#NeedsMoreLikes

[Lexicat]

Bloomberg officially announced entry to presidential race over the weekend and no-one noticed

OK billionaire

[Yri]

I’d love to take credit, but that was actually from a tweet by Elizabeth Warren.

[davide405]

Nailed it, as they often do

How to argue with your racist Facebook uncle this Thanksgiving

I get why the Democrats put this out, but it’s counter-productive for its stated purpose. Really engaging on facts is pointless. If your uncle is driving you crazy with political talking points say something like: I know your political views are very important to you. Getting together with the whole family is important to me. I want to have happy memories of these times. I know that’s hard when each of us feels like the other is living in an alternate reality. But please, let’s try to connect …

[Nightflyer]

A poor, Trump-voting Florida town opened a government grocery store to end its food desert, but it's "not socialism"

Want to drive old religious types crazy? Point out that their definition of “Heaven” is socialist. Everyone happy, free food, free homes, free love, no sicknesses and no need going unfulfilled for lack of money. No status too, everyone is equal - the rich and the pauper.

[Mister44]

Just when you think this dune-riding motorcycle rider is a goner...

Needs music: Should start at :23

Just when you think this dune-riding motorcycle rider is a goner...

Whatever you say, Mister. (no idea how to embed this) ateambiker.m4v (2.3 MB)

^^^ Deserves waaaaayy more likes for making the dream come true.

[Sally_Mahoney]

The perfect stocking stuffer is this Japanese company's new clear eraser

So… it’s like the Crystal Pepsi of erasers? Is there an advantage to having a clear eraser that I’m (hah) not seeing? Other than the neat factor, of course. I’ve used many erasers in my life, and for me the gold standard is the gummy eraser, because it’s moldable. And when you are bored you can pull it apart and mold it into other shapes, like penguins. And make them fight. (eta) I just realized that God is bored. That explains us. He took dust, molded us into shapes, and made us fight.

[Ratel]

How to argue with your racist Facebook uncle this Thanksgiving

I stand apoplectic at the continuing science denial reflected in this funny but ineffectual “guide”. This DCCC piece would receive an F in any cognitive psychology class. As much as it hurts to hear it, decades of work in cognitive psychology, behavioral economics and social psychology show that facts and logic are not terribly persuasive -people are far more motivated by moral values (i.e., beliefs about right and wrong) and emotions. Conservatives have known this for half a century. Huma…

[TobinL]

Woman calls cops on black UPS driver because "walking around with a bunch of packages" makes her "nervous"

I can’t believe we’re still doing this. You know who I feel bad for in that video? The guy who’s trying to do his job and is being harassed. I mean, it’s great that his harasser has elicited so much compassion here, but maybe we should direct some of that concern towards the UPS guy. What happened to him? Does he face that kind of bullshit on a regular basis? How does that make him feel? Just a thought. I’m probably wrong.

[davide405]

@teknocholer wins the internet for today, we can all go home

This Welsh password generator might keep you safe from hackers, but definitely from dragons

Fun fact: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch means “correct dragon battery staple”, and is the most commonly used password in Wales. [image]

[Ratel]

I raced to that thread to try and win the internet, but it was already won. Going home now.

[Nightflyer]

UK Apostrophe Protection Society surrender's, saying "ignorance and lazines's have won"

I think this discussion has reached apostrophic proportions.

[milliefink]

There’s some great writers hanging around here!

Devin Nunes: 'It’s possible' I talked to Lev Parnas

It’s possible we’ve all had a chance to talk to Lev Parnas. Every time you’ve felt down on a bus bench and a friendly Florida real estate businessman took a minute to cheer you up, that was Lev Parnas. Every time you’ve dialed a wrong number and the person on the other end wasn’t irritated, but took the mistake in good-natured stride, warmly sharing a laugh with you over the coincidences of life, that was Lev Parnas all along. Every time you’ve looked back at your solitary footprints on the beac…

[davide405]

For providing a way to do something productive with outrage.

George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon Martin's mother for $100M in order to promote a movie

Instead of giving that pond scum any more attention, donate to Trayvon’s mom, Sybrina Fulton, who is currently running for Commissioner in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

[davide405]

Truth

Bill Barr's police speech proves the GOP doesn't actually care about "small government."

For the love of all that’s good and reasonable, can we stop pretending the GOP has any guiding principles beyond “might makes right” and “the ends justify the means?” Republican legislators want only to seize and hold power. They will say and do anything to accomplish this goal. Slogans like “small government,” “fiscal responsibility,” “family values,” and so on are demonstrably nothing more than convenient public lies for them. In fact, the unhesitating tendency to lie, cheat, steal, and murde…

[Ratel]

Beer company in trouble for "reindeer orgy" beer cans

Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say “Rudolph, with your **** so **** Won’t you **** my **** tonight?”

[fiddlingfrog]

What are these mysterious "beach circles"?

[andy_goldsworthy_aliens]

[DukeTrout]

Weird and wonderful!

What are these mysterious "beach circles"?

On a complete side note: that helicopter, judging by the sound, is powered by a rare Fisher-Price ETJ-501 turboshaft engine, which was based on the earlier FP #757 Melody Push Chime (see video below). These were used a lot in the 1970’s until a series of notable fatal and hull-loss accidents – resulting from “winsome and soothing harmonic amplification causing compressor blade separation and catastrophic engine failure” – grounded all aircraft, eventually leading to the sell-off and closure of …

[Sally_Mahoney]

Woman asked to remove "Hail Satan" T-shirt on American Airlines flight

Do people who wear crosses in public have to worry about what other people think? If not, then neither should anyone else.

[davide405]

Insightful as always

Runner who slapped journalist on butt is Tommy Callaway, a youth minister and boy scout leader in Statesboro, Georgia

I think this is a place where the gendered context is important. You probably have women in your life who you care about. Try asking how they would feel if someone grabbed the ass at work, or how they have felt about it, because it may be an experience they’ve had. People aren’t all the same and our gender doesn’t determine everything about us. Still, unwanted touching of a woman by a man is a different think than unwanted touching a man by a woman. It carries a different message. So many wome…

[Nightflyer]

One Million Moms, a far-right Christian group, is offended by Hallmark commercial of newlywed women kissing

We’ll stop politicizing their religion when their religion gets the fuck out of politics.