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Watch This Boston Bro Totally Lose His Shit Over a Weird Fish

by HomerPSCwxnsyw Posted on September 23, 2015

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This is what happens when a guy from Malden, Mass., sees a weird-looking fish in Boston Harbor, and decides to record his reaction, bro.

“I don’t know, man. I went nuts. We didn’t know what the hell it was,” Michael Bergin told the Boston Globe. “It was scaring me to death, it was like a dinosaur. It was so … ugly.”

H/t to Business Insider’s Facebook page (features some NSFW salty Boston language):

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Today was a great way to end summer thank u

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Michael Bergin on Thursday, September 17, 2015

By the way, it’s an ocean sunfish, which, to be fair, looks pretty damn weird:

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It’s a strong contender for the new Double Rainbow:

Happy Wednesday.

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One Angry Man: Trump (Finally) Reports for Jury Duty

by BobbyeBertles Posted on August 17, 2015

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Celebrity tycoon and GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump arrived at a courthouse in Manhattan on Monday morning to report for jury duty. He pulled up in a limo and fist bumped bystanders on his way into the State Supreme Court. Last week, at a rally in New Hampshire, Trump said he would willingly sacrifice valuable campaign time to answer his jury summons.

But prior to professing his commitment to civic responsibility, Trump has perennially skipped out on jury summonses in the past.

Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen confirmed to CNN that Trump has missed five jury summonses over nine years. But Cohen claimed that Trump was not shirking his civic duty. The summonses, he said, were delivered to the wrong address.

“You gotta serve it to the right property,” Cohen said. “I believe he owns the building but he doesn’t reside there, and nobody knows what happened to the document.”

It’s true that master jury lists are often outdated; an address mix-up is feasible. But in general, wealthy individuals are usually more likely to report for jury duty. Lower-income people often cut out due to the various economic pressures that come with jury duty: time off from work, reduced pay (in most states, jury pay is less than $50 a day), and child care needs.

Because he made it to the courthouse today, CNN reports, Trump will not have to pay the $250 fine he was facing for previous failures to appear. It’s doubtful the threat of such a fine compelled him to show up. But a cynic can certainly wonder what will happen the next time he is called to jury duty when he is not a presidential candidate.

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Super Body, Super Brain – Michael Gonzalez-wallace

by Myrna Posted on June 13, 2015

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Super Body, Super Brain

The Workout That Does It All

Michael Gonzalez-wallace

Genre: Health & Fitness

Price: $1.99

Publish Date: December 28, 2010

Publisher: HarperCollins e-books

Seller: HarperCollins


Make the Most of Every Moment Not every movement is created equal. Super Body, Super Brain’s targeted exercise circuits make every second of your workout count, harnessing the power of multitasking to sharpen your mind and tone your body in just minutes a day. Crossword puzzles, Sodoku, computer games, and DVDs—there&apos;s no end to the products touting their brain-boosting benefits. But in this multimillion-dollar business, one crucial tool has been overlooked: the enormous power of physical movement. Until now. As one of New York City&apos;s most popular trainers, Michael Gonzalez-Wallace needed to keep his busy clients happy with engaging, efficient workouts. He quickly noticed that when exercises used several muscles at once, combining coordination and precision with aerobic and strength-training actions, clients were significantly more focused—and achieved better, faster results. Many hours of research and consultations with neuroscientists later, Gonzalez-Wallace had confirmed his instincts: exercises that demand balance and concentration not only tone the body, but actually increase brain activity. In fact, contrary to commonly held beliefs, the brain is constantly rewiring itself and capable of change at any age. This targeted program—the first of its kind—uses a series of carefully designed exercises to do just that. As you move through Super Body, Super Brain&apos;s innovative circuits—for little as 10 minutes a day—you will being to: Improve your alertness and lessen fatigueBecome more mentally sharp with improved memory capabilityImprove your moodLose weight and reduce your body fatStrengthen your core muscles and tone your upper and lower bodyStrengthen your heart and lungs and improve your enduranceImprove your balance and coordinationTransform your posture and become more flexible As a powerful complement to these circuits, Gonzalez-Wallace has teamed up with a top nutritionist to create brain-boosting recipes that help maximize his program&apos;s powerful results. If you have a few minutes to spare, you have the power to look better, feel better, and tackle every day with more energy and efficiency than ever before!

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Internet Gossip Collective Votes to Join Socialist Hollywood Cabal

by ModestaMilliner Posted on June 4, 2015

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Gawker just voted to join the WGA-E.

To celebrate I made this photo of George Michael writing the word “union” in lipstick on a lady’s body.

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Here is one of him drawing the Gawker logo.

And last but not least:

A few days ago Gawker staffers explained why they were or were not for the unionization effort. The thread is really fascinating. You should read it.

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These Photos of Sea Creatures Soaked by Oil in California Will Break Your Heart

by weask Posted on May 22, 2015

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Volunteers fill buckets with oil near Refugio State Beach. Michael A. Mariant/AP

On Tuesday, an oil pipeline burst near Refugio State Beach west of Santa Barbara, California, sending an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil onto the beach. Up to a fifth of that oil is believed to have reached the ocean, Reuters reports.

Now, volunteers and private contractors are racing to clean up the oil. About 6,000 gallons have been collected so far, according to the AP. But damage has already been done. At least two pelicans have been found dead, and five more pelicans and one sea lion were sent for rehabilitation. Biologists have also found many dead fish and lobsters. Local officials have closed the beach at least through Memorial Day, and possibly for “many weeks” after that, one scientist at the scene said.

