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House minority leader Nancy Pelosi had a great response when she was told about bigoted weirdo Michele Bachmann’s rambling nonsense about God and the Supreme Court today. Bachmann, a Tea Party congresswoman, is very upset that the Supreme Court didn’t interpret the centuries-old U.S. Constitution as being against gay marriage. “No man, not even a…
Windows 8.1 Preview is out, an update that solves most—if not all—of the complains from people who got the touch-oriented reboot of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. It’s not the final version but, apparently, it’s solid and worth the risk. And it’s free. https://lifehacker.com/download-the-windows-8-1-preview-now-586263475
New England Patriots’ star Aaron Hernandez has been charged with the murder of 27-year-old semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. According to the prosecution, the 23-year-old player “orchestrated the execution.” Lloyd was dating Hernandez girlfriend’s sister. https://deadspin.com/prosecutor-aaron-hernandez-orchestrated-the-execution-588065097 Latest Updates Monday, June 26, 2013 2:43PM—New England Patriots’ star Aaron Hernandez was taken to the Attleboro District Court…
When Apple replaced built-in Google Maps on iPhones and iPads, people were justifiably livid. What had worked so well was suddenly a useless mess. Millions of people who depended on Google Maps for subway and bus schedules were abandoned. At least the incorrectly rendered 3D imagery is kind of pretty! A Stockholm-based project called MapGlitch…
An online uproar and a 10,000-signature petition forced Michigan wildlife authorities to let a family keep their beloved Lilly the Deer, who sleeps on a futon and wears party hats. Lilly was born moments after her mother was struck dead on a road, and the family raised her as a pet.
Modern-day slavery fan Paula Deen finally went on the Today show to cry and beg for forgiveness. Still, she wonders if the black people really get offended by the N-word. After all, she has heard the blacks in her kitchen use this word!
Conan O’Brien went to E3—the games industry’s yearly trade show—to discover the newest game consoles, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. But the most important discovery was the reason why Nintendo’s Mario has a mustache as told by his creator, the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto. Watch the second video here. https://kotaku.com/sorry-sony-microsoft-or-basically-anyone-else-conan-584763776
In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, arguing that it violates the Fifth Amendement. Gay marriage will have to be legally recognized by the federal government from now on—and states will not be able to write anti-gay marriage laws. Photo by Getty Images
Democrat Texas State Senator Wendy Davis has defeated the draconian Republican-sponsored anti-abortion bill, the toughest in the country. She stood up filibustering for 13 hours straight, without any physical aid at the senate floor. The law would have virtually banned abortion in the Lone Star state, reducing clinics from 47 to just five.
The entire city of Miami is reportedly filled with a type of amateur prostitute called “sugar babies.” It is how things are done, in Florida. Nobody has money and college is expensive, so young girls whore themselves out to gross old men with money. Rape happens, too.
Overwhelmed by digital pictures on a dozen computers and external drives and tablets and phones? Baffled by different formats for files and folders and camera data? Use these simple tips to get them all organized, quickly, and you’ll love taking pictures again.
America’s jobless people told their tales in 40 episodes of Gawker.com’s “Unemployment Stories,” and from their experiences you can learn many valuable lessons that might lead to better fortunes. Going into more debt for more education, for example, rarely pays off. http://gawker.com/five-things-we-learned-about-unemployment-573268270
23-year-old Abigail Fisher sued the University of Texas after being rejected, claiming the institution’s affirmative action policy discriminated her. The US Supreme Court has now sent her case back to a lower court, where she plans to keep fighting. Krystie Yandoli has very good advice for her: shut up. https://jezebel.com/an-open-letter-to-affirmative-action-reject-abigail-fis-570774253 Photo by Getty Images
A driver in Los Angeles caught this insanity on his dashboard video camera over the weekend, and then posted it to Reddit, so that everyone can enjoy this horrific nut screaming racist craziness at the world. If you see this guy (Illinois plates in Southern California), go ahead and call in a drone strike. https://jalopnik.com/watch-this-racist-idiot-commit-unbelievable-acts-of-roa-574105316
This is State Senator Wendy Davis three hours into her filibustering effort to stop a new Texas’ anti-abortion bill. She has to keep standing and talking for 13 hours in order to defeat the Republican-sponsored text, which will virtually ban abortion in the Lone Star state reducing clinics from 47 to just five.
A Swiss Air flight carrying $93 million in U.S. cash arrived in New York with more than a million dollars missing. One of the sealed crates was found with a big hole—”large enough to put your arm in.” And that’s how the money presumably got out. http://gawker.com/swiss-air-and-the-fed-lose-1-2-million-to-bold-heist-o-574979236 [Photo via Getty Images.]
Western burial customs are expensive, idiotic and terrible for the environment. Cremation is also lousy for the Earth’s climate, with all that burning of fossil fuel. How will we get rid of our dead bodies in the future? Here are eight great ideas. http://gawker.com/5857128/graverobber-kept-29-mummified-women-as-life+sized-dolls
What is the saddest thing? For millions of people who fool around on the Internet all day while other people do the work, the saddest thing is a web video that’s slow to load. YouTube is on the case, and Gizmodo has an exclusive look at how online video will change forever.
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The states with long histories of racism—specifically, the southern states where black humans were kept as slaves who could be legally bought, sold, raped and murdered—have had federal oversight since 1965 to protect minority voters. That’s over now. https://jezebel.com/scotus-declares-racism-over-strikes-down-section-of-vo-572129965 This…
When the Google Street View team rolled through Tokyo recently, a bunch of writers from a Japanese humor website were there with these eerie pigeon masks. The “human pigeons” then stood around gawking at the Google van, and here are the weird results.
