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| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:55 PM PDT
Looks like the folks at Belvedere Vodka have been getting high on their own supply. How else would one explain this awful, rape-appropriating ad they just released on Facebook? The sobering responses to the copy from distraught vodka drinkers helped the LVMH brand quickly come to and pull the ad. “We apologize to any of our fans who were offended by our recent tweet,” Belvedere wrote. “We continue to be an advocate of safe and responsible drinking.” Can’t wait for their next tweet wherein they tell anyone who still has a problem with the ad to go have a drink. [jezebel.] Tagged: Badvertising, Belvedere Vodka, LMVH, Rape Sells, Smooth Move         |
| Irresponsible Response of the Day Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:36 PM PDT
Asked at a press conference today in Louisiana about the persistent belief among many Americans that President Obama is a Muslim, Newt Gingrich said he personally takes the commander-in-chief “at his word” concerning his Christianity, but understands why some do not. “Why does the president behave the way that people would think that [he’s Muslim]?” Gingrich told reporters. “You have to ask, why would they believe that? It’s not cause they’re stupid. It’s because they watch the kind of things I just described to you.” According to Politico, those “things” included the president’s “excessive sensitivity” toward non-Judeo-Christian faiths. Gingrich has also accused the Obama administration of “anti-religious bigotry” and slammed the president for “apologizing” to Muslims. “The fact is I take him at his word,” Gingrich is quoted as saying, “but I think it is very bizarre that he is desperately concerned to apologize to Muslim religious fanatics while they are killing young Americans while at the same time going to war against the Catholic Church and against every right to live Protestant organization in the country. I just think it’s a very strange value system.” Maggie Haberman notes that, in a radio interview yesterday, Gingrich admonished the media for “going easy on coverage of Obama’s ‘Muslim friends’.” Tagged: 2012 Presidential Race, Irresponsible Response, Newt Gingrich, POTUS, President Obama, Secret Muslim         |
| Sportsmanlike Conduct of the Day Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:03 PM PDT
A short while ago, LeBron James tweeted this photo of him and his Miami Heat teammates wearing hoodies in solidarity with Trayvon Martin’s family and friends. According to the Palm Beach Post‘s Heat Zone, James is the one who organized the photo and made it happen. Earlier today, Dwyane Wade also tweeted a photo of himself in a hoodie along with the hashtag #trayvonmartin. [@kingjames / heatzone.] Tagged: Justice 4 Trayvon, lebron james, miami heat, Sportsmanlike Conduct, Trayvon Martin         |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:34 AM PDT
At a police gun range in Louisiana today, Rick Santorum was showing off his shooting skills with a Colt M1911 when an AP cameraman, as well as several other reporters, overheard a woman in attendance advising the GOP presidential candidate to improve his aim by “pretend[ing] it’s Obama.” (Can be heard at around 0:36 in the video above.) Asked later if he heard the remark, Santorum said he did not. “It’s a very terrible and horrible remark and I’m glad I didn’t hear it,” he told AP. A Secret Service spokesman said the woman’s identity and intent were being investigated. Tagged: 2012 Presidential Race, Louisiana, Pretend it's Obama, Rick Santorum, Stay Classy         |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 11:06 AM PDT
Good to know victim-blaming doesn’t run in the family. Tagged: Cruz Grant, Geraldo Rivera, Killer Hoodie, Trayvon Martin, Tweet         |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:45 AM PDT
After nursing George back to health from a chest infection, Griffiths spotted a tumor on the little lizard’s face, and found out he had developed cancer. Following two unsuccessful surgeries to remove the tumor, chemotherapy was the only option left to save George, who is the first bearded dragon in the UK to undergo the treatment. Griffiths spent the $4,750 that she and her fiancé had been saving for their wedding on the reptile’s medical bills, and she drives 200 miles each day to see her pet at the treatment center. “I think it’s adorable and I understand he is her number one. I don’t know anyone who could love George as much as Lizzie does,” said her fiancé, Chris Fisher. Doctors said this weekend that it looks like the chemotherapy is working, and George is beginning to recover. [croydontoday.] Tagged: bearded dragon, chemotherapy, george the dragon, lucky lizard         |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:40 AM PDT
Although the company has certainly caused its share of controversy in the past, counterfeiters appear to be at fault for this latest incident. The website featuring the racist slur was a phony, reportedly registered to a Hong Kong email address. “We do not condone racist language. This is a counterfeit website and we have initiated legal proceedings to shut it down,” an Abercrombie spokesperson told TMZ. The fake site, abercrombie-and-fitchoutlet.com, now appears to be offline. Gawker notes that the counterfeiters’ use of the n-word was likely due to shoddy Chinese-to-English translation software, which has been slipping the slur onto product labels since at least 2007. Tagged: abercrombie & fitch, counterfeiters, n-word, racist pants, That's Racist?         |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:21 AM PDT
Master Corporal John Celestino of the Windsor Regiment challenges a National Guardsman from Camp Atterbury, Indiana, to settle the age-old US versus Canada debate once and for all with a friendly game of Tug of War. [reddit.] Tagged: Tug of War, US vs Canada, War Game         |
| President Obama Speaks Out On Trayvon Martin of the Day Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:48 AM PDT
In stark contrast to Geraldo Rivera’s stunningly callous victim-blaming, President Obama this morning delivered a powerful statement of support for Trayvon Martin’s parents in response to a question about the ongoing investigation. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids,” the president said. “I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this… You know, if I had a son he’d look like Trayvon.” [think.] Tagged: Obama, POTUS, Trayvon Martin         |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:34 AM PDT
On this morning’s Fox and Friends, talk show host Geraldo Rivera blamed Trayvon Martin’s shooting on his attire, saying his hoodie was as much responsible for his death as George Zimmerman was. “I am urging the parents of black and Latino particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies,” Rivera told his unfazed Fox News colleagues. He went on to claim that the hoodie bears negative connotations that cannot be “rehabilitated.” “I bet you money,” said Rivera, upping the audacity ante, “[I]f [Martin] didn’t have that hoodie on that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn’t have responded in that violent and aggressive way.” [tpm.] Tagged: Fox News, George Zimmerman, Geraldo Rivera, Say What Now, Trayvon Martin, Victim Blaming         |
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