TheDailyWh.at
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This x That:
Know This:
- Report: Pakistan agreed to bin Laden raid 10 years ago.
- Intel gathered at Osama bin Laden’s compound suggests al Qaeda leader wasn’t sick, enjoyed healthy sex life.
- Woman who says she was raped by Gadhafi forces flees Libya.
- Der Tzitung on scrubbing Hillary Clinton from SitRoom photo: Our policy of not publishing photos of women “in no way relegates them to a lower status.”
- RIP: Dana Wynter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers actress, dead at 79; playwright Doric Wilson, at 72; actress Sada Thompson, at 81; playboy Gunter Sachs, at 78.
Read This:
- Meredith Vieira officially announces Today Show exit, Ann Curry to step in.
- BIO orders Bristol Palin reality show.
- Time zone change will separate Samoa and American Samoa by a whole day.
- Everything Tracy Jordan Said in Season 5 of 30 Rock.
Look At / Listen To This:
- The Big Picture: Mississippi River flooding.
- First Listen: Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s The Book Of Mormon, original cast recording.
- Republican Rep. Aaron Schock exposes his torso to the public — on purpose.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: Change of Heart: NYU Student Refunds Profits from ‘Osama’s Dead’ T-Shirts.
- Tea x Time List: 10 Famous Unsolved Mysteries Easily Explained by Science.
- Above: “Embarrassing Photo Protective Sunglasses” from Urban Outfitters. (via.)
So This Happened of the Day: Can you smell it? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is officially back at WWE after seven years away, making his triumphant return on last night’s Raw, where he announced that the rumors were true — he will in fact be hosting Wrestlemania 27.
“I am back in this ring…[and] I am never ever going away.”
“CAN YOU SMELL IT?”
LEGIT CHILLS, YOU GUYS. My 12 year old self is weeping.
UPDATE: And here was his dramatic entrance…
Testifying at yesterday’s hearing on a proposed same-sex marriage ban, Minnesota state Rep. Steve Simon (DFL-Hopkins/St. Louis Park) asked his colleagues to ponder the possibility that God may just be A-OK with gay people. “How many more gay people does God have to create,” Simon inquired, “before we ask ourselves whether or not God actually wants them around?”
Sadly, Rep. Simon’s words fell on deaf ears, and the House Civil Law Committee voted 10-7 along party lines to move the bill forward.
Status Update of the Day: The FBI has updated its Most Wanted Terrorists list to reflect the long-overdue demise of Osama (Usama) bin Laden.
Nine to go.
McMills Construction approached Beausoleil Architects for help installing a garage in the bottom floor of a property on Oak Street in San Francisco’s Upper Haight district in order to maximize the tenant’s rent.
By hiding the space behind a retractable facade indistinguishable from the rest of the historic Victorian apartment house, they were able to avoid running afoul of the city planning department strict appearance codes.
Check out the “garage door” in action below:
The domains of online poker’s three largest sites — PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker — were seized today by the FBI in what the LA Times calls a potential “death blow to the thriving industry.”
In addition, eleven of the sites’ executives were indicted on charges of bank fraud, money laundering, and other violations of a 2006 anti online gambling law passed by Congress. Two executives have been arrested, while a manhunt is underway for the rest.
“These defendants concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits,” said US attorney Preet Bharara in a statement.
No word yet on what will become of the massive amounts of money presently stored in users’ accounts.
UPDATE: As of 5:30PM EST, two of the sites appear to be online, though reports are emerging that American users are being turned away from cash tables.
- Confirmed: Rebecca Black’s “Friday” to be covered on Glee.
- Annoying Orange being developed into animated TV series.
- Czechs rally on Facebook to send president lifetime supply of pens.
- When your professor responds to your e-mail with a someecard you know you’re in the right class. (via.)
- Morning Distraction: Dadgame.
- Morning Wood: Silvia Dimitrova.
- Morning List: 9 Acts of Vigilantism Straight Out of a Comic Book.
Who knew Rebecca Black’s “Friday” was actually a song about the JFK assassination? The government knew, man. The government knew.
(inb4 “Friday” isn’t actually a song about the JFK assassination.)
Source: sonicbloom
Late Links:
- Esquire‘s 2011 Sexiest Woman Alive: Katrina Bowden.
- Bikini Wednesday: Kate Upton, Gabrielle Union, and The Saturdays.
- Cleavage Wednesday: Katy Perry, Eva Longoria, and Aubrey O’Day.
- Pretty In Print: Elsa Pataky in Ocean Drive; Elle Liberachi in FHM; Jessica Gomes in Cosmo.
- Get To Know A Hottie: Jessica Robinson.
- International Beauty of the Day: Georgina Wilson.
- Famous Works of Art Censored for Sensitive Types.
- Dlisted: Mariah Carey does a Demi on Life & Style Weekly.
- FilmDrunk: Tyler Perry’s new movie sounds real Tyler Perry-y.
- Nerve: Sex Advice From Girls With Underarm Hair.
- Copyranter: The new AIDES “Clever Dick” video ain’t all that clever.
- Holy Taco: 3 Suggestions For Glenn Beck Now That He Is Leaving His Fox News Show.
- Late List: 19 Hottest Female Soccer Players.
Whatever hope I may have yet harbored for humanity’s viability after viewing Rachael Sequoia’s air-headed VC pitch was unceremoniously squelched by the “Forts & The Inbetween” project.
See Also: Cody Johnston’s alternate ending.
UPDATE: Not entirely sure if this was a joke that went too far, but the video was removed from Vimeo and the Kickstarter funding request was canceled. Either way, good.
Remix of the Day: Kutiman the cut + paste king returns to form with “My Favorite Color” — a brand new remix made from videos he found on YouTube.
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