In a study published in the journal Psychological Science, Dr. Delroy L. Paulhus explains the results of experiments designed to identify people predisposed to revel in others’ suffering—like those who cheer at sports games when people get injured. People he calls “everyday sadists.” The experiments involve crushing bugs and white noise: In the study’s first […]
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Let’s Play, “Guess What This Fish is Thinking!”
A couple of weeks ago, I was driving down 99 next to the river, when a hawk or something comes flying about fifty feet over the roadway with a struggling fish in its talons. I have since tried to imagine what that fish was thinking: Was it “Holy Shit, I’ve lived my entire life under […]
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Dog vs. Furby: A Metaphor for Your Life
While you’re watching this video of a dog trying to catch a Furby, I’d like you to consider the following metaphor: You are the dog. And the thing you hate most in the world is the Furby. Maybe the Furby is your boss. Maybe the Furby is your inability to secure a steady, lasting relationship. […]
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The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer Knows What’s Wrong with Your Insolent Teen
Demonic possession. (Don’t worry, he can help!) Thank you, Right Wing Watch.
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What Year Is This, Again?
I swear, I’ve read this story before. ObamaCare is at the center of a rapidly escalating fight that threatens to shut the government down this fall…Senate Republicans, including two members of the leadership, are coalescing around a proposal to block any government funding resolution that includes money for the implementation of the 2010 Affordable Care […]
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I Shouldn’t Do This…
…but sometimes I can’t help myself. An ongoing email exchange: Hope you get AIDS Fagget It’s “faggot.”—Dan LOL commie LOL illiteratie.—Dan Best illiterate than a cock sucker with AID. Hope you get AID fag. Let me help you with that: “Better illiterate than a cocksucker [one word!] with AIDS. Hope you get AIDS, fag.”—Dan
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U of O Football Player Calls Sandy Hook a Conspiracy
University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald has the story—U of O tight end Colt Lyerla has been using his Twitter feed to push the notion that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was actually “a government conspiracy.” If you have a half hour you should watch this and enlighten yourself.youtu.be/VrngdgUixYg— ..::⚡C⚡::.. (@ThaRealCL) March 21, 2013 Naturally […]
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Newsflash: Murderers Are Assholes
So said T.J. Lane, the 18-year-old convicted of killing three students at Ohio’s Chardon High School, to the families of his victims at his sentencing this week. From the Associated Press: T.J. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have […]
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Southern Baptist Leader Calls Bigotry “The Heart and Soul of Scouting”
Crooks and Liars says: Dr. Richard Land, who is in charge of addressing social, moral, and ethical concerns as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, says that dropping the ban on gay members and LGBT leaders will be a “catastrophe” for the Boy Scouts of America because excluding homosexuals represents […]
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Chris Brown Says He Deserves Respect, but What He Really Deserves Is…
S_BUKLEY / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Sigh. Chris Brown vented some feelings on Instagram last night, making it clear he was frustrated with his not-so-great reputation. MTV News has a screengrab of the rant, should you want to read it in full. Here’s an excerpt: Im a human being and I honestly think I deserve respect im sick […]
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“There are two forms of feminism, and it actually has to do with a division of how attractive a woman is.”
Finally! Two guys—Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner, both of ’em conservative radio hosts—explain feminism. The gist of their discussion, as reported by the invaluable RightWingWatch: There are “two forms of feminism,” Buehner argued. There are “cute” feminists like Sarah Palin who will find jobs in the “marketplace” and “get themselves a husband” but will “never […]
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“You’re an unbelievably stupid man, aren’t you?”
Piers Morgan vs. Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America.