Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In 1997, when Guy Fieri and three of his friends released hit single “Walkin’ on the Sun,” they knew they’d finally made it. What they didn’t know, however, was that they’d be beating anonymous Twitter eggs over the head with this fact for the rest of their lives. This is Smash Mouth’s burden. As soon…
Since the departure of Jon Stewart from The Daily Show last August, the oft-repeated question has been who would step into his shoes and assume the role of America’s late-night conscience. The incredible evolution of Stewart from journeyman stand-up comedian to his generation’s Walter Cronkite was one Stewart himself mocked because he hosted, as he…
Pictured: Peter Thiel, Donald Trump, and Charles Harder. Photos: Getty One day after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal attack on Gawker Media to the New York Times, Gawker reporter Ashley Feinberg published a lengthy investigation that sought to solve the enduring mystery of Donald Trump’s infamous mane, which she described…
There was something new — and utterly terrifying — in Donald Trump’s speech on Monday in response to the Orlando nightclub shooting: his portrayal of American Muslims as an internal enemy lurking among us. Sure, he’s said Muslims are a threat who must be “temporarily” banned from entering the US before, but what he said about the…
Last week’s Gawker Media bankruptcy inspired online triumph. “What a beautiful day,” tweeted Hulk Hogan, whose $140-million invasion-of-privacy verdict — underwritten by hostile Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel — doomed Nick Denton’s snarky online empire. Most were less subtle. “Goodbye and good riddance to Gawker,” the New York Post sneered. It’s tempting to side with…
googleon: all SEVEN MINUTES. /.block__thumb /.fitcenter Advertisment of Gallery: /.block__link /.block__img /.block__text /.block__inner /.block__thumb /.fitcenter That’s how long it took me to buy an AR-15, the semiautomatic rifle used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Seven minutes. From the moment I handed the salesperson my driver’s license to the moment…
What can we learn from the mass shooting in Orlando? Whatever it is, you can count on our elected officials to ignore it. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Be… Again? Again. | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: Again? Again. | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube
Holy hell, even I didn’t know that He, Trump was dumb enough to cancel the credentials of The Washington Post. But Tiger Beat On The Potomac was all over it. “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony…
A new study from the University of Notre Dame examines the effect that women have on corporate boards, where they are a historically rare presence, and shows us something … confusing. Turns out that a large share of female directors at public companies is linked to significantly fewer mergers and acquisitions. Image: Peterson Institute and…
S itting there on a table, several feet from where the 2016 Michigan GOP primary winner was holding forth, the meats were just beautiful. For the first time in world history, an election victory was accepted with an infomercial, presenting a delicious, I mean really terrific array of “Trump steaks,” which were once sold at…