Or Samuel L. Vader, whateves … (audio NSFW):

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“Aware of All Internet Traditions” meme explained here.

MIT’s Freaky Non-Stick Coating Keeps Ketchup Flowing [Co.Exist, via parislemon]

And who knew tbogg was so hot?

GlossyNews.com – Are you actually planning legal action or have you decided yet?
George Tierney – Oh I’m going to have legal action, yeah. I’m planning legal action against tbogg, whoever tbogg is, and I think it’s a female. Let me go back here I’ll tell you exactly who tbogg is … Female name that came back was Jennifer something, yeah she’s going to get legal action against her because she’s the one that started all this crap against me.

They Call Me Quiet, But I’m a Riot [FDL]

Lady gets on a plane, wearing this t-shirt. Flight proceeds uneventfully. But as the plane is about to land, she’s approached by the flight attendant:

She then proceeded to tell me that I needed to speak with the captain before disembarking the plane and that the shirt I was wearing was offensive.

Here’s how ThinkProgress headlines it:

Woman Kicked Off Flight For Wearing A Pro-Choice T-Shirt

Yeah. Right. We’re all for obscene outrage, but own what you wear.

This fucker is officially insane:

Not to be outdone by the Arizona secretary of state’s recent flirtation with birtherism, Sheriff Joe Arpaio escalated his probe into President Obama’s birth certificate this week by dispatching a deputy from his “threats unit” to Hawaii.

Both the Arizona Republic and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported deputy Brian Mackiewcz traveled with Arpaio’s volunteer posse member Michael Zullo on Monday to try to get an official confirmation that Hawaii has the president’s birth certificate on file.

I want him in the heat, in a tent, in pink underwear, in serious distress. He needs many doses of his own medicine.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Sends ‘Threats Unit’ Investigator To Hawaii To Escalate Birther Probe [TPM]

Our guest columnists are Jim Conte and Thomas O’Mara of the Great State of New York, who don’t realize that if their bill passes, everybody will sign their name as Jim Conte, Thomas O’Mara, or George Tierney Jr. of Greenville, South Carolina.

An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to protecting a person’s right to know who is behind an anonymous internet posting.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The civil rights law, is amended by adding a new section 79-O to read as follows:

S 79-O. Anonymous internet poster; right to know.

1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) Anonymous poster is any individual who posts a message on a web site including social networks, blogs forums, message boards or any other discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.

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