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One of the world’s biggest gun companies is at the center of a dramatic divorce case that involves allegations of an affair, a secretive network of international bank accounts, and even an attempted murder case.

Responding to the backlash to the tryout page for DC Entertainment’s Open Talent Search, Harley Quinn co-writer Jimmy Palmiotti has clarified that a scene depicting the fan-favorite character in a bathtub, seemingly planning suicide, is merely a surreal dream sequence. “That the tryout Harley Quinn page went out without an overall description of tone and [...]

CUPERTINO, CA—At a highly anticipated press event at its Silicon Valley headquarters Tuesday afternoon, tech giant Apple officially unveiled to the public a panicked and completely idea-free man. The white, ultrathin man, who exhibited such features...

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"Arsenic-free, mercury-free, and Android-free," is a joke that just happened for some reason? Because Android inhalation will literally kill you I guess?

When does procuring ingredients for basic medicine make for a scandalous plot? When it can also be turned into an explosive. The Great Phenol plot is one of the biggest conspiracies that no one remembers.

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“We begin bombing in five minutes”

"This 9/11-themed golf course ad is a real thing that ran in today's Wisconsin State Journal," tweeted Josh Orton.

Tumbledown Trails, the name of which makes it sound like a delightful place where the Velveteen Rabbit went to retire, is currently having a lively time on their Facebook page, where there are hundreds of posted opinions—most of them accompanied by a surplus of exclamation points and/or ellipses, and most of them serving as excellent reminders of why reading internet comments and visiting Facebook are terrible, terrible ideas.

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Some people really like Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom... even though it is TERRIBLE. And while most of us want to like The Newroom, Sorkin is in no mood to listen to reason and improve it. And so, here is a funny, smart, impassioned plea for The Newsroom to be better from Funny or Die. Plus it's in language that Sorkin can definitely understand.

Okay that first opening scene in The Newsroom was pretty good.

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and his comment about it: http://christopherkeelty.com/pop-culture/case-youd-like-debate-yesterdays-cartoon/

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Continued from Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3. We’ll leave it here.

Continued from yesterday.

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Remember that time Jarvis, King Robert Baratheon, The Joker and Wash hung out.

And my longheld love of this movie’s cast has been fully justified.

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Today, the rumors end.

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meanwhile, in australia.

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A long, fascinating profile of NSA "cowboy" Gen. Keith Alexander in Foreign Policy reveals that the top spook is fan of science fiction movies and built his old command room to look like the bridge of the Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He sold members of Congress by letting them sit in the big chair and "play Picard."

When he was running the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, Alexander brought many of his future allies down to Fort Belvoir for a tour of his base of operations, a facility known as the Information Dominance Center. It had been designed by a Hollywood set designer to mimic the bridge of the starship Enterprise from Star Trek, complete with chrome panels, computer stations, a huge TV monitor on the forward wall, and doors that made a "whoosh" sound when they slid open and closed. Lawmakers and other important officials took turns sitting in a leather "captain's chair" in the center of the room and watched as Alexander, a lover of science-fiction movies, showed off his data tools on the big screen.

"Everybody wanted to sit in the chair at least once to pretend he was Jean-Luc Picard," says a retired officer in charge of VIP visits.

Alexander wowed members of Congress with his eye-popping command center. And he took time to sit with them in their offices and explain the intricacies of modern technology in simple, plain-spoken language. He demonstrated a command of the subject without intimidating those who had none.

The Cowboy of the NSA [Shane Harris/Foreign Policy]

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Pranksters Andrew Hales of LAHWF and Stuart Edge have teamed up and created two new social experiments where they sweep random girls off of their feet and greet unsuspecting strangers with a kiss. Previously, we’ve written about numerous pranks and social experiments by Andrew and Stuart.

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The bill seeks to ban scarification and dermal implants mostly. See http://www.inquisitr.com/913297/senate-passes-bill-that-bans-certain-tattoos-body-markings/

A little clarity on the Arkansas tattoo bill.

Boy, they really like to party like it’s 1863 in the old confederacy, don’t they?

Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years:

35 years, with credit for time served — 1,294 days, 3.5 years awaiting this trial, under circumstances the UN has deplored as “cruel and inhumane.” In addition, he was dishonorably discharged and stripped of pay and allowances. 

