Google describes this man as an unidentified cellist who occasionally regales passers-by on Der Graben street in Vienna, Austria with his performances. All I know is he damn near drove me to tears, the magnificent, beautifully talented bastard. (The song is Andrea Bocelli’s classic ‘Con te partirò’, or ‘Time to Say Goodbye’.)
I just wish there were a button to mute the background noise, though the crowd appears deservedly respectful.
It’s not quite the same as the album version, but it’ll do for the occasion:
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She feels the ground is giving way
But she thinks we’re better off that way
The more you take the less you feel
The less you know the more you believe
The more you have the more it takes todayYou got to give it away / You got to give it away
You got to give it away / You got to give it away
You got to give it away / You got to give it awayWell she don’t care what it’s worth
She's living like it’s the last night on Earth
The last night on EarthShe’s not waiting on a savior to come
(Halle, Christe)
She’s at the bus-stop with News of the World and the Sun
Sun, here it comes
She’s not waiting for anyoneYou got to give it away / You got to give it away
You got to give it away / You got to give it away
You got to give it away / You got to give it awayWell she don’t care what it's worth
She's living like it’s the last night on Earth
The last night on EarthClock tells her that time is slipping / Slipping away
Tear drop sunshine / Slip slide
Two sides to one feels missing / Too heavy
Something she might be missing / Slipping away
World turns and we get dizzy / The world turns …
Spinning for you / … and we get dizzy
The way it's spinning for me / Slipping awayShe’s living, living next week now
You know she’s going to pay it back somehow
She hasn’t been to bed in a week
She'll be dead soon then she’ll sleepYou got to give it away / You got to give it away
You got to give it away / You got to give it away
You got to give it awayShe already knows it hurts
She's living like it’s the last night on earth
The last night on earth
Last night on Earth
Last night on Earth
I’ll see y’all tomorrow … or will I? (Yes.)
It looks like failed Senate candidate Christine “not a witch” O’Donnell has a brilliant idea for turning young voters against President Obama: More aggressively bad conservative rap!
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[source]
He's the 6 trillion dollar man
Hope and Change, it was a scam
Every baby born, owing 50 Grand
To Uncle Sam
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
6 trillion dollar man
Doesn't have a budget plan
Basic economics, is something he doesn't understand
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama StyleVerse 1
You're telling me he's leading, I'll just tell you, you are blind
During his term, he's golfed over a hundred times
Taken sixty one vacations, is he is out of his mind?
And he's bowing to Saudi Kings, he must be outta of his spine
He's demonizing success with pay your fair share
Which is pure hypocrisy, he's a multi millionaire
Don't you dare claim you built a business from scratch
Because as the ole Obama saying goes, you didn't build that
See he's King George and we compose the colonies
When terrorists attack, he issues them apologies
Added trillions to the debt, cause that's Obama policy
Says be your brother's keeper, but won't help his own in poverty
He's putting off the debt on the backs of your children
Can't create a net job, but promised two million
Obamacare raises taxes by 500 billion
We got to vote him out, if we want the country healingChorus X2
He's the 6 trillion dollar man
Hope and Change, it was a scam
Every baby born, owing 50 Grand
To Uncle Sam
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
6 trillion dollar man
Doesn't have a budget plan
Basic economics, is something he doesn't understand
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama StyleSpreading the wealth, is absolutely not charity
You really want America, with shared propserity?
That means what you earn, you don't get to keep
He's say were going forward, (Off a cliff) yeah leap
But he's a collectivist, so what can you expect
He wants you to sign your check over to the IRS
Biden's countless gaffes are mind numbing to observe
He spelled out JOBS as a three letter word
Obama doesn't like to lead, he'd rather be dancing
40 grand a plate banquets up at Clooney's mansion
See Clint Eastwood made this very evident
Every time you see an empty chair, you see the President
When you're going to get gas, don't you feel you're getting robbed?
