Twitter gives the world access to people’s most mundane details and it’s amazing how many women love to announce to the world that, yes, they’re on the rag. Here are today’s brave, bloated over-sharers. Read more »
At first, this appeared to be an actual American Eagle ad in Herald Square, but upon closer inspection it revealed its true juvenile nature: pacifier street art.
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Each year around the holidays comedian Jay Thomas appears on Letterman’s show to tell the story of a run-in he had with The Lone Ranger back when Thomas was a radio disc jockey. Even if you’ve heard Thomas tell the story previously, it’s worth hearing again because it’s just so damn funny. Read more »
Just a quick note to say that we here at ANIMAL will avoid blogging tomorrow to appease Jesus Christ on the day commemorating his birth. However, we will be back next week doing our thing, though in a mildly lighter capacity. Here’s hoping that all of you have a lovely holiday weekend. Peace.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says that he will try to “soften” a proposed law that gays in his country be put to death or sent to prison for life. Progress! |DW World|
This morning there were reports circulating around that billionaire swindler Bernie Madoff had to be moved from prison and into a medical facility for hospitalization, but no one seemed to know why. Now we know…he got his ass kicked! Read more »
Hey remember that crazy blizzard that blanketed the northeast just a few days ago? Well there’s another one crawling through middle America right now heading east. Hundreds of flights in and out of Chicago have already been canceled and more are expected all over the place. Hell, Dallas, freaking Dallas, is expected to get four inches of snow. So if you’re traveling today, tomorrow, or over the next few days, look out. |USA Today|
Authorities in Iran just can’t seem to keep up with all the various methods dissidents are using to challenge the June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They’ve banned art with the color green, have promised to crackdown on Students Days demonstrations, may have sent a cyber army to hack Twitter, and are now banning money that has been defaced with protest slogans. Citizens with vandalized currency must exchange it for new bills. Maybe the country is turning into one big police state? |AFP|
Italian ad agency Milc is upset that businesses are cutting their ad budgets in these recessional times so in protest, they beheaded St. Nicholas, jihad style! If you don’t get your Suzy Pees Herself doll, blame them. Ad copy: “Creativity is that extra bit of magic that can turn communication into a dream. And there is no crisis that can justify the killing of a dream.” Stupidly, the disclaimer copy on the right tells us that Santa wasn’t actually harmed. The accompanying Website, which features some of their own digitally decapitated employees, proclaims that “companies…that cut its communications means to cut off the future (google translation).” There’s even a link for what I’m assuming are mostly shitcanned ad people to post their own heads. How fucking useless, and depressing! |Image: AOTW|
Early this morning the U.S. Senate passed a health care reform bill after 25 days of raucous debate. The bill, which would require most Americans to purchase health insurance, will now be merged with the House bill and sent to Obama to sign. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accidentally voted against the bill before he voted for it. Read into that whatever you will. |NY Times|
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