This is how the government has chosen to handle someone who exposed wrongdoing — with a sentence that might see Manning hit the age of 57 before he’s allowed to walk free. He exposed war crimes and the pettiness and deceit behind international diplomacy. He exposed the ongoing torture at Gitmo done in the name of fighting terrorism. His leaks propelled Wikileaks into the public eye. 

Despite the fact his opponents testified no lives were lost because of the leaks and that most, if not all, potential damage was mitigated by Wikileaks’ handling of the documents, the government still wanted him locked away. 35 years for embarrassing the republic. 35 years for not minding his own business. 35 years for attempting to show Americans what its government was actually doing under the pretenses of fighting terrorism and diplomacy. Meanwhile, those who actually performed illegal actions walk free. 

This administration, much like the one before it, will not tolerate whistleblowing, failing to realize that its efforts to protect its reputation are doing far more harm than the whistleblowing itself.

“Seriously, if you’re going to pass over a very qualified woman to lead the Fed on the grounds that she’s not a team player, and the alternative is the famously modest and deferential Larry Summers, you might as well just say a penis is a job requirement and be done with it.”

- Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money (via politicalprof)

George Zimmerman was released without charges today after his wife called 911 to say Zimmerman punched his father-in-law in the nose and threatened to shoot him and his wife.

Zimmerman, acquitted in July of the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin, claimed that he was acting in a "defensive manner" during the incident, according to police.

Zimmerman was handcuffed and questioned by police in Lake Mary, Fla., according to Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell.

Listen to Shellie Zimmerman's 911 Call or Read the Transcript of Her Call to Police

He was later released without charges when his wife and father-in-law refused to press charges or give police a sworn statement. Police said they are reviewing surveillance video from the home and reserve the right to file charges later based on the video.

Police said George Zimmerman volunteered the surveillance videos to investigators.

Shellie Zimmerman called 911 shortly after 2 p.m. today and reported that her husband assaulted her father, Colin Morgan, and was waving a gun around and threatening her and her relatives, according to police in Lake Mary, Fla.

Lake Mary police took the call "extremely seriously" and sent eight units, including officers in tactical gear with ballistic shields, to the home, according to Bracknell.

Shellie Zimmerman Tells Why She Filed for Divorce

In the 911 call, Shellie Zimmerman tells a dispatcher that her husband was in his car raging, adding "he continually has his hand on his gun and he says step closer…" When Shellie Zimmerman trails off the dispatcher asks "step closer and what?" to which Shellie responds "a Step closer and he'd shoot us."

Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense after he shot and killed Martin, told police in a statement that he was acting in "a defensive manner" during the incident and did not have his hand on his gun, according to Lake Mary police spokesman Zach Hudson.

Shellie Zimmerman and her father said they do not want to press charges, Bracknell said. Both Shellie's lawyer, Kelly Sims, as well as George Zimmerman's lawyer were at the home, ABC News has learned.

The 911 tapes describe a terrified Shellie Zimmerman. On the call to a police dispatcher she told police that her husband punched her father in the nose, smashed her iPad, cut it with a pocketknife and raged, "one step closer and he'd shoot us."

"I don't know what he's capable of. I am really, really scared," she told the dispatcher.

When police arrived she could be heard on the phone saying, "Dad, get behind a car or something. I don't know if he's going to start shooting at us or not." George Zimmerman Feels 'Invincible,' His Wife Tells ABC News The incident comes just days after Shellie gave an explosive interview to ABC News in which she said that she's not sure she "ever really knew" her husband through their seven years of marriage and felt she was the victim of verbal abuse by him. She also said she believes the not guilty verdict has left her husband feeling "invincible" and since then has been "making some reckless decisions."

"I think I'm realizing that I have been married to a person for almost seven years, and I don't think that I ever really knew him at all," she said.

Shellie filed for divorce earlier this month, just two months after her husband was acquitted on murder charges related to the 2012 death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

Shellie said that she had stood by her husband throughout the ordeal that began on Feb. 26, 2012, when he shot and killed the unarmed teenager and came to an end when a Florida jury acquitted him of murder this summer.

"I stood by my husband through everything and I kind of feel like he left me with a bunch of broken glass that I'm supposed to now assemble and make a life. ... It's just heartbreaking," Shellie said.

"I have a selfish husband. And I think George is all about George," she said.

George Zimmerman's legal team declined to comment on the divorce proceedings. They did not immediately respond to requests for comment today relating to the domestic incident.

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It was almost shocking when I first installed a browser add-on called Ghostery and began to click on various articles at The Guardian.

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