Well the keystone pipeline is a shovel ready job
And I'm so tired of this Barack's a hero drama
Seal Team Six got Osama, Not ObamaChorus X2
He's the 6 trillion dollar man
Hope and Change, it was a scam
Every baby born, owing 50 Grand
To Uncle Sam
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
6 trillion dollar man
Doesn't have a budget plan
Basic economics, is something he doesn't understand
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama StyleVerse 3
This is the Obama nation, that we're living in
50,000 dollars of debt, per citizen
23,000 million Americans out of job
The door of opportunity, it needs a new knob
He spent 5.4 trillion, so remember this fall
If we reelect Obama, there's no future at all
Cut the spending now, oh yeah and before I forget
Young Americans have to pay back that national debt
Chorus X4He's the 6 trillion dollar man
Hope and Change, it was a scam
Every baby born, owing 50 Grand
To Uncle Sam
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
6 trillion dollar man
Doesn't have a budget plan
Basic economics, is something he doesn't understand
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama style
You didn't build that, You didn't build that
That's Obama Style
Of course, the lyrics (if you can bear either hearing or reading them) are little more than a smorgasbord of bullshit Right-wing talking points, not that you’d even need to pay them any attention to figure that out. Because barring anything resembling facts or cogent arguments on their side, what else do these people have?
Of course, that’s just an addendum to the larger point, which is that conservatives need to stop rapping. They really, truly and simply can’t do it. It’s crappy enough at the best of times, but these talentless hacks have managed to turn bad music into a form of torture that would make Dick Cheney blush.
(via Joe. My. God.)
I’d never heard of Adele before learning she’s the one who performs the latest James Bond theme, ‘Skyfall’, for the same-named upcoming movie. I can’t say this will make me seek out her other songs, but it certainly has that beloved 007 flair:
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This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the earth move and then
Hear my heart burst againFor this is the end
I've drowned and dreamed this moment
So overdue, I owe them
Swept away, I'm stolenLet the sky fall, when it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all togetherLet the sky fall, when it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfallSkyfall is where we start
A thousand miles and poles apart
When worlds collide, and days are dark
You may have my number, you can take my name
But you'll never have my heartLet the sky fall, when it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all togetherLet the sky fall, when it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfallWhere you go I go,
What you see I see
I know I'll never be me, without the security
Are your loving arms
Keeping me from harm
Put your hand in my hand
And we'll standLet the sky fall, when it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all togetherLet the sky fall, when it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfallLet the sky fall
We will stand tall
At skyfall
It’s definitely better than the utterly unmemorable theme for Quantum of Solace (2008), ‘Another Way to Die’, but it still doesn’t hold a candle in my opinion to the best Bond tune of all, Chris Cornell’s epic ‘You Know My Name’ for Casino Royale (2006):
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If you take a life, do you know what you'll give
Odds are, you won't like what it is
When the storm arrives, would you be seen with me
By the merciless eyes I've deceivedI've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in lineArm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to dieThe coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my nameIf you come inside, things will not be the same
When you return to my night
If you think you've won
You never saw me change
The game that we have been playingI've seen diamonds cut through harder men
Than you yourself
but if you must pretend
You may meet your endArm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to dieThe coldest blood runs through my veins
Try to hide your hand
Forget how to feel
(Forget how to feel)
Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel
(A spin of the wheel)Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize; it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to dieThe coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name
(You know my name)
You know my name
(You know my name)
you know my name!
You know my name!
You know my name!
Doesn’t that just get the blood flowing for some more Bond?
(via Joe. My. God.)
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| Reince Priebus |
Wow: All nine bystanders who were injured during the recent Empire State Building shooting were hit by police. (But I’m sure random nobodies with conceal carry licenses would do much better!)
This year marks a new all-time record low for Arctic sea ice extent. But I’m sure it’s totally just a fluke, of course.
Very satisfying: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews unloads on Republican toady Reince Priebus [pictured] about the GOP’s playing of the “ethnic card” with Mitt Romney’s recent Birther joke.
(via @BilgeEbiri)
Biologists hook up a deceased squid’s tissue to an electrical current timed with ‘Insane in the Membrane’. SCIENCE! ensues.
(via Pharyngula)
And finally, here’s a little duckling offering its food to some hungry fish:
(via Cracked.com)
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
Tags: Empire State Building shooting • Jeffrey Johnson • NYPD • mass shootings • sea ice extent • global warming • climate change • Chris Matthews • Reince Priebus • Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • race card • racism • squid • chromatophores • Insane in the Membrane • Woods Hole squid • ducks • ducklings • fish • altruism
Where does the best rock music come from? Canada. That is fact. You may not contest it.
We rule so hard.
Tags: Matt Mays • Cocaine Cowgirl • rock
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| FUCK YEEAAAH!!!11! |
In which the American Family Association’s latest self-righteous hissy fit can best be summarized as “how dare that principal refuse to brainwash those kids!”:
Greta Hawkins, principal of Edna Cohen School (PS 90) in New York, has decided on her own that kindergarteners displaying American patriotism would be offensive.
She has single-handedly banned Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" from the graduation ceremonies scheduled for June 20.
