May. 21, 2012
Bee Gees lead singer Robin Gibb lost his years-long battle with colon and liver cancer Sunday. He was 62.
Here’s what Rolling Stone had to say about the trio’s hit “To Love Somebody”: “You know you’ve written a standard when both Gram Parsons and Clay Aiken have recorded it. Robin transforms into a mighty blue-eyed soul crooner over a heaping helping of strings and horns, and, of course, his brothers’ sweet harmonies.”
May. 20, 2012
As this lady finds out, just because you can hear the vacuum running, doesn’t mean it’s working. One could say that she SUCKS at using it.
May. 20, 2012
This Shiba Inu pup tries to test the water in his backyard pool and reacts by barking and pawing at the uncontrollable manmade waves.
May. 20, 2012
Late yesterday, the NAACP announced that the organization was endorsing same-sex marriage via their Twitter. Historically, most African-Americans have been conservative regarding gay marriage, but with strong support from the likes of President Obama, data shows that support has increased over the last year.
[gawker]
May. 20, 2012
When a video starts off with a toothless old lady on a rocking chair saying, “I’m not racist…” it pretty much opens the floodgates for all sorts of craziness. This half-tirade, half-unintelligible mishmash of words that sound relatively close to English, contains some classy quotes such as “that word we’re not allowed to say anymore that I grew up with” (regarding the n-word and her use of it in a public place). The real crime here, however, is how her top looks like a couch cover.
[wonkette]
May. 20, 2012
Normally, something akin to what Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said in South Carolina would cause an uproar — and it still has time to — but his comments were typical Republican blame game stuff; all that people can do at this point is chuckle. What exactly did Rubio say?
For all the policy disagreements that we have with our president, it is hard to understate how much he inspired people across this country four years ago.
Rubio added:
We have not seen such a divisive figure in modern American history as we have over the last three and a half years.
Far be it to point out all the Republican policy blocks over President Obama’s tenure (and there are way too many to simply link). This is a notion that Brad Woodhouse of the Democratic National Committee acknowledged with the ol’ side-eyed rebuttal:
No one has tried harder to reach across the aisle on everything from jobs and trade to a plan to get our fiscal house in order than has President Obama and every step of the way Republican leaders have either buckled to the far right wing of their party or decided to put politics ahead of moving our country forward.
Can the cat claws come out any further?
May. 20, 2012
[Insert jokes about "likes" and "status updates" here] But seriously, Facebook honcho Mark Zuckerberg married his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. Zuckerberg, whose little-known social media network went public on Friday, will now also be rich in love. Awwww.
May. 20, 2012
This kid might have cystic fibrosis, and along with it, a rather complicated breathing apparatus, but when he hears Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite,” caution is thrown to the wind.
May. 20, 2012
What’s with the tears? Oh yeah, that’s the reaction to Kristen Wiig’s final episode of SNL last night, in which Mick Jagger got to wish her away, before everyone and their mother came out to say farewell. Even Chris Kattan was there! The video can be seen here and tissues aren’t included.
May. 20, 2012
These three dudes may or may not be involved in some plot that involves attacking President Obama’s campaign headquarters in Chicago, as well as Rahm Emanuel’s house, which — given the state of today’s political climate — is a terrible idea.
With loose ties to the Occupy Movement, Jared Chase, Brent Betterly, and Brian Church were arrested a few days ago for allegedly planning a series of attacks in Chicago during today’s NATO summit. Police found Molotov cocktails and cited their plans to attack banks, police stations, in addition to aforementioned political stations. The trio’s lawyer, Michael Deutsch, says that they are the victims of an elaborate setup:
From what we’ve learned, we believe it is a setup — entrapment to the highest degree — and it is sensationalism by the police and the state to discredit the protesters who have come here to nonviolently protest.
Government setups aren’t anything new, however, the dreadlock-Misfits shirt combo might make people doubtful of your innocence.
