Nicole Flatlow at ThinkProgress: In a news report published Thursday, CNN amends its prior reporting that there were 74 school shootings since the Newtown Massacre — a number calculated by gun violence prevention group Everytown for Gun Safety — and concludes that there have instead been just 15. “CNN determined that 15 of the incidents […]
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Urging a Site to Take Down Video of a Horrific Car Crash Isn’t “Censorship,” Gawker
Yesterday morning Jordan Sargent at Gawker posted TMZ’s video of the aftermath of the car crash that killed one man and injured four others including comedian Tracy Morgan. Sargent supposedly posted the video because Louis CK is asking people to not watch the video. The daughter of the man who died in the crash is […]
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Don’t Let the House Leadership Hit You in the Ass on the Way Out
Are you sick of hearing about Eric Cantor yet? But wait, there’s more: Majority Leader Eric Cantor will step down as majority leader at the end of July, CNN reported on Wednesday. There’s reportedly been a long line of Republican lawmakers drooling over Cantor’s position during the past twelve hours, and they’re not willing to […]
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Hillary Clinton Is a Murdering Lizard Person Who Hit Her Head and Is Basically a Vegetable Now, and Other Conspiracy Theories
Tim Murphy at Mother Jones has done the internet a real service by collecting all the insane conservative conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton and putting them in one place. Hillary Clinton’s memoir about her time as Secretary at State was published today, and so we’re about to see these conspiracies shift into overdrive on the […]
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Kickstarter Allows Projects to Bypass the Approval Process. Next Stop, Scamville?
Adrianne Jeffries at The Verge wrote about some changes to Kickstarter’s rules of service. You know how a project needed approval from the Kickstarter staff before it went live? That’s no longer the case: That’s partly why the company is announcing two major changes today aimed at presenting a “simpler, friendlier Kickstarter,” in the words […]
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The NRA Apologizes to Gun Nuts for Calling Them “Downright Weird”
Remember that story from Monday about the NRA asking gun nuts to not bring their assault rifles and other assorted large guns into public places? Remember when they called that action “downright weird?” Yeah, well, Talking Points Memo says the NRA apologized to the gun nuts yesterday for calling them weird: In an interview on […]
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Panera Pledges to Serve Real Food by 2016
Mary Beth Quirk at Consumerist writes: As consumers increasingly turn toward the lists of ingredients to check out what they’re eating, Panera Bread has announced a plan to ditch all artificial additives from all the food on its menu by the end of 2016. Out go the artificial colors, sweeteners and preservatives, from everything. Drinks […]
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NRA Asks Gun Nuts to Stop the “Downright Weird” Practice of Carrying Big Guns Into Restaurants
You’ve probably already seen this video of gun nuts being thrown out of Chili’s for carrying assault rifles: Now, Mark Follman at Mother Jones reports on a statement from the NRA that accuses those activists of irresponsible behavior. Here’s the important bit: Recently, demonstrators have been showing up in various public places, including coffee shops […]
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Duck People Crazy
Phil Robertson, the Duck Dynasty bigot guy, is addressing the Republican Leadership Conference today, according to Right Wing Watch. But that’s pretty much the only constituency that’s listening to the Robertsons at this point, because the Robertsons can’t speak without dropping crazy shit like this: Phil’s son Alan Robertson, who at last week’s FRC “Watchmen […]
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National Review “Eulogizes” Maya Angelou with Snark and Pro-Gun Blather
The headline alone shows a shocking lack of respect… R.I.P., Maya Angelou, Proud Gun Owner and User …but you should absolutely not click through unless you want to see a bunch of conservative assholes malign Angelou’s memory in particular, and poetry in general. This is the kind of garbage that turns people off from Republican […]
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What Do You Think of Google’s Self-Driving Car?
Yesterday, Google released a video of its new self-driving car design. The car has no steering wheel or pedals, it seats two, and it’s powered by an electric motor. I’m on the record as being a big fan of these cars. I think they’ll forever change the idea of car ownership and transportation in America. […]
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Does The Biggest Loser Lie About Important Weight Loss Information?
This Cracked article by Evan V Symon, headlined “5 Details They Cut from My Season of The Biggest Loser,” deserves to be read by a bigger audience. Symon tells the story of Biggest Loser runner-up Kai Hibbard, and it’s more horrifying than you’d think. Everyone knows that reality shows are total bullshit, but the amount […]