »World Media Summit: China’s Attempt to Buy Off Your Media | China Uncensored
Some of the biggest names in Western Media showed up to the World Media Summit in Hangzhou, China, but so why is it that a meeting with the likes of News Corp, The Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, the BBC, and Google didn’t get reported on by any of those medias? …
Read More »Things You Do Online That’d Be Creepy In Real Life
Feeling #Blessed. Share This: http://on.fb.me/1du2Gyq Tweet This: http://bit.ly/1du2Kyc Featuring Andrew Ilnyckyj as The Creepy Guy: https://www.facebook.com/itsandrewilnyckyj Music: Ranz Des Vaches http://www.incompetech.com LINKS! http://www.buzzfeed.com http://www.buzzfeed.com/video http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeed http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedvideo http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedyellow http://www.youtube.com/cnnbuzzfeed BuzzFeed Video: BuzzFeed is the world’s first true social news organization. Featuring tasty, short, fun, inspiring, funny, edgy, interesting videos from theBuzzFeed. …
Read More »Obama’s ‘tech surge,’ HBO bundle, and ‘Hellraiser’ reboot: 90 Seconds on The Verge
Obama Administration promises to fix healthcare.gov by the end of November…Comcast offers HBO bundle…’Hellraiser’ is coming back. http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/25/5028778/white-house-healthcare-gov-will-be-fixed-by-the-end-of-november http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/24/5026452/comcast-launches-internet-plus-hbo-bundle-for-broadband-customers http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/25/5027242/rebooted-hellraiser-confirmed-by-writer-clive-barker Written by Nathan Cykiert and Ross Miller. Video and Production by Christian Mazza and Regina Dellea. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit …
Read More »Web Exclusive Interview: Dierks Bentley on Pearl Jam (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
In this exclusive interview, Dierks Bentley talks about listening to Pearl Jam for the first time and playing with Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready. Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c Get more Jimmy Fallon: Follow Jimmy: http://Twitter.com/JimmyFallon …
Read More »The Upsetting Origins Of Everyday Sayings
You’ll be pleased as punch to watch this. Share On Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1d8tIsA Share On Twitter: http://bit.ly/1d8tLVe Music: https://soundcloud.com/stelios_strong/s-strong-whitestick-free-d-l Credits: Photos and video courtesy of Shutterstock Vectors courtesy of Vectorstock Covent Garden Market/WikiMedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nebot,_Balthazar_-_Covent_Garden_Market_-_1737.jpg Wilson’s Creek Charge Of 1st Iowa/WikiMedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Wilson%27s_Creek_charge_of_1st_Iowa.jpg Punch Judy QE2/WikiMedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Punch_Judy_QE2_58.jpg Swanage Punch & …
Read More »