The Age of the Hyper-Scandal: Why Pop Stars Like Ariana Grande Can't Seem to Escape the Trap "In July it was DonutGate, in which the 22-year-old chart-topper Ariana Grande was caught on a security camera at Wolfee Donuts in Lake Elsinore, Calif., covertly licking a few pastries while loudly disparaging obese people and America to her new boyfriend, backup dancer Ricky Alvarez. Naturally the video went viral, spawning a gazillion posts and tweets, appearance cancellations and apologies (one non-apology, one groveling apology), and no doubt outperforming news of global wars and climate disasters in the daily clickbait race." . . ."I felt totally abandoned this weekend as everyone was 'rainbowing' on Facebook"
"Notice that even her children rainbowed their photos. Notice the social isolation that she felt as a result of all these rainbowed profiles. That is propaganda in action. Another way to describe it: a cloaked form of bullying. It aims to isolate us, to make us feel like "nonpersons"."
Facebook pressures people to show their colours: Choose or refuse the rainbow flag? (June 29th) . Refusing to do it has been no problem for me, TD . . . "The pressure to conform is real. Back in New York, I worked in a large law firm where the majority of the lawyers were liberal. What if I were still a lawyer there, and what if I were friends with my colleagues on Facebook (as many are)? How would I feel if I were the only one who did not have a rainbow over my profile shot?' . . . At right: "If Lenin had a Facebook account, I bet it would look like this." Via Digg
According to reports, a lion garnered more media attention in one day than the Planned Parenthood videos had in two weeks. . . . "The mainstream outlets wouldn’t even touch the story for more than 24 hours. Something so horrific, so unconscionable and the media ignores it. Don’t you wonder why? Jimmy Kimmel can blather on about a dead lion; something regularly and legally hunted in Africa, but makes no mention of murdered children’s body parts being sold? And you wonder why I had the audacity to question that?"
The View’s Nicolle Wallace: Comparison Of Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts To Lion Scandal is “A Disgrace to Cecil”…
Taliban longtime leader Mullah Omar was confirmed dead in Afghanistan Tuesday. He refused to hand over Osama bin Laden after the World Trade Center attacks. Mullah Omar died of neglect after the Americans decided to let bygones be bygones and go after the dentist who killed Cecil the Lion. Comedian Argus HamiltonSoldier with military ID refused service in Washington state 7-11 ". . . “She said, ‘You’re in the military?’ I said, ‘Yes,’” Brown recounted to KIRO-TV.
"Then came the response that threw Brown for a loop: “She said, ‘I can’t serve you.’”
UN Ambassador: Parents Should Talk About Bob the Builder’s Sex Life ‘As Soon as Their Children Can Talk’
Mister De Blasio’s Neighborhood: Homeless Man Bathing And Relieving Himself In Public Fountain Mayor Dinkins all over again
Fighting for Free Speech at Private Universities ."It’s your first day as a student on the campus of your private university. You’re excited to discover what college has to offer. And you’re already about to make a big mistake."
Speech Codes: The Biggest Scandal On College Campuses Today
HopeN'Change "As much traction as the Cecil story is getting, we're surprised that Obama hasn't quickly pencilled a "Save the Lions" clause into his deal to ram it through Congress. Because lions are clearly more lovable than Israelis, right?"
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