Meet the family of Syrian refugees that freaked so many people out a few months ago.
“After controlling for other factors known to affect health, especially tobacco use and socioeconomic status, marijuana use had no negative effect on any measure of health, except for dental health. People who smoked more weed had a higher incidence of gum disease.”
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a species of praying mantis named after her, and you don’t.
The most valuable nose in North Dakota.
Chewbacca Mom meets Chewbacca.
Did you celebrate Ferris Bueller Day last weekend? Assuming you believe Ferris actually existed, of course.
“Your attorney has repeatedly pointed out, well we don’t know exactly when she became unconscious. And you’re right, maybe I was still fluttering my eyes and wasn’t completely limp yet. That was never the point. I was too drunk to speak English, too drunk to consent way before I was on the ground. I should have never been touched in the first place.”
“There is no scenario where your son should be the sympathetic figure here. He is the assailant. He is the rapist. I can’t image as a father how gut wrenching such a reality is for you, but it is still true.”
“What Brock Turner did was sickening; what he received as punishment is far less than what he deserved. But eroding due process and threatening judicial independence is not the way to bring his victim justice.”
Don’t tell JK Rowling who and what Hermione can’t be.
Taylor Swift is a mensch.
“You own his politics. You own his policies, even the ones that only last as long as the next contradiction. You own the racial animus that started out as a bug, became a feature and is now the defining characteristic of his campaign. You own every crazy, vile chunk of word vomit that spews from his mouth.”
Karl Rove is still a jerk.
Luxembourg aims to be the asteroid mining capital of the world.
“For the vast majority of working Americans, wages have been almost flat for the past 35 years. How can regular working people get more money? Organize. And strike.”
For example, amazon workers could really benefit from a big-ass strike.
If you’re a password-reuser, you may get nagged to change one or more of them.
RIP, Bretagne, last living search-and-rescue dog from 9/11. Major Kleenex warning for this one. See here for more on Bretagne.
RIP, Helen Chavez, labor activist and widow of Cesar Chavez.
RIP, Kimbo Slice, MMA star.
“A few weeks ago, in a fit of frustration over the history of Hollywood whitewashing, I felt an urge to do something. I started taking pictures of myself. Not just random pictures. I took pictures of myself as Asian characters who were played by white women in film. And it felt sooooo good.”
Don’t believe the Twitters – Roger Goodell was never dead.
Man, I can’t wait to see the new Harry Potter production, in whatever form it will be available.
When Muhammad Ali met Billy Graham.
RIP, Gordie Howe, greatest hockey player of all time.
“In fact, after his two strikeout, one sac bunt performance against Brewers pitching last night, Bartolo Colon now holds the record for most career plate appearances without drawing a single walk.”
RIP, Christina Grimmie, singer and former contestant on The Voice, murdered by yet another asshole with a gun, one day before an even bigger asshole with multiple guns killed FIFTY people in Orlando. This shit has got to stop.
“People who smoked more weed had a higher incidence of gum disease.”
too stoned to bother flossing.