Archive
March 12, 2012
The Santorum Cocktail Reviews Are In
A bar in Brooklyn sells Santorum cocktails. It has Bailey's and orange Stoli, and is apparently not that bad.
When Mitt Romney First Introduced The Individual Mandate
Mitt Romney often is attacked by conservatives for first implementing the cornerstone of ObamaCare, the individual mandate, in his state health care reform plan in 2006. Many Republicans forget that the idea was also heralded by a conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation. The following video shows Romney first introducing the individual mandate at Heritage in January 2006, while working with his legislature to craft a plan. Attached also is the powerpoint Romney gave with his speech.
Batman And Robin: The Musical
I...I think I need this to be a reality. Arnold Schwarzenegger singing "Batman: You Son Of A Bitch" has to be a Tony winning performance, yes?
Ozzie Guillen Was Ejected From A Game That Didn't Count
Spring Training games are not real games. They're glorified practices that allow players to get whipped into shape. But Ozzie Guillen hasn't won "Craziest Man In Baseball" for 20 straight years without reason. The tantrum master doesn't care if the game doesn't count.
Peggy Olsen Reveals Her Sexy Side And Other Links
Good God, Elizabeth Moss, you rock that trench coat! Plus, fans are trying to sell Hollywood on Ryan Gosling playing Walt Disney and not everything is legal in Las Vegas. These and other Buzz that flew under the radar await your clicking pleasure.
Why Is Buying Speakers So Hard?
The Wirecutter hacks through the brush to find the best all-around 5.1 speakers. The winner? A brand you've probably never heard of.
14 Mitt Romney Jokes That Are Actually Pretty Funny
Mitt Romney is actually a pretty funny guy. No joke. You just had to be there. (h/t Molly Ball)
New Democratic Group Casts Limbaugh, Romney As Love Match
The video from Ultraviolet hammers the Republican Party's reluctance to distance itself from its loudest voice.
A Visual Guide To Game Of Thrones Fans
Live from the heart of the official SXSW Games of Thrones fan meetup. The prize for biggest fan just might go to the guy who hacked a Chinese government firewall to see Twitter reactions to the show's shocking finale. [Warning: First Season spoilers inside.]
In 2002, Romney Ran Away From The Word "Republican"
In 2002, while running for Governor of Massachusetts, Romney courted independents and Democrats by running away from the (R) next to his name. In this 2002 segment unearthed by BuzzFeed, which aired on WBZ4 in Boston, Romney said: "It's always a burden to run with 'R' for Republican after you name," and "I think it's very clear, I think, to people across the Commonwealth that my R doesn't stand so much for 'Republican' as it does for 'reform'." Several short soundbites from this clip previously been posted online in January, but this the first time the entire segment from 2002 is available online.
Chuck Norris As Pac-Man
This goes pretty much exactly like you'd imagine. But somehow, it's still funny. Internet magic.
Santorum Campaign Responds To Dutch Euthanasia Outrage
Rick Santorum has drawn fire for controversial statements about assisted suicide in the Netherlands. In an impromptu interview with Dutch television station RTL4, Santorum press secretary Alice Stewart offered no explanation for Santorum's use of outdated and exaggerated figures on the number of assisted suicide deaths in the country, which has spurred outrage in The Netherlands. Stewart's defense: the former Pennsylvania Senator is "a strong pro-life person."
The Ground Rules For Spoilers
It's about time. Look, if you still don't know how "Lost" ended, the rest of us are no longer obligated to preface everything with "Spoiler Alert".
Foxconn Worker: It's Easier to Build an iPad Than an iPhone
An anonymous Foxconn worker talks about moving from the iPad production line to the iPhone 4S line and back to the iPad line. He makes less money on the iPad, "but compare[d] to iPhone 4S production, it is much easier." In fact, he hopes it sells well, so he isn't moved back to the iPhone line. (Via Motherboard)
Life As a Homeless Hotspot
Melvin's been serving up Wi-Fi as a "Homeless Hotspot" at SXSW in Austin. "It's been pretty much straight up," he says.
