Culture Buzz Yikes. This wasn't funny. The Onion tweeted about a “fake” attack on the Capitol today. If that wasn't bad enough, yesterday, the FBI arrested a 26-year-old physics graduate from Massachusetts for plotting attacks on the Pentagon and the Capitol. The satirical article that spawned the tweets can be read here.
Culture Buzz Erin M. Riley weaves tapestries. But instead of medieval unicorns and princesses, Riley recreates snapshots that capture the fleeting moments of bad decisions. (via buzzbrewery.com)
A man mistakes his Amazon order for a suspicious package. God bless America.
Celebrity Buzz It was a decade full of bad weaves, spiky reverse mullet bobs, and lots and lots of bleach. I have a feeling mushroom cuts will make a comeback (in a big way) in the 2010s.
Whoopsie! A poster advertising a pro-wrestling event in Osaka Japan accidentally used the Nazi symbol. Hmm, do we taste a little schnitzel in our sushi?
This is the head of the UK's anti-terrorism department, and that piece of paper details a major undercover operation against a terrorist cell. Oops! He has since resigned.
Anne Hathaway will win the Golden Globe for Best Actress on Sunday night, according to the ceremony's official website. Oops. The saving grace is that she probably deserves it—that Rehearsal Dinner scene seriously made me squirm.
Never make a bet you can't win, especially when man boobs are involved. It wouldn't be a proper childhood if there weren't any major regrets. Unfortunately for these three young gamblers, their special moment was recorded.
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=QnE-YJ---GI
John McCain gets tongue tied Sarah Palin style when addressing a group of Pennsylvania voters about Republican John Murtha’s racist Western Pennsylvania remarks. Check out the video to see what I mean.
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Check it out on Walmart’s site.
Tech Buzz After prematurely sending out a comic book introducing Google’s new open source web browser to a few bloggers, the search giant announced the launch of the beta version of Google Chrome, available today. Shortly after that little woopsie-daisy, Google went ahead and published the comic book for the masses in the interest of “information for everyone” anyways. So Googley of them!
Politics Buzz U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress, was reported dead today by a number of professional news outlets. Only problem was, she wasn’t! Rather, Rep. Jones is currently in critical condition after suffering from a brain aneurysm.