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This isn’t the first time Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro has name-checked video games in a rant meant to inflame people scared of any change to gun ownership rights. But this weekend, Pirro’s comments were made from the NRA’s bully pulpit.

An address at the NRA Annual Meetings—reported on by Raw Story— Pirro said the following:

How dare you compare me to a nutjob on the lunatic fringe in desperate need of medication doing nothing but watching Hollywood’s blood-soaked movies and playing the liberal Hollywood’s violent video games for days at a time...

Now, these remarks channel real anger. (They're at 04:20.) But Pirro misses the mark by assuming that video games are made by the Hollywood studio system and assuming a political bent on behalf of the companies that make them. It seems like like her call-out is just another bullet point to be ticked off a list without ever really understanding the thing she attacks.

[Via Raw Story]

(Thanks, tipster mr_raccoon!)

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In this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, Marvel movie head honcho Kevin Feige casually dropped the news that the movie rights for the Punisher, Blade and Ghost Rider have returned to Marvel. Awesome.

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Individual snack packages contain about ten small cookies and one cubic inch of icing. The cookies can take a variety of shapes, including round with a raised “D” in the centre. Other cookie shapes are a little more difficult to decipher, one seems to feature mascot Duncan riding a bike and other on possibly some sort of air craft.

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Really loving this series of minimalist math posters by graphic designer Hydrogene.

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Washington, Beautiful Capital of the Nation (1923)

William Olsen's Washington – the Beautiful Capital of the Nation, from 1923. Washington, the Beautiful Capital of the Nation Date: 1923 Author: William Olsen Dwnld: Full Size (16.0mb) Print Availability: Read the image's Imperfections Manifest page for a better understanding of this print. pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Featured maps that you might want to check out. Olsen's birdseye map of Washington, D.C. [gmap]...

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By Griffin McElroy on May 06, 2013 at 11:29a

The Sims 4, the next installment in EA's life simulation series, is in development at Maxis and will be released on Windows PCs and Mac next year.

The announcement post on EA's official blog includes few other details about the game, but promises more information about the game will be revealed on its site later today. Last week, EA activated the domain for TheSims4.com, and invited a number of series fan sites to join a conference call scheduled for today, hinting at the reveal.

"The Sims franchise is fueled by the passion and creativity of its millions of fans around the world," the announcement post reads. "Their continued devotion to the franchise ignites the fire of creativity of the team at The Sims Studio, driving them to continually improve and innovate on one of the world's most successful simulation game that has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide."

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“The Rush Limbaugh Program is considering ending its affiliation agreement with Cumulus Media at the end of this year, a move that would bring about one of the biggest shakeups in talk radio history, a source close to the show tells POLITICO. Should the move take place, 40 Cumulus-owned radio stations would lose the rights to the most popular talk radio program in the country. In addition, the show might be picked up by competing regional radio stations in Washington, New York, Chicago, Dallas and other major markets. (WATCH: Limbaugh calls Georgetown student ‘slut’ and ‘prostitute’) According to the source, Limbaugh is considering the move because Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey has blamed the company’s advertising losses on Limbaugh’s controversial remarks about Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student. In Feb. 2012, Limbaugh referred to Fluke as “a slut” because she had called on congress to mandate insurance coverage of birth control. The subsequent controversy over those remarks resulted in a significant advertising boycott. The true extent of Limbaugh’s effect on Cumulus’s advertising revenue is not known. In an August 2012 earnings call, Dickey said Cumulus’s top three stations had lost $5.5 million, in part because of the boycott. In a March 2013 earnings call, Dickey said the company’s talk radio side had “been challenged… due to some of the issues that happened a year ago.” Nevertheless, Limbaugh remains the most highly rated talk radio host in the country.”

- Rush Limbaugh may leave Cumulus - POLITICO.com

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subtle-sarcasm:

 #this looks like a romcom poster

I want the brolly.

A Somerville man's lawsuit over posts on the local LiveJournal and on the local newspaper Web site went national today, in a request for legal help for Ron Newman, named in the suit.

Meanwhile, lawsuit bringer Johnny Monsaratt has been busy digging up the names behind comments he doesn't like and sending them letters warning them to take down their comments or be officially named in the lawsuit, rather than as one of the "John and Jane Does, 1-100."

One person says Monsaratt actually visited his mother's house, "in a large black trench coat, blond hair, asking all sorts of questions about me, my whereabouts, et cetera."

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At Ron's in Hyde Park.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2145760/Wonderland-Kirsty-Mitchell-heart-breakingly-beautiful-photographic-series-memory-extraordinary-life.html

thestarlighthotel:

Kirsty Mitchell’s late mother Maureen was an English teacher who spent her life inspiring generations of children with imaginative stories and plays. Following Maureen’s death from a brain tumour in 2008, Kirsty channelled her grief into her passion for photography.

She retreated behind the lens of her camera and created Wonderland, an ethereal fantasy world. The photographic series began as a small summer project but grew into an inspirational creative journey.

‘Real life became a difficult place to deal with, and I found myself retreating further into an alternative existence through the portal of my camera,’ said the artist. (read the rest here).

tinfoilrobot:

fckuharry:

so I was at relay for life and guess what was just meandering around the track

it just kept going around the track yelling exterminate

I literally cannot think of anything more ironic than a Dalek participating in Relay for Life.

trainer-vortex:

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My “personalized” facebook ads are starting to make me worry about what facebook thinks my life is like…

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The Nathaniel B. Palmer is an icebreaker operated by the US National Science Foundation. Cassandra Brooks, one of the 37 scientists the ship can accomodate for missions of up to 75 days and deep in the Antarctic winter, shot this timelapse video of the ship doing its stuff over a two month period while traveling through the Ross Sea.

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“Aside from the practical challenges — a criminal record can impede big things like finding housing and employment, and smaller things like getting a hunting license — people who have been exonerated say they feel unfairly marked, branded with a scarlet letter from a justice system that should not have locked them up in the first place.
“It was destroying my life,” said Sabrina Butler, who was sentenced to die in Mississippi for the 1989 death of her infant son, then exonerated in 1995. “It’s always there.”
Clearing a criminal record can take years and cost thousands of dollars in legal fees, and differs widely state to state. Many require that defendants return to court to prove their innocence, a higher hurdle than showing that charges were dismissed or a conviction was overturned. In some states, a governor’s pardon is needed. It can be a complex process, which advocates say is made even more difficult by a lack of support services for the exonerated.
Ms. Butler said she realized her arrest was still on the books after she failed a criminal-background check while trying to buy a shotgun. She said she applied for jobs at restaurants and retailers, and was turned down every time. After she petitioned the state, her record was expunged last July — 17 years after she was released.”

- Wrongfully Convicted Find Their Record Haunts Them - NYTimes.com

Bet you didn't know what Mario Batali really uses his crocs for.

If you’ve ever found yourself at the counter of a sushi restaurant, nervously watching and copying other customers around you, don’t worry; you’re not alone. It turns out that even Japanese people aren’t too sure of themselves when it comes to dining with sushi.

Students must adhere to 'decent' dress code and sharia law, but move is seen as thaw in kingdom's restrictions on women.

avocadosalad:

oooh girl

She hasn’t done it for a long time. She’s… She’s out of practice.

(Sruli Recht Store — A Lasting Impression is SR341, via A C-F)

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