Gawker Media's Commenter Problem
"There are stories our writers are afraid to write because they're afraid of jeers from the commenters," Denton says. The Gawker media founder also told interviewer Anil Dash yesterday at SXSW that he'll never, ever only use Facebook comments on his sites.
Why Old People Hate the Internet
When's the last time you tried browsing on 56k? Or Windows ME? Millions of people still surf like this, and it's no fun at all.
Mitt Romney Always Thinks He's Going To Win
For all the campaign's efforts to tightly control its message, the typically buttoned-down candidate has a record of brazenly predicting victory. Sometimes wrong, never in doubt, this is the burden of being a frontrunner.
Hillary Clinton: 'Extremists Want To Control Women'
The Secretary of State's fiery speech at the Women in the World Summit featured a rare dip into domestic politics.
Romney In 2005: Elections Are Won Door To Door, Not With Big TV Ads
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has staved off near death experiences from Presidential rivals with huge spending and negative ads from his campaign and SuperPAC. But in a 2005 speech to the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women Romney said elections were won by retail politics and not the big spending typical of his 2012 campaign.
The First Ever iPad Game You Play Against Your Cat
Friskies created an iPad game to play against your cat. Finally, a new way for your cat to humiliate you.
Romney Foresaw Conservative Blowback From Individual Mandate In RomneyCare
The former Massachusetts Governor said some would "balk" at the idea in 2006.
7 Reasons Draw Something Is Already Making 6-Figures A Day
An illustrated guide to how OMGPOP's Draw Something became one of the fastest growing mobile apps of all time.
Ron Paul: I Was Robbed
"You probably read the paper about what happened up in Maine."
The Power Of "Like"
Reuters reports that CNN may gobble up Mashable, the giant social media blog, for a princely sum. The closest thing anyone has to confirmation, though, is a tiny Facebook toggle: "There was a social media hint about the potential acquisition early Monday morning when Adam Ostrow, the executive editor of Mashable, “liked†on Facebook Mr. Salmon’s story for Reuters."
Austin Homeless Org: "Homeless Hotspots" Is a Good Idea
The controversial SXSW experiment is about "empowerment, education, and encouragement," says the local homeless advocacy group that helped create it.
Watch The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 12
The latest viral buzz from streamepisodesonline.com
Organizers Defend "Homeless Hotspots" at SXSW
The talk of Austin is a jarring campaign in which homeless people actually become Wi-Fi hotspots. "The worry is that these people are suddenly just hardware," admits its organizer.
Americans Elect Is Raising Money To Repay Its Millionaire Founders
After a quiet change to the bylaws, every penny the group brings in will be given to its rich backers, despite claims to the contrary. No wonder they're not advertising it.
Rick Santorum: No Right To Privacy In The Constitution, States Can Ban Birth Control
In a 2005 interview on Newsnight with Aaron Brown, Rick Santorum said there was no right to privacy in the constitution outside of unreasonable search and seizure. He also said that states may ban birth control.
Rick Santorum Holds Up A Classified Document On Tv In 2006
On a 2006 appearance on Hannity and Colmes, then Senator Rick Santorum, appearing along side Michigan Congressman Pete Hoekstra, held up a classified document on chemical weapons in Iraq. Good thing this was before Fox News broadcast in HD.
In 1997 Interview, Ron Paul Took Credit For Controversial Newsletter
Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul has come under periodic fire this election for a newsletter published under his name after he left Congress which contained racist epitets and conspiracy theories. During the 1996 election Paul's opponent attempted, and failed, to make the racist newsletters an issues. In this video, from a 1997 conservative roundtable, Paul takes credit for the newsletter after the racism came to light. It was not until 2001 that Paul would disavow the contents published under his own name.