It doesn't matter that students in five classes spent months learning the patriotic song, or that the students practiced waving American flags in unison to promote love of country.
According to The New York Post, it was to be the rousing finale of their musical show at the June 20 commencement. The kids, dressed up for their big day, would each wave a tiny American flag - which, as the lyrics proclaim, "still stands for freedom." But Hawkins marched in on a recent rehearsal and ordered a CD playing the anthem to be shut off, staffers said.
But Justin Bieber's flirty song about teen romance, "Baby," was deemed a fine selection for the show. Hawkins had no problem with 5-year-olds singing lines such as, "Are we an item? Girl, quit playing."
In response to public pressure, New York Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott removed Beiber's inappropriate song from the program, but stood by the principal's anti-American rebuff of Greenwood's "God Bless the USA."
Anyone who thinks kids should aspire to better than playground-level “WE’RE TEH BESTEST!!!11!” mindless cheerleading are actually commie traitors, because being a True AmericanTM means always appealing to the lowest common denominator while being blithely intolerant of any other opinions. Got it.
I’m not sure why the AFA is kvetching about the inclusion of the Bieber song; it’s just replacing one piece of audible excrement with another. Though, to be fair, that tween catnip is still better than Greenwood’s masturbatory musical diarrhea.
(Note: For more insanity, read the NYPost’s comment section. Remember: These people vote.)
Tags: American Family Association • AFA • Greta Hawkins • Edna Cohen School • PS 90 • Lee Greenwood • God Bless the USA • patriotism • Justin Bieber • Baby
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| Jacob Rogers |
Tennessee conservatives use persecuted gay teen’s [pictured] suicide to call for protecting homophobic bullies à la Michigan.
Charlton, MA library sends police to retrieve overdue books from 5-year-old.
(via The Agitator)
Indiana Rep. Randy Frye (R) wants to ban novelty lighters.
(via The Agitator)
Republican presidential race just got a little less crazy. (But still really fucking crazy.)
Glenn Greenwald and Ed Brayton on “sports fan politics” and the importance, if not eligibility, of Ron Paul.
Meanwhile, PZ Myers offers a succinct summary of what you might’ve seen on TV news channels last night.
PayPal orders buyer to destroy expensive antique violin over squabble about label.
(via The Agitator)
Christian kids somehow manage to make one of the shittiest songs in history even worse.
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
Tags: Tennessee • Family Action Council of Tennessee • FACT • Jacob Rogers • license to bully • Michigan • Charlton, MA • Dan Dowd • Shannon Benoit • Hailey Benoit • Randy Frye • Indiana • lighters • novelty lighters • Michele Bachmann • Republicans • Iowa caucuses • Ron Paul • Glenn Greenwald • Ed Brayton • libertarianism • political reporting • violins • PayPal • Christians • My Humps • Black Eyed Peas • cover songs
With a year as crazy as 2011 (wait – aren’t we saying that at the end of every year these days …?), what better fitting commemoration is there than JibJab’s annual tribute?
(via Joe. My. God.)
The news is in: R.E.M. has “decided to call it a day”. I barely know their music (and know nothing at all about the group, itself), but nonetheless, here’s a tiny little tribute with my favorite song of theirs:
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[Verse 1]
Oh, life is bigger
It’s bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough[Chorus 1]
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
[Verse 2]
Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much[Chorus 2]
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try[Bridge]
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream[Verse 3]
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough[Outro Chorus]
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream, dream
(via @BreakingNews)
Here’s a funny parody-song performed during last month’s Stockholm Pride and broadcast over Swedish State Television. (On the off-chance that you aren’t fluent in Nordic tongues, be sure to click the “CC” button for subtitles.)
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It’s like this: The singalong has become shallow! It has become filthy! FILTHY FILTHY FILTHY, like me and my congregation like to put it. I think it’s unpleasant because there is humping and there is moaning! And when you are up there on stage, even I get sinful thoughts and that’s when it’s gone too far! We need this to end! We need to bring in more morals! MORALS MORALS MORALS! We need to have enough morals for double-standards!
But it’s not your fault, Måns. It’s not your fault and it’s not your publisher’s fault. I would like to put it like this …
Over our entire Earth …
(Oh yeah! Oh yeah!)
Disasters, terror and murder occurs, believe my word …
(Oh my! Oh my!)
But we who walk with Jesus still bear no responsibility
Because the root to all evil isn’t us
No, it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
No, it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
It’s written in the Bible that it’s the gays’ fault!
