May 15, 2010

The Fourth Wheel…Real Big

cheaperthanacupofjoe:

Got the four-wheel drive on lock, son! 

May 14, 2010   34 notes

“ This is America — come on. We’re going to have lots of illegitimate claims. We all know that. ”

Anglophobia Real Big

British Petroleum executive TONY HAYWARD, on the possiblity of facing lawsuits related to the oil bleed in the Gulf of Mexico.

You fucking British wanker asshole.  YOU fucked this up, and now YOUR oil is going to stain our coastline, and YOUR “dispersant” chemicals are going to poison our ocean and harm our fisheries and wildlife, and YOU have the FUCKING GALL TO DISPARAGE AMERICANS?

Go fuck yourself, British fucking Petroleum, and God damn you to fucking Hell.

(via inothernews)

May 14, 2010   4 notes
Fraud Real Big racistornotracist:   Indian Who faked Racial Attack Let off with Light Term Posted: May 03, 2010 at 1135 hrs IST Melbourne An Indian national was let off lightly with a suspended eight-months jail term after it was found that he took advantage of racial tensions in Australia to falsely claim that he was set on fire after he accidentally burnt himself in a botched insurance claim bid. Jaspreet Singh, 28, had claimed that he was racially attacked in Melbourne after he reportedly burnt himself while torching his car to make an insurance claim. During a court hearing, it was found that Jaspreet Singh who had said that he was doused with petrol and set alight by four men after he parked his car near his home early January, was planning to claim insurance money to fund a holiday to India. Police found he had suffered the burns while trying to torch his Ford sedan, Melbourne Magistrates Court heard today.

Fraud Real Big

racistornotracist:

 

Indian Who faked Racial Attack Let off with Light Term

Posted: May 03, 2010 at 1135 hrs IST

Melbourne An Indian national was let off lightly with a suspended eight-months jail term after it was found that he took advantage of racial tensions in Australia to falsely claim that he was set on fire after he accidentally burnt himself in a botched insurance claim bid.

Jaspreet Singh, 28, had claimed that he was racially attacked in Melbourne after he reportedly burnt himself while torching his car to make an insurance claim.

During a court hearing, it was found that Jaspreet Singh who had said that he was doused with petrol and set alight by four men after he parked his car near his home early January, was planning to claim insurance money to fund a holiday to India.

Police found he had suffered the burns while trying to torch his Ford sedan, Melbourne Magistrates Court heard today.

May 14, 2010   342 notes
Cosplay Real Big hypnotique: swisserswatter: shitdisco:ceronprime:robawts:geekleetist:9threvolver:Marcelo Colin

Cosplay Real Big

hypnotique:

swisserswatter:

shitdisco:ceronprime:robawts:geekleetist:9threvolver:Marcelo Colin

May 14, 2010   97 notes
Limp Bizkit Real Big fuckhappiness: gelfling: hahHAhahahHAHHAH

Limp Bizkit Real Big

fuckhappiness:

gelfling:

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May 14, 2010   8 notes

Manopoly Real Big

Equality Myth: Bemoaning the Lack of Diversity in Media, Volume 4,362

Above, behold the new Washington Post Politics authors page. Yet again, a sea of white, male faces. Sigh. (Ed Note: We love you parent company! We really really do!!)

Monica Potts has a smart take over at The American Prospect, and others point out that the paper ran a column…

May 14, 2010   10 notes

eRacism Real Big

Internet racism 

abbyjean:

For the most part, I previously thought about internet racism as being fueled by anonymity.  Take a look at the comments sections of news sites.  Even when there is a little blip that reads something like Blah blah blah we value freedom of speech and reasoned discourse blah blah blah no racist or sexist or any other kind of ist will be tolerated. And then directly following that is usually a bunch of -ist comments.

Sometimes it’s because free speech is privileged above preventing racist harm. But sometimes it’s because the racism isn’t even recognized.

But then came the popularity of social media sites like myspace and Facebook and twitter.  Which blows my “anonymity” theory right out of the water.  There’s been a lot of racist tweeting going on, from politicians to has-been celebrities to sportswriters.  Facebook is a known site for college racists.

But if the racist perpetrator attached his or her name to racism, what does that mean? Does it mean that they didn’t care about it? Or that they didn’t think about it? Or that they knew that within their circle everybody else would agree?  Or maybe even that they were proud of it?

May 14, 2010   39 notes
Charts Real Big ilovecharts: Here are some of the fine points to the equation. For control, we assume a career trajectory of unsuccessful, upon graduating college, to highly successful in old age. In college, men and women are basically in the same place, both relationship and career-wise. Upon graduating their  love lives move in separate directions – hers climbs up, his drops down. This scenario is played out time and again in cities like New York, where men in their 20s are usually either drunk or working (or both at the same time), greatly inhibiting their ability to have a relationship. On the other hand, women at this stage are not as drunk, not working as much, and are desired by men in their 30s. It’s not until their late 20’s do the guys start their climb, along with their career. This is likely due to their slow awakening from a decade’s long inebriated state, followed by a brief spell of boredom, followed by a desire to “get serious” with someone.  But for women, the trend seems to be the opposite – as their responsibility, hours, and pay increase at work, their interest in finding love wanes. “I’m concentrating on my career,” is a familiar refrain, as is “I don’t have time for a relationship.” Aside from a brief but sudden drop for men in their early 40s due to a mid-life crisis, their love lives coordinate with their career trajectory into their old age. But as the woman continues her mercurial career ascent, her love life descends into an twilight-years nadir.

Charts Real Big

ilovecharts:

Here are some of the fine points to the equation. For control, we assume a career trajectory of unsuccessful, upon graduating college, to highly successful in old age.

In college, men and women are basically in the same place, both relationship and career-wise. Upon graduating their  love lives move in separate directions – hers climbs up, his drops down. This scenario is played out time and again in cities like New York, where men in their 20s are usually either drunk or working (or both at the same time), greatly inhibiting their ability to have a relationship. On the other hand, women at this stage are not as drunk, not working as much, and are desired by men in their 30s.

It’s not until their late 20’s do the guys start their climb, along with their career. This is likely due to their slow awakening from a decade’s long inebriated state, followed by a brief spell of boredom, followed by a desire to “get serious” with someone.  But for women, the trend seems to be the opposite – as their responsibility, hours, and pay increase at work, their interest in finding love wanes. “I’m concentrating on my career,” is a familiar refrain, as is “I don’t have time for a relationship.”

Aside from a brief but sudden drop for men in their early 40s due to a mid-life crisis, their love lives coordinate with their career trajectory into their old age. But as the woman continues her mercurial career ascent, her love life descends into an twilight-years nadir.

May 13, 2010   33 notes

Alabamy Real Big

american-apologies:

‘This is Alabama; we speak English,’ governor candidate says.

May 13, 2010   1,308 notes
Lonely Crow Real Big fuckyeahsubways: Life-Altering Seating Arrangement of the Day: Seoul’s new double-aisle, awkward-stranger-stare-eliminating subway seating arrangement. This is different… [via adrifting,thedailywhat, reddit.]

Lonely Crow Real Big

fuckyeahsubways:

Life-Altering Seating Arrangement of the Day: Seoul’s new double-aisle, awkward-stranger-stare-eliminating subway seating arrangement.

This is different…

[via adrifting,thedailywhat, reddit.]

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