Archive
May 7, 2012
Baron Davis' Career Might Be Over, So Let's Watch Him Dunk
With the news today that Baron could be out 12 months after tearing basically every ligament in his knee, it seems right to remember how incredible of a dunker he once was.
Awkward Comic Coloring Error
Please draw your eyes to the flesh-colored stick in the bottom right. Now look away really fast because EW.
What Will Happen If North Carolina's Amendment 1 Passes
Residents of North Carolina will vote on Amendment 1 today. Amendment 1 says: "Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state." Here's everything you need to know about the consequences of its passage.
Jay Carney Jokes About Being White
Obama's press secretary—then a reporter for Time—made an appearance in the 2002 documentary "Journeys With George". "We don't want you to get the impression from this picture that Time is completely staffed by white males with blonde hair."
Michael Moore Singing "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
Happy Monday!
Romney's Answer To Off-Message Right Wing: Silence
An Ohio town hall highlights the candidate's struggle to find his voice in fights with the right wing. A sign of insecurity with the base.
Happy 10 Year Anniversary To Allen Iverson's Famous "We Talkin’ ’Bout Practice" Rant!
That is all I am talking about in this post.
Chris Davis Just Became The Fifth Position Player Since 1900 To Win A Game Pitching
Position players don't win games at pitcher very often, unsurprisingly.
MSNBC Accidentally Calls French President Nicolas Sarkozy A Prostitute
The network apparently mixed up the outgoing president with Colombian prostitute Dania Suarez. The gaffe is especially ironic given some of Sarkozy's policies.
Buffalo Wing-Flavored Soda
From the company who brought you Bacon Soda comes a drink that I can't imagine anyone ever ingesting unless they were double-dog dared to.
White House Advisor: You're Not Responsible For Everything Said At Every Event
Democrats are capitalizing on comments made at town hall by a woman asking a question who said President Obama should be tried for treason, comments not immediately disavowed by Mitt Romney. In 2011, during a Labor Day rally with Obama rally, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa said Democrats should "take these [Republican] sons of bitches out". WH Advisor Daniel Pfeiffer responded in an interview with AM 630 that officials shouldn't be responsible for everything said and don't have to serve as the "speech police."
Hey, What's Wilson Phillips Been Up To Lately?
Oh, just discussing the benefits of douching instead of working on the setlist for an upcoming show, no big deal. The following conversation (filmed for their new reality series) may scar you for life.
Delta Pulls "Daily Show" Ads After Catholic Complaints [Updated]
Catholic League chief Bill Donohue is still on his campaign against Jon Stewart for a weeks-old "vagina manger" bit. The next target: Kellogg's.
Facebook Social Readers Are All Collapsing
Are you annoyed by all those automatic Facebook news apps? Apparently you're not alone. They're falling off a cliff right now.
Ex-General Teaches Off-The-Record Class With “Sensitive” Material
Stanley McChrystal is teaching an off the record course on leadership at Yale, despite the school’s “anti-military” faculty, says the New York Times. The newly minted professor was as surprised by his firing as if he’d been “killed by stampeding giraffes.”
The New York Knicks: Basketball Trolls
How the Knickerbockers did it for the lulz.
7 Adorable Videos Of Kids Falling Asleep While Eating Ice Cream
This is totally a phenomenon. Children tend to learn early that choosing between eating and sleeping is one of life's toughest choices.
15 "Mad Men" Fashion Highlights: Megan's Last Office Dresses, Pete's Mistress's Dour House Clothes, And More
Now that Megan is going to be an actress, is she going to dress in yoga clothes all the time? I sure hope not.
The Most Poisonous Myth About Smartphones
Best Buy needs us to to believe we have too many good choices when it comes to phones, and that we're too stupid to make them. We don't and we aren't.
Robot Dinosaur Scares A Little Kid
This will be the cutest video you watch today.
Movies Are Getting Shittier Because You Keep Stealing Them
How piracy hurts, but intellectual property theft might actually help the movie industry. Cheezburger Network's Ben Huh gets serious about copyright law.
What's The Best Photo You've Ever Taken?
We all have photos we're proud of, and here's the place to show them off. C'mon, BuzzFeed, let's see the best photograph you've ever taken!
Three Times Barack Obama Suggested Terrorism And National Security Shouldn't Be A Wedge Issue In Politics
President Obama has come under fire from conservatives for his use of Osama Bin Laden's death in an attack ad on Mitt Romney. The Obama campaign has defended the politicizing of Bin Laden's death, but the President himself has argued in the past that terrorism and national security shouldn't be used as a wedge issue in politics.
Allen West Surprised That France Elected A Socialist
Or an "openly socialist individual," in his terms.
The "Mad Men" Likability Index: Megan Has A Dream
And Don will reluctantly let her follow it. No more baked beans for her unless she's cooking them for dinner!
Mitt Romney Was Arrested For Disorderly Conduct In 1981
The charges were dropped after Romney threatened to sue. "I was not a disorderly person," Romney said.
Another Obama Cabinet Member Comes Out For Gay Marraige
Today it's Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
Report: Rahm Emanuel Doubts New French President
The French press reports that Emanuel doesn't find Francois Hollande presidential. Worries about the relationship between Obama and the new Socialist leader. [This story has been updated.]
Bryan Fischer's Last Stand Against The Gays
From Idaho to Tupelo, how the last, loudest, proudest scourge of homosexuality made it to the center of the presidential campaign. He thinks Obama is punishing us for our racism, and says he's Romney's "best friend," whether the candidate knows it or not.
A Kid Faces Down The Riot Police In Moscow
Russians protested Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president in Moscow today. "This is Russia's Tiananmen Image," writes journalist Julia Ioffe.
