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Also, about that village we want to save… Oh, what a grand way to start an election year! With a bunch of militia loons holed up in a federally owned building, in defense of convicted criminals, demanding to start a new American Revolution against federal tyranny! It’s this winter’s second-biggest sequel, starring three of Welfare…
With the domestic terrorism situation that’s currently under way in Oregon being almost entirely ignored by local and federal law enforcement, the people have taken to the social media airwaves to call a spade a spade. While #OregonUnderAttack was trending for most of the day on Sunday, another tag soon followed as a way to…
A group of militiamen who have taken over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon have been joined by the notable Bundy family, a group of anti-government ranchers headed by a racist patriarch. The group broke into the federal Malhuer Wildlife Refuge after a protest in Harney County, Oregon, on Saturday, following the conviction of two…
Tensions over the treatment of two cattle ranchers in Oregon escalated into an armed standoff over the weekend when members of a rightwing militia occupied a wildlife refuge and threatened a confrontation with federal authorities. Ammon Bundy, the son of the Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was at the heart of a notorious showdown over…
Star Wars creator George Lucas doesn’t seem too fond of the approach to the latest title in the film series, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In an interview with Charlie Rose, via IndieWire, he discussed the franchise’s legacy and also shared his thoughts about the new film. Sidebar Carrie Fisher Annihilates ‘Star Wars’ Body Shamers »…
The Times Square Ball dropped more than a Waterford Crystal ball on New Year’s Eve, it also dropped a controversial tweet that it then quickly dropped from its feed. Around 10pm, the ball’s official Twitter account tweeted the hashtag #BallLivesMatter to its 20,000 followers. The message was a play on the popular hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which…
Gold, the favored investment of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and the old man at the post office who invited you over to see his industrial-size canned bean supply room, is down for the third straight year. Since peaking at “So many crazy fearful people” levels in 2011, the price of gold has fallen by 45%,…
Yesterday, Star Trek fans were up in arms at the news that CBS had filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down the hugely successful crowdfunded fan production Axanar, after a year of tolerating the project’s development. Also surprised? Axanar producer Alec Peters, who found out about it by reading said news. Ooh err. http://io9.gizmodo.com/cbs-suddenly-w… Following…
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