Marry the Night – the Gagameister’s latest video/short-film – is, according to the singer, her most autobiographical. It’s also one of the funniest things she’s done since showing up in drag at the VMAs.
The problem with corporations is that they never think of you. They get you hooked on their damn products, desperate for their damn products, and then — poof! — in the most nefarious of fashions, they make it difficult to get their product.
Such is the case with Diet Coke and its new imposter, regular Coca-Cola Classic.
Last night the US Senate approved the National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA) by a vote of 93-7. The bill contains a controversial provision that requires the US military to take custody of all defendants accused of terrorism and allows for the indefinite detention of US citizens, even if they have not been charged with a crime. The bill must still be reconciled with the House version of the legislation. President Obama has threatened to veto the bill if it contains the detention provision. However, it now looks like there are enough votes in the Senate to override the veto. Continue reading
You know what’s longer than that word? Continue reading
I’ve been bumping this album nonstop for the past week. It’s called “Population Control” and it’s the fourth album from hip-hop DJ Statik Selektah aka Showoff. Continue reading
56 years ago today, Rosa Parks got on the bus to go home, but was too tired to go to the back of the bus where blacks in the 50’s were supposed to sit. Continue reading
This story is about a woman that dresses as and passes for a male most of her life. Albert, played by Glenn Close, lives in 19th century Ireland and works as a waiter/butler that caters to the wealthy in all of their opulence and stiffness but still has wants and needs of his own. It is the sudden appearance of Hubert (Janet McTeer) that opens Albert’s world up to a new realm of possibilities while simultaneously showcasing his own naiveté.
Analogies are hard. Hard like that one test I had to take high school about Le Petit Prince when everything was in French and I wasn’t really that good at French.
Inspired by this post of the 56 best/worst Analogies from High Schoolers, we’re going to have ourselves a little contest.
Today is World AIDS Day. The 24th World AIDS Day, to be exact. Let’s take a look at some sobering statistics, shall we?
According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), as of January 2010, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV worldwide, up 17% from 2001. This number reflects both an increase in the number of infections and a reduction in AIDS-related deaths due to increased access to effective antiretroviral therapy. UNAIDS also reports that the number of people dying of AIDS-related causes fell to 1.8 million in 2010, down from a peak of 2.2 million in the mid-2000s. Promisingly, approximately 2.5 million deaths were prevented in low- and middle-income countries since 1995 due to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy. Much of that success has come in the past two years when rapid scale-up of access to treatment occurred; in 2010 alone, 700,000 AIDS-related deaths were averted. Continue reading
Why, hello there! My, how quickly this year’s gone! December already? That’s madness! MADNESS!
However, since this year is coming to a close, whether we’re ready for it or not, I thought it might be nice to devote the QOTDs of December to the glory of the past year. Or, if your year sucked, to the few good things that helped us all get to 2012. For me, it was actually a pretty big year–a year of changes, and, as every year is in some way, a year of firsts. And so, the Question of the Day:
What did you do for the first time in 2011? Continue reading