News & Media
Guest Post: Silence is not an option
By Catherine Bonier Silence is not an option. Something must be done. A tragedy. Children are gone. The internet is ablaze with righteous anger. The news cycle begins and the story in every detail is unavoidable. Experts analyze each fact and angle, and politicians promise a response. Social media is the answer. We post images as badges of belief –
Dead Children…
The tragedy of innocent children dying violently at the hands of a complete stranger should make us all sad. And I am not talking about Newtown. I’m talking about Pakistan and Yemen. You tell me how those children’s lives are worth less than the lives of the kids in Newtown. There is no moral difference between the dead kids in
Republicans complain about wasteful spending
Just kidding. House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren, R-Calif., signed off in September on a $500,000 increase in the maximum value of the contract with the firm, Washington-based Bancroft. Republicans have raised the cap of the contract twice: first on Sept. 29, 2011, from its original maximum of $500,000 to $1.5 million, and again on Sept. 28 to its new maximum
Fuckabee
Mike Huckabee said: “We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools, should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?” (source) Fuck you, Mike Huckabee. Fuck you in your ass with a cactus.
We are doomed
If the Mayans were wrong, maybe we should make them right. Here’s why: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=DL-a-r7iJIU] A civilization that produces this does not deserve to make it to December 13.
Yard Sale Clothes at Urban Outfitters. Why not just steal/share them?
Urban Outfitters selling garage sale clothes to hipsters for huge markups. (source) Good for Urban Outfitters. Dumb for Williamsburgonians. I don’t understand why they don’t just steal the clothes from the yard sales and then drive away. If the garage sale proprietor only gets their license plate number, they can never actually ever be caught. It is impossible to prove
Hemingway's Cats, Flunkies at the USDA, and the Commerce Clause
Henmingway said, “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” That may be true, but you still have to point at the asshats and laugh, if not throw things at them. If you’ve ever been to Key West, you’ve probably gotten drunk on sticky frozen cocktails, eaten conch
Talking to your kids about gay marriage
I used to have neighbors in Flori-duh, whose argument (to me anyhow) against gay marriage was “what am I supposed to tell my kids?” Louis CK had a funny reply to that. “It doesn’t have ANY effect on your life. What do you care? People try to talk about it like it’s a social issue. Like when you see someone
Public university censors student's fliers protesting censorship
Saginaw Valley State University, a public university located in Michigan, boldly and ironically censored a university student’s flyers about censorship earlier this year. (Source). SVSU recently adopted a new policy requiring that all flyers receive approval from the Student Life office prior to posting. The policy requires that, among other things, the flyers “be in good taste, free from profanity,
Killer Catfish!
Catfish, jumping out of the water to eat pigeons. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UZwPG_x6QEk] Source
Copyright in Tattoo Case: Escobedo v. THQ, Inc.
A tattoo artist sued THQ, Inc., the makers of a UFC themed video games, for copyright infringement. The artist tattooed a lion on Carlos Condit’s torso, and claims that it was his original creation. (Complaint at 12) The artist alleges that he created the original design, and owns a registration for the copyright to the design. (Compl. at 16). He
Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day
Funny to read about, sorta lame to do, I’d imagine.
One of the few reasons I couldn't emigrate to Sweden
They insist on trying to turn the world into a womens’ studies professor’s dystopian nightmare. Is it discriminatory and degrading for toy catalogs to show girls playing with tea sets and boys with Nerf guns? A Swedish regulatory group says yes. The Reklamombudsmannen (RO) has reprimanded Top-Toy, a licensee of Toys”R”Us and one of the largest toy companies in Northern
Looks like I picked the wrong time to leave Florida!
Python hunting contest in the Everglades! (source)
Pearl Harbor Day – Never Forget
On this day, in 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked the United States. We reacted by kicking the shit out of them. It wasn’t all a Frank Capra film. We made some little mistakes along the way, internment camps for Japanese and Italians, for example. But, for the most part, we went through the War with our ideals intact. In
New 'Faces of Meth'
By J. DeVoy The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office originated the widely known “Faces of Meth.” Eight years later, there are new faces in town. And they’re not for the squeamish.
Caption Contest!
This photo was taken this morning in The Castro. Help me caption it, or write your account of what happened!
Marc, would you ever file a defamation suit?
I get asked that question a lot. The answer is “it has to be the right case.” Most of the time, the conversation ends with me advising a potential client to spend their money elsewhere — like on a public relations campaign. I advise them of the Streisand Effect. I tell them that its going to cost a lot of
