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This was amazing.
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Melissa McCarthy Just Played Sean Spicer On SNL And It Was Simply Glorious
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Trump apparently hates the idea that any of his advisors are “running him.” If that’s true, tonight’s SNL is going to drive him bonkers.
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Donald Trump Is Going To Hate This Saturday Night Live Skit So Much
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Aziz Ansari Just Hit Donald Trump Hard In An Epic Saturday Night Live Monologue
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Saturday Night Live Just Did A Cold Open That Will Make You Sob
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The elite gentlemen of the Porcellian Club, Harvard’s centuries-old social club that boasts the likes of Teddy Roosevelt and the Winklevoss twins among its alumni, emerged from years of silence on Tuesday to reject the university’s calls for clubs to join the 21st century and include women into its exclusive ranks.
“To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time an officer of the PC has granted an on-the-record statement to a newspaper since our founding in 1791,” Charles Storey, a graduate from the class of ’82 and the club’s graduate board president, wrote to Harvard’s student newspaper the Crimson. “This reflects both the PC’s abiding interest in privacy and the importance of the situation.”
Storey goes on to argue that by forcing clubs to invite female members, the change would “potentially increase, not decrease the potential for sexual misconduct”—essentially making the case that instead of broadening women’s access to the benefits of these social clubs, the university’s efforts could actually jeopardize a woman’s safety.
“Given our policies, we are mystified as to why the current administration feels that forcing our club to accept female members would reduce the incidence of sexual assault on campus,” Storey continued.
Storey isn’t alone in his staunch resolve to remain stuck on the wrong side of history. Another Porcellian Club member, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Washington Post that the university’s efforts would disrupt the club’s intention to develop “deep male friendships.”
“We don’t want to be involved in anyone else’s business, we just want to be left alone to carry on our 225-year traditions in peace,” he noted.
Last year, a similar conflict erupted when women fought to perform in Harvard’s Hasty Pudding theatrical group, which has been all-male since its founding in 1795. Despite their attempts, none of the 17 women who auditioned were accepted into the troupe.
“I want to say that it’s unsettling that there will be no women on stage tonight,’’ Amy Poehler said when accepting the group’s “Woman of the Year” award last January. “You know it’s time for a change when the Augusta National Golf Club has lapped you in terms of being progressive.”
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Harvard’s All-Male Club Says it Can’t Let in Women Because They’d Be Sexually Assaulted
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Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones
Little Windows
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George and Tammy…Porter and Dolly…Teddy and Kelly? Teddy Thompson (son of Richard and Linda) and Kelly Jones have a ways to go before they’re recognized as the next great male-female duo, but this winning twosome is off to a fine start with Little Windows. Blending their plaintive voices in seamless, high-lonesome harmonies that would do the Everly Brothers proud, they explore love’s many complications in memorable country-pop tunes both jaunty (“Wondering”) and mournful (“I Thought That We Said Goodbye”). Long on atmosphere and short on pandering nostalgia, despite an old-school vibe, songs like the dreamy 3:00 a.m. ballad “Don’t Remind Me” would inspire goosebumps in any era. Here’s to a long partnership!
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Upbeat and High Lonesome With Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott was served quite the verbal beatdown on Tuesday after a woman publicly shamed the Republican governor for a laundry list of GOP-supported issues—and it all unfolded on camera at a local Gainesville Starbucks.
“You cut Medicaid so I couldn’t get Obamacare,” Cara Jennings told the visibly shaken governor as he waited to pay for his coffee. “You’re an asshole. You don’t care about the working people. You should be ashamed to show your face around here.”
When Scott attempted to placate Jennings with the defense that his governorship created a million jobs, Jennings refused to back down and continued with her stunning reproach.
“A million jobs?” Jennings responded. “Who here has a great job or is looking forward to finishing school? Do you really feel like you have a job coming up?”
“You strip women of access to public health care. Shame on you, Rick Scott!”
Afterwards, Jennings told a local news station that several people thanked her for taking a stand against the governor. The incident, however, proved too much for Scott, who slunk out of the Starbucks empty-handed.
