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By Sam Haysom2015-06-19 11:09:43 UTC LONDON — Whoever came up with that “best thing since sliced bread” expression never witnessed slices like these.Newcastle upon Tyne resident David Walker was so disturbed by the wonky slicing of a loaf bought from his local Morrisons that he took to Facebook to vent his outrage. As you can…
We have only begun to graze the tip of the iceberg when it comes to obscene, disgusting wingnut reactions to the Charleston mass murder that ended the lives of 9 black churchgoers, aged from 26 to 87, on Wednesday night. So we guess it’s time for NRA people to start saying words, and surprise, they are…
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state of Texas doesn’t have to make “Sons of Confederate Veterans” license plates available if it don’t wanna. The state didn’t wanna, the Sons Of Treason thought that was violating their free speech, and the Supremes said, no, dear, a license plate is the government’s speech, not yours,…
Larry Wilmore was horrified by conservative reactions to the killing of nine people in Charleston, S.C., Wednesday. And while the “Nightly Show” host said that he was initially reluctant to address the massacre on his comedy program because it didn’t seem like the proper forum for a tragedy of this volume, Wilmore couldn’t sit idly…
I get really really tired of hearing the phrase “mental illness” thrown around as a way to avoid saying other terms like “toxic masculinity,” “white supremacy,” “misogyny” or “racism.” We barely know anything about the suspect in the Charleston, South Carolina, atrocity. We certainly don’t have testimony from a mental health professional responsible for his…
Recently the Guardian published a column by feminist author Jessica Valenti with the brow-furrowing title, “We need to stop rapists, not change who gets raped.” In it, Valenti critiques a New England Journal of Medicine article by professor Charlene Senn, who conducted a randomized control trial assessing the impact of a 12-hour empowerment self-defense program…
Unlike your run-of-the-mill cheap liquor — you know, the stuff that’s sold in plastic onesies — Arnold Schwarzenegger is like a good bottle of your drink of choice. Why’s that, you ask? Because the older Arnie gets, the better everything he does is. Consider the man’s charity work for the After-School All-Stars program in California….
A former friend who had reconnected with the man accused of a shooting massacre inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, said Dylann Storm Roof had become an avowed racist. Joey Meek reconnected with Roof a few weeks ago and said that while they got drunk together on vodka, Roof began complaining that…
Thousands of mythical, dazzling (and scantily clad) sea creatures are about to descend on Coney Island. The annual Mermaid Parade, the largest art parade in the nation and one of the city’s biggest festivals, kicks off this Saturday at 1pm. Actor Mat Fraser, who reigns over this year’s parade as King Neptune, has a blunt question:…
remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag London Underground drivers will stage a 24-hour strike next month in a move that union leaders have warned will shut down the entire network during Wimbledon. Members of Aslef will walk out from 9.30pm on Wednesday, July 8 in a long-running row over pay and…