I don’t know which line, verse, chapter or part,
But somewhere in here, it’s written that it’s the gays’ fault!The war in Afghanistan?
The gays’ fault!
The dictatorship in Iran?
The gays’ fault!
Earthquakes, floods and all other horrors?
And [?], Saab and Volvo aren’t even Swedish anymore?Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
The gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
The world is on fire
And it’s the gays’ fault!
I stole office supplies from work and somehow get the feeling
That it’s the gays’ fault!Divorces and alcoholism?
The gays’ fault!
Parking enforcement and atheism?
The gays’ fault!
That kids these days don’t know how to behave?
That the Eurovision song contest never seems to end?Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
The gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
Nothing makes sense …
And it’s the gays’ fault!
My troubled youth has left me mentally ill
But my family agrees …
That it’s the gays’ fault!Crazy fundamentalism?
The gays’ fault!
Every schism in the history of the world?
The gays’ fault!
In the name of religion, we engage in wars, kill and fight,
But we bear no responsibility for this …
Because it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
The gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
We can all agree that it’s the gays’ fault!
One could think it’s Satan himself playing a trick on us …
But even he gets off since
It’s the gays’ fault!The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
The gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
Everything that is wrong …
It’s the gays’ fault!
I have sat in front of my computer until my neck has gone stiff …
Somehow I get the feeling …
It’s the gays’ fault!Yes, it’s the gaaaays’ faaault!
(The gaaaays’ faaault!)
The gaaaays’ faaault!
(The gaaaays’ faaault!)
Everything that gives piece …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
All the poverty, all the wrong morals
All the rain and all the fights
There is no doubt that …
It’s the gays’ fault!Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
The gays’ fault!
(The gays’ fault!)
Everything that is wrong …
Yes, it’s the gays’ fault!
All the poverty, all the wrong morals
All the rain and all the fights
There is no doubt that …
It’s the gays’ fault!The gaaaaaaaaaays’ faaaaaaaaault!
(The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ … The gays’ …)
(The gays’ … The gays’ …)
The gays’ fault!
Now, play the video, close your eyes, and imagine that it’s U.S. Christians who are singing. Funny how that works, eh?
(via Friendly Atheist)
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I really hate Murphy’s Law. Which makes it all the more infuriating how it seems to love me. If you’ll allow me a few moments to engage in what can probably be classified as White Whine material, I’ve got some venting to do.
I had so very much been looking forward to this day. Which is probably why I ended up so unbelievably pissed off. Serves me right for daring to get my hopes up about something for once, I suppose.
The day started off well enough. Got up at noon with just enough time to pack and head into downtown Montreal. My mother parked us in an old parking for her workplace, and the half-an-hour-or-so walk to the actual stadium was initially more than paid for when we saw how nearly every other parking space in the vicinity had been “reserved” for the U2 concert … at prices ranging from $20 to $40. Even airport parking isn’t that much of a rip-off.
We waited a few hours in the car, though, rather than roast in the sun at the tailgate party surrounding the stadium. Mom thought it would also be a good idea to take me on a little guided tour of the Kraft Foods plant where she works, and so we went. I don’t have much to say about it, honestly; it’s big, noisy, complicated and busy, and I came out smelling of cheese (among other things). We then returned to the car for some R&R (ie. reading & resting) until 5:30 PM or so, at which point we decided to start heading up to the Hippodrome where the stadium had been erected.
We eventually made our way through the lines, and before too long, we caught our first sight of the concert area:
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| “The Claw”. Looks a whole lot bigger in person. [full size (1200×900)] |
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Detailed and critical look at sex offender laws [pictured] and “the triumph of outrage over reason”.
(via The Agitator)
How can one expect cops hold other law enforcers accountable when they keep being ostracized whenever they do?
(via The Agitator)
Americans fear British-style healthcare because of “socialism!!!11!”. Brits fear American-style healthcare because it’s a privatization nightmare.
(via Joe. My. God.)
“Hoods in the hizzouse”: More blatant race-baiting from Fox News (specifically, Fox Business Channel).
Alzheimer’s-suffering Terry Pratchet considering signing his own assisted suicide forms.
(via @danaseverance)
Another moving tale of a life of wretchedness leading to beauty.
Photos of photos where they were photographed.
(via The Agitator)
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
Tags: Elliot Zinstein • Jennifer Troiano • NYPD • National Health Service • NHS • racism • Fox News • Fox Business • Eric Bolling • Barack Obama • White House • Ali Bongo • Terry Pratchett • assisted suicide • Dignitas Clinic • Korea's Got Talent • Sung-bong Choi • Dear Photograph
In his opening number for the 2011 Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris stars in a musical claiming that Broadway isn’t just for gays anymore. But … I dunno. I seem to be getting some mixed signals from his performance piece. Can you pick up on them?