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Woman Publicly Shames Florida Gov. Rick Scott at Starbucks for Anti-Abortion Bill and Medicaid Cut
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The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Washington this week to wine and dine with the Obamas and announce a new climate deal, and Twitter has been absolutely thirsty for his arrival. If you can’t afford to flee across America’s northern border upon the ascent of President Donald Trump to the White House, here, instead, are a few photos of Canadian Bae-minister-in-chief Trudeau. He pulls off the exact embodiment of everything NOT-American so flawlessly, it sort of hurts. Enjoy.
“Kindness,” for example. On a pink sweater. Come on:
Today I posted this pic of Justin Trudeau on FB and all of my super conservative relatives are liking it… pic.twitter.com/WqLZzLLJ0k
— Karen Trudeau (@karentrudeau)
He unreservedly loves the gays:
Justin Trudeau is to become the first Canadian Prime Minister to take part in a Pride event https://t.co/kgmzopVoD9 pic.twitter.com/XW4jHBer0j
— The Outmost (@TheOutmost)
I meeeeeeean:
Justin Trudeau Will Be the First Canadian Prime Minister to Attend a Pride Parade… https://t.co/lmc9meIchO pic.twitter.com/0j10OijWPR
— Justin Trudeau fans (@Justinnews24)
He’s a self-described feminist. Aw:
.@CanadianPM Justin Trudeau bezeichnete sich @WEF in #Davos als Feminist #Weltfrauentag https://t.co/Dso1OZ6JsA pic.twitter.com/IcCLQx7UBD
— Kanada in Österreich (@KanOesterreich)
Here he is, fighting for your rights (he used to be a boxer):
Canada’s new prime minister is hot. He is young, and he is hot.
Justin Trudeau is #daddy. PM Malaysia hensem jugok pic.twitter.com/LzxudEdJBw
— Peghok Pekat (@peghokpekat)
They’re like the freaking Canadian Kennedys:
Canada’s New Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Is Basically a Canadian Kennedy… https://t.co/zmyZQF83IN pic.twitter.com/9GKgU3maVU
— Justin Trudeau fans (@Justinnews24)
Oh, and don’t forget this one:
Our Canadian national leader. Panda hugger and feminist. I’m in love. #Trudeau pic.twitter.com/vVr4yzREnQ
— Melanie Mah (@melmah)
You’re welcome.
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Judging by Donald Trump’s sweeping victories on Super Tuesday, Republican voters have decidedly ignored John Oliver’s plea to #MakeDonaldDrumpfagain and are on track to nominate the “serial liar” for president—at least for the time being.
But that doesn’t mean the “Last Week Tonight” host is done skewering Trump or his GOP rivals, especially after last week’s vulgar debate in Detroit, in which the real estate magnate boasted about the size of his penis on national television.
“That’s right, Donald Trump just talked about his dick during a presidential debate,” Oliver said. “A dick which I presume looks like a Cheeto with the cheese dust rubbed off.”
He then played audio excerpts of Trump’s ex-wife’s equally cringe-worthy romance novel, read by Morgan Fairchild.
As Oliver declared last night, welcome to “Clowntown Fuck-The-World Shitshow 2016.”
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Jennifer O’Connor
Surface Noise
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Thanks to her dry, deadpan delivery, Jennifer O’Connor could fool a careless listener into thinking she’s cool and detached. Au contraire. On her fine sixth album, and first outing in five years, this unassuming yet gifted singer-songwriter quietly injects her catchy folk-pop with shots of undiluted raw emotion, telling gripping stories of hearts in turmoil without slipping into cheesy melodrama. As evidenced by the use of her music in an iPhone ad and such TV shows as Orange Is the New Black, O’Connor can craft smooth melodies you’ll want to hum all day, but her real gift is the casually tossed-off lyric that cuts straight to the heart of a desperate situation. “Where do you go, when the road ahead just ends?/’Cause you made the same wrong turn over and over again,” she murmurs in “The Road,” while “It’s Gonna Get Worse” finds her calmly asking, “Tell me why you stand there, staring at your feet,” adding tersely, “Take out the trash.” Elsewhere, the hushed closing track “Black Sky Blanket” would do Lou Reed proud. Title to the contrary, Surface Noise is insightful, subtle, and intriguing.
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