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A CNN segment on the Steubenville rape trial verdict drew the ire of almost anyone with a voice on the web this weekend, focusing on the ruined “promising futures” of the convicted rapists instead of the fact that…y’know..they raped a passed-out 16-year-old girl at a series of parties. Since the segment aired (which HyperVocal points out is eerily similar to this video from The Onion’s Sports Dome) a Change.org petition has been started, demanding that CNN needs to “apologize on air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists.”

Redditor RegBarc shares “how hate sounds.”

In August of 2007, I finally built up the courage to tell my father I was gay. The moment I said it, the phone got quiet and he got off the phone after a few “Okay”s. I decided to give him time to process the news. About a week later, and not long before my birthday, I received the following letter.

We’re far too mortal for this bullshit.

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According to this poster tweeted by Timothy Bradley last week, the rematch (which was also one of the first things out of Bradley’s post-match mouth) between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao is set for November 10th, and tickets are on sale today. The Big Lead reports:

At this point, we should remind you that Bob Arum is the promoter for both Pacquiao and Bradley. If this had been scored a decisive victory for Pacquiao, there is no rematch or at least one that is desired by the public. Arum acted upset after the fight, saying he had it 10 rounds to 2 for Pacquiao. He also told Kevin Iole, “This is a death knell for boxing, and I’m going to make a ton of money on the rematch.”

There you have it. Bob Arum can see the future and there’s nothing suspicious or shady about this at all.

Update: After what I can imagine was a weekend of death threats, Bob Arum has now demanded an investigation. So, everything’s better and this still isn’t shady as shit.

I’ve posted my stance on these useless, paid-for pieces of shit before, so I won’t bore you with it again. However, I thought I’d provide a quick rundown of pertinent information in regards to the bills and the actions of sites far more important than this one to combat them.

• Why Reddit, Boing Boing, Videosift, Wired, and The Oatmeal have joined the thousands of other sites protesting the bills today.

• Mark Zuckerberg: “Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the internet.”

• Boing Boing’s managing editor, Rob Reschizza, speaks to Al Jazeera about the bills. (Video)

• Google’s Anti-SOPA Page and its arguments against the bill.

• Why Wikipedia went dark, and how to access it during the blackout. (By the way, I’ve been using it all morning. Just hit Esc right when the page loads.) There is one page that is fully accessible. Here are a bunch of uninformed retards on Twitter that have no idea what’s going on.

• Although Senator Marco Rubio (co-sponsor of SOPA’s sister bill PIPA/prick) has withdrawn his support for the bill, The Daily What reminds us:

Make no mistake: SOPA has not been shelved. And a vote on PIPA is just around the corner. Luckily, hundreds of companies, charities, and notable individuals with strong moral character have joined forces to stop these dangerous Big Brother bills from moving forward.

• 20 Images That Will Change Your Life

• The RIAA reponds to the protests.

I will continue to post as usual today on The High Definite, partially because I get bored at my real job and that’s why I do this in the first place, but mostly because I don’t want to disappoint the 3 of you that read this site.

Take action. Now.

If the ads for Kevin James’s Zookeeper aren’t annoying enough, a Consumerist reader noticed the powers that be decided to waste marketing dollars on digitally inserting an ad into a How I Met Your Mother rerun.

Also: That’s enough, Kevin James.

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People lose their shit when a parent spanks their kid (even though it works), yet TLC’s disgusting circus on child beauty pageant contestants and their fucking insane mothers, Toddlers and Tiaras, can show a 5-year-old going through an eyebrow waxing on national television while her childhood-raping mother consoles her with the compassion of an Abu Ghraib prison guard.

Fuck this show, the parents, and the network that broadcasts it.  The end.

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Neil Summers, Royal Marine Commando, award-winning inventor, father to five daughters, and a giant crotch-kicking pussy, invented the Kick Dummy, a self-defense tool with the primary purpose of improving your ability to kick people in the groin.

If you happen to be confronted by an angry Luchador with no arms, you’ll be ready.

Blackface glaze, oversized lips….

Damn, Duncan Hines.

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