I think he’s gonna have to work harder at it to be convincing.
(via @donttrythis)
Tags: Neil Patrick Harris • Tony Awards • Broadway • gays
No comment. Just funny (and NSFW).
Funny, given how 91.6%* of my chat buddies are gay. … furries.
… No homo?
(via Joe. My. God.)
* Why, yes, I just calculated.
If anyone ever wondered why is it I love James Horner, this is all I have to say. Or, uh, post. (Whatever, shuddup.)
I swear, some songs just seem to transcend physics and emotions and reach into the heavens.
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| Glenn Beck |
Japan hit with new 7.1 quake, bringing a (now canceled) tsunami warning.
Is the Grossmont Union High School District in San Diego, CA illegally censoring a religious student, or punishing him appropriately for being disruptive? Given the context and precedent, I’ll wager it’s not quite as clean a case of “Christian prosecution” as it’s made to sound like.
Report: Glenn Beck to “transition off” of his Fox News show, which will be replaced by various other shows from his same production company.
(via @mmfa)
Awesome: An interactive map of every war ever waged. I don’t even wanna imagine counting them all.
(via @todayspolitics)
Media Matters lists The 50 Worst Things Glenn Beck Said On Fox News. Cheery fella, ain’t he.
The fact that this exists is yet more proof that there is no God.
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
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| Khalia Fitchette |
Ten hours of sleep later and I’m still feeling like crap. I hereby decree that sleep is overrated. And that colds are an anti-blogging instrument by the Devil itself.
PZ Myers speaks his mind about killing and the value of human life. (My take: I do believe in the greater good, and that sometimes, as horrible as it is, killing is absolutely necessary.)
Inane, victim-blaming column attracts comments from cops who reveal just how clueless so many of them are.
(via The Agitator)
One of these does not belong.
(via @todayspolitics)
Stephen Colbert sings Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ on Jimmy Fallon. That is all.
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
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| Sharron Angle [source] |
Texas aims to stop the long-enduring scourge that is academic discrimination against … Creationists.
New report: New York City blew roughly $75 million on nearly 350,000 low-level, non-violent marijuana possession arrests in 2010. Numbers only expected to climb.
Guess who’s running for Congress? Sharron “Second Amendment remedies” Angle.
(via Right Wing Watch)
PZ Myers has a great post about how successful marriages are built on “secular, atheist” (and overall liberal) values of love and trust, rather than the bonds from socio-political pressure that right-wing authoritarians espouse.
Roger Ebert posts his reflections on thinking about music. It’s surprisingly close to how I feel about it.
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
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| Julian Assange |
Republican leadership edging away from efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.
(via Right Wing Watch)
Police investigator who first took up the case against Julian Assange [pictured] is friends with one of the “rape”* accusers. Conflict of interest much?
(via @todayspolitics)
Rick Santorum (R-PA): “Any child born prematurely, according to [President Obama], can be killed.” PolitiFact: “No wonder why you’re the one they call a ‘frothy mix of lube and fecal matter’.”
Dalai Lama to retire from leader of Tibetan government in exile.
Music porn: The history of videogame music.
(via Ian Meredith)
Mutated DNA led to loss of spiny penises and the growth of human brains.
The self-evident Time-Lapse Blog. No, not getting sucked into it. I have things to do, dangit!
(via The Agitator)
Intruder calls 911, afraid homeowner may have gun.
(via The Agitator)
If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.
* UPDATE: My use of “scare/sarcastic quotes” for ‘rape’ comes from my initial ignorance of the accusation that Assange had not quit intercourse with a woman who had asked him to stop. Having paid only intermittent attention to the case, I was under the impression that the charges against Assange were limited to a broken condom and not using one at all, which do not, in themselves, constitute rape. If this claim of continued sex despite the woman’s demand to stop is true, then that, itself, is certainly rape.
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I’m a liberal skeptic, rationalist & third-wave atheist stuck in a rut in Québec, Canada and who spends his time composing, writing, drawing, harboring a layman’s passion for science and technology, getting angry at social injustices, and most of all, jabbing cretins and trolls with sharp pointy sticks. (Oh, and blogging.) Proud owner of a Nize Hat!, an indomitable SIWOTI syndrome and an itchy snark finger.
You can find all my musical, literary and artistic works at my art blog, Creativitas.
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