A young female sea lion affected by the Santa Barbara oil spill receives treatment from the SeaWorld California animal rescue team. Rex Features/AP

The company that owned the pipeline, Plains All American, has one of the country’s worst environmental safety records. An analysis by the Los Angeles Times found that the company’s rate of incidents per mile of pipeline is more than three times the national average. A spokesperson said the company deeply “regrets this release,” but it remains unclear what penalties it could face for this latest accident.

It could be years before the full impact is truly understood, since damage to the ecosystem can sometimes take a while to manifest. Five years after the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, biologists are still tallying the damage.

Here are some of the latest images coming in from the scene:

Refugio State Beach Santa Barbara News-Press/ZUMA

A small crab covered in oil Troy Harvey/ZUMA

Two whales surfaced near an oil slick off Refugio State Beach. Michael A. Mariant/AP

A dead lobster covered in oil on the shoreline Troy Harvey/ZUMA

Clean-up workers remove a dead octopus from the beach. Mike Eliason/ZUMA

Crews from Patriot Environmental Services collect oil-covered seaweed and sand. Michael A. Mariant/AP

A helicopter coordinates ships below pulling booms to collect oil from the spill. Michael A. Mariant/AP

Clean-up workers monitor the site of the underground oil pipeline break. Michael A. Mariant/AP

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Watch John Oliver and Michael Bolton Serenade the Unsung Heroes Working for the IRS

by RSNAndresu Posted on April 13, 2015

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Everyone hates the IRS. And as Tax Day nears, complaints about the much-despised agency grow louder and angrier. On the latest “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver dedicated his show to defending the IRS and its employees, who are subjected to working a thankless, challenging job everyday.

“Blaming the IRS because you hate paying your taxes is a bit like slapping your checkout clerk because the price of eggs has gone up,” Oliver said. “It’s not her fault, she’s just trying to help you get out of the store.”

Recent budgets cuts, coupled with constant changes to complicated tax laws only make the situation worse.

Of course, asking viewers to sympathize with the IRS is a difficult task. To help, Oliver recruited singer Michael Bolton to serenade a wonderful ode to the agency, “the anus of our country.” Because as the lyrics note, you’ll never “miss your anus till it’s gone.” Watch below:

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Let These Adorable Children Show You Just How Insane the NRA’s Fear-Mongering Is

by SandyWillingham Posted on April 7, 2015

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Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s executive vice president and perhaps the gun lobby’s most visible figure, has a penchant for invoking fear and paranoia in order to convince people that gun ownership is key to physical safety—despite an increasing number of studies that prove the very opposite.

Ahead of the NRA’s annual convention this weekend, Everytown, the gun-safety coalition backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has released a video to demonstrate just how ridiculous LaPierre’s signature fear-mongering tends to get. The video, which features kids adorably rattling off a handful of the NRA executive’s quotes, is part of the group’s larger effort to expose the lobby’s tactics coined “Stop Crazytown.”

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Turns Out, Novelist Karen Russell’s Bro Is Also a Fantastic Writer

by Clark36Uxkhmrw Posted on March 2, 2015

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I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son
By Kent Russell
KNOPF

Halfway through his engrossing book of essays and reportage, I realized Kent Russell was the kid brother of Swamplandia author Karen Russell, and then it all made sense: the hilariously dysfunctional Florida family. The language you can chew on. Russell’s characters shoal along walls or “move about like a violent decision.” His own small hands are “furtive-looking” and his feet are “a hindrance, dry-land flippers.” When he’s not psychoanalyzing friends and relations (or himself), he’s off communing with various lunatics. He attends a mass gathering of Juggalos (the mostly poor, white, and highly perverse followers of the band Insane Clown Posse). He tracks down a legendary hockey enforcer—Russell is obsessed with the sport—in Nova Scotia. He powwows with guys who dose themselves with snake venom or squat near-deserted islands. All you need do is grip your armrests and live vicariously.

Master photo by Michael Lionstar.

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This Correction Is Supremely Unfortunate. I Can’t Stop Cringing.

by StephenSolar Posted on February 27, 2015

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Courtesy of New York Times staff editor Michael Roston, this is an unfortunate push alert error:

I feel genuinely awful for whoever is responsible for this. Everyone of us has made that mistake, but this will haunt them.

In the interest of solidarity, here’s a Star Wars mistake I once made when I worked for CNET:

Stay strong, anonymous ABC7 push alert writer. You’ll come back from this.

UPDATE: The ABC7 digital editor responsible seems like a mensch.

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Americans Are More Concerned About Racism Than at Anytime Since Rodney King

by silvermega-1989 Posted on December 19, 2014

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A new poll conducted by Gallup found that 13 percent of Americans believe racism is the country’s most important problem, up from just 1 percent in November. It’s the highest that number has been since the Rodney King verdict in 1992.

The sharp rise follows national outrage and a wave of protests that swept the nation in response to the failure by two separate grand juries to indict two white officers who killed two black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

According to the data published Friday, nonwhites are more than twice as likely as whites to call race relations/racism the country’s most important problem:

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The latest poll echoes recent studies revealing similar sentiments, including worsening race relations and a growing distrust of law enforcement officers among Americans. As for the latter, however, Gallup found in a poll published earlier this week that while trust in police by nonwhites has plummeted by 22 percent, whites’ views on the issue have barely changed.

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As for the most important problem facing the nation, that’s still the government, which leads racism by 2 points.

Correction: The original version of this story misstated the last time so many Americans viewed racism as the nation’s biggest problem; it was after the Rodney King verdict, not his death.

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