I can get a comfy chair near an electrical outlet!
Don’t try to pop popcorn kernels with a lighter because in the end they just light on fire all over your desk
Wise words.
- kanye west: will you be my valentine
- kanye west: yes
Racially Insensitive Campaign Ad of the Day: Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) has come under fire for a “racially charged” Super Bowl campaign ad that relies on a variety of stereotypes to depicts Chinese people, including gong noises, a conical straw hat, and a Charlie Chan-ish command of the English language.
The ad is part of Hoekstra’s campaign for Democratic Michigander Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the Senate.
Asked to explain the ad, Hoekstra spokesperson Paul Ciaramitaro called it “satirical,” and rejected its characterization as “racial.”
“I think that China is our global competitor and the facts are what they are,” said Ciaramitaro. “They hold $1.1 trillion of our debt, their economy is booming, ours is not. It’s not a racial overtone to compare yourself to competitors on the global stage. I think the viewer of an ad is going to recognize satire.”
[politico / thanks alex!]
Fuck you, Rep. Hoekstra
Patriots vs. Giants
(Thanks, Cayman)
LET’S GO GIANTS LET’S GO
(gawker)
NBC’s super awesome Super Bowl commercial.
>Oh 30 Rock! How clever!
>Wait, it’s the Office! Aaah!
>And Leslie Knope!
>And Community!
>…wait, who are these people?
>Why do they have handcuffs?
>Go away, Jay Leno
>Seriously, another cop show?
>Is that Will Arnett from Arrested Development?
>Go away, Donald
>Jeez NBC has a lot of shows.
>SNL?!
>Wow, this is a really long commercial
Joel, be mine.
WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: Syrian boy with his jaw blown off
Few videos could highlight the tenuous situation in Syria as one published Sunday afternoon showing a boy with his jaw completely blown off.
The video also contains other children with their limbs removed during Syrian President Bashar Assad’s violent crackdown on dissent.
The condition of the boy is unclear at the time of this post.
H/T: bbcity
This is what Russia and China vetoed. This is what the world is staying silent over.
Shit.
