April, 2011

Orange County Republican Party central committee member and Tea Party activist Marilyn Davenport sent the above photo along with the caption “Now you know why no birth certificate.” in a “joke e-mail”.

The “I have black friends”(no she doesn’t) defense was immediately used.

Story here.

The Melbourne Skydive Centre gets a mesmerizing promo video by Betty Wants In.

Betty Wants In | Via

If Logos Were Honest – [BuzzFeed]

Dilbert Creator Pretends To Be His Own Biggest Fan On Message Boards - [Gawker]

3 Largest Online Poker Sites Indicted And Shut Down By FBI – [LA Times]

Q&A With Andy Samberg, Viral Video King – [Wired]

The Truth Behind Olive Garden’s “Tuscan” Cooking School – [/Food]

10 Psychological Effects Of Nonsexual Touch – [PsyBlog] (via)

Blind 10-Year-Old Becomes European Parliament’s Youngest Interpreter – [Arbroath]

Pic via

Via

Twelve minutes of unbridled video game badassery.

Battlefield

Biggie, Coolio, Doodlebug (of Digable Planets), Big Mike, Buckshot, Redman, Ill Al Skratch, Rock (of Heltah Skeltah), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and Busta Rhymes all sound off on the 1995 single released from the Panther soundtrack.

Enjoy your weekend.

We’re all to blame.

Via

This is the gun that Soviet cosmonauts took with them into space until 2006. From Neatorama:

Specifically, they carried the TP-82, pictured above. It had three barrels, the top two which fired approximately 40 gauge shotgun rounds. The lower barrel was chambered for the 5.45×39mm rifle round.

Why did the cosmonauts carry this gun? It wasn’t to fight off aliens, but protect themselves from human threats if they landed in unfriendly territory at the end of their missions.

If that wasn’t enough, the TP-82 also had a handy machete built into the handle.

More info here.

The response from the Timbers Army to anyone that said soccer will never catch on in the US.

Via

Banksy (with students from City of Angels School, LA) did this piece for MOCA’s Art In The Streets, the first major US museum exhibition of graffiti and street art.

Via