Category: Top Stories

GOP: There’s a Gay Plot to Sodomize Kids

May 21, 2014 - Reading List, Top Stories

GOP House Candidate: There's a Gay Plot to Recruit and Sodomize Your Kids

In his seven years in Congress, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) distinguished himself by calling biology ” lies straight from the pit of hell ” and accusing President Barack Obama of establishing a secret national police force to push a Marxist dictatorship. But the man who may replace Broun in Washington could outdo him. In a 2012 book, that candidate—pastor and talk radio host Jody Hice—alleges the gay community has a secret plot to recruit and sodomize children. In It’s Now or Never: A Call to Reclaim America , Hice also asserts that supporters of abortion rights are worse than […]

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Chicago Vice Cops Are Vicious

May 20, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

A 32-year-old Chicago woman filed a federal lawsuit accusing local vice officers of committing a hate crime while raiding her tanning salon last year by threatening to put her “in a UPS box” despite her being an American citizen.

‘I’ll put you in a UPS box’: Chicago cop taped threatening handcuffed Asian immigrant (via Raw Story )

A 32-year-old Chicago woman filed a federal lawsuit accusing local vice officers of committing a hate crime while raiding her tanning salon last year by threatening to put her “in a UPS box” despite her being an American citizen, The Chicago Sun…

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5 Ways HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Is Just Like the Real Thing

May 18, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

 

For those in tech in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley doesn’t just hit home — it is home.

Season one is set to wrap up on May 25, and the similarities between Mike Judge’s version and the real thing are piling up. From the man behind satire like Idiocracy and Office Space, Silicon Valley follows a group of young entrepreneurs trying to build the next big tech startup with a ridiculous name: Pied Piper. And it’s pretty spot on. Stanford grads galore, sky-high-paid Googlers (and Facebookers and Applers), and startups that come and go faster than your springtime allergies.

With one season (almost) in the books, and season two already on the docket, we took a look at the moments in Silicon Valley that we’ve actually experienced in Silicon Valley. They weren’t too difficult to find.

Read more: 5 Ways HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Is Just Like the Real Thing.

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Net Neutrality For Morons

May 2, 2014 - Top Stories, Uncategorized

Dont understand what “net neutrality” is all about? Here’s a simple explanation.

A Primer: Just What Is Net Neutrality — and Why All the Fuss? (via Moyers & Company)

The battle over Net neutrality is once again heating up. But not everyone has followed this somewhat complicated issue. Here, then, is a primer for understanding what’s at stake in the fight for an open Internet. Just what is Net neutrality anyway…

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