Culture Buzz #OccupyNorthPole. Don't worry kids, we'll bail him out before tomorrow night.
Culture Buzz The one thing Iranian hardliners and British diplomats can agree on: Samuel L. Jackson.
Culture Buzz Considering the behavior of certain police lately, this photo is oozing with righteous schadenfreude. This anonymous Chilean activist just delivered the taint shot heard round the world. Kick whichever ass you choose with our handy Photo Editor at the bottom of the page!
Culture Buzz Amazing photos of Occupy Wall Streeters as they tangle with the NYPD on the second month anniversary of the protest. Pockets of violence erupted as OWS, in what they're calling a “Day of Action,” attempted to march on the New York Stock Exchange.
Culture Buzz Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, breaks his silence on the Penn State scandal with Bob Costas. And he unsurprisingly denies all the charges. “Horsing around” and “horseplay” are terms that are now forever tainted.
Culture Buzz On the heels of the revelation that the judge who freed Jerry Sandusky on bail was a donor to Sandusky's Second Mile charity, and the incredulous questions as to why she did not recuse herself, here are some more unanswered questions surrounding this awful scandal. Not to get into the realm of conspiracy theory, but there are some very disturbing “coincidences” surrounding this case.
Culture Buzz Jerry Sandusky in a 1987 NBC interview: “I enjoy being around children…I just have a good time with them.” “Everybody needs people to care for them, even if sometimes they don't want it.” *shudder*
Culture Buzz This is the horrific and damning story of Victim 2. From the Grand Jury Report into the alleged and repeated rape of young boys by former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. The report identifies at least 8 victims, but Victim 2 is the case that directly involved Head Coach Joe Paterno and the upper echelons of the Penn State hierarchy. The abuse that's described, and the resultant cover up, is shocking.
Culture Buzz Just when you think this awful story couldn't get any worse. Mark Madden, the sports writer in Pennsylvania who first broke the Jerry Sandusky child rape story, now claims that Sandusky is rumored to have sold children for sex to wealthy donors. Here's a radio clip of Madden discussing an investigation into the stomach-turning allegations.
Sports Buzz Just a simple reminder for deciding if the situation merits a riot. Thanks, Animaniacs!
While police forces were in full blown riot gear firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protestors, one Navy veteran stands strong amidst the chaos. He doesn't even flinch while holding the U.S. constitution and Veteran's for Peace flag. They really make the Navy tough as nails. (via youtube.com)
Politics Buzz Looks like WaPo has figured out what people on the Internet really want. (via wonkette.com)
Culture Buzz Rioting continued unabated for a third night in London neighborhoods. With arrests reaching over 500 and one death reported, police are considering distribution of rubber bullets to the 16,000 officers that will be out trying to quell the riots tonight. First round of photos here.
Culture Buzz Thirty-five officers were injured and over one-hundred and sixty people arrested over the weekend. The violence broke out in the gritty north London suburb of Tottenham on Saturday night amid community anger over a fatal police shooting of a 29-year-old father of four. Police said “copycat criminal” violence spread to other parts of the city Sunday night and early Monday, including, briefly, London's busy shopping and tourist district at Oxford Circus.
Culture Buzz At yesterday's premiere of a documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival, an electronic and dance music fest, a riot broke out as thousands of people showed up for the accompanying block party in Los Angeles. Police shut down a large swath of Hollywood Boulevard, a squad car was burned and beanbag guns were used on the unruly mob. The streets ran neon red with cracked glow sticks. Oh, and there was planking.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/06/live-stream...
The defense began presenting its case Thursday morning in the Casey Anthony murder trial, and once again, RadarOnline.com is live streaming the proceedings.
http://gothamist.com/2011/06/17/vancouver_riot_kiss_wasnt...
Sorry to disillusion all the hopeless riot romantics out there…
The photographer of the single greatest Canadian riot photo ever taken told The Guardian that he was being “buffeted by rioters” before snapping that photo in a fleeting moment that was quickly lost to chaos. So how does he explain the photo on the left? (Update: Guardian's Douglas Haddow, who originally posted the photo on the left on Tumblr, posted an update about the couple and the kiss photo here.)
With rage. So much rage. Silver lining? No one will feel guilty making this riot into a string of captioned images.
This is unbelievable. On the annual “Kegs & Eggs” day at the University of Albany, things got way out of hand and resulted in the destruction of two cars. This is why we can't have nice things.
Is this the protest song of the new generation? via CNN