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In a delightful moment captured on video, a curious cat discovers the fascinating properties of water in a bathtub. The feline's playful exploration of this foreign substance is equal parts heartwarming and humorous. As the cat splashes, paws, and even takes a tentative taste of the liquid, it appears both mystified and intrigued by the way the liquid moves and responds to its paws. — Read the rest
Peeps' psychedelic pink color is the best thing about the marshmallow treat, but a spoilsport state lawmaker wants to ban erythrosine, a food coloring known as Red No. 3 that's used to give Peeps their vibrant hue.
Erythrosine is linked to cancer and was banned from makeup more than 30 years, ago, according to AP. — Read the rest
Florida man Blake Tokman proved to be a slippery suspect. Naked and smeared in wheel-bearing grease and peppermint oil, the 34-year-old gentleman took Volusia sheriff's deputies on a wild late-night foot chase, reports The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Tokman, suspected of burglary charges, was pursued as he jumped into a swimming pool and then flung himself onto a trampoline where officers grabbed him. — Read the rest
EJ Montini of USA Today suggests that Biden should channel his inner Gerald Ford and pardon Trump for the good of the nation. In his mind, pardoning someone who was impeached twice and has a number of criminal investigations dogging him is the epitome of national unity. — Read the rest
Journalist Matt Taibbi made a name for himself in 2010 with his brutal takedown of the finance companies that orchestrated and profited from the crippling mortgage meltdown, which ran in Rolling Stone. His description of Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money," has gone down in the annals of investigative journalism history. — Read the rest
When Florida State Rep. Will Robinson Jr. read a list of names into the record, he didn't notice that a joker slipped in "Anita Dick" and "Holden Hiscock." He read the names without blinking. Luckily, his utterances were recorded by the Florida Channel. — Read the rest
2024 presidential hopeful Mike Pence doesn't seem to understand how much Republicans hate him for not overturning the election when he demanded it. And here's another clear piece of evidence he'll ignore: when former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted praise for Pence, saying that "his patriotism, love for the country, and love for his Savior on full display," she faced a storm of backlash from MAGA supporters, who called her a "traitor," a "turncoat," a "RINO," and a "disgusting" person. — Read the rest
Food inflation in the UK has been on a steady rise, and the situation is only getting worse. According to the Office for National Statistics, food inflation reached a staggering 18.2% in February. This dramatic increase is primarily attributed to poor crops resulting from bad weather in southern Europe and Africa, leading to the rationing of fruits and vegetables in UK supermarkets. — Read the rest
Despite clear dashcam video evidence that Eric Popper recklessly fired his gun multiple times in a road rage incident, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office dropped all charges against him.
From Local10.com:
— Read the restThe suspect, 30-year-old Eric Popper, was driving his black Toyota Venza when new video from the rear of the vehicle shows how he abruptly cut off another driver.
Rising GOP star George Santos further endeared himself to the Republican party after his ex-roommate, a convicted credit card fraudster named Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha, said Santos taught him the ins and outs of financial crime, reports Rolling Stone. According to Trelha, Santos showed him "how to skim card information and how to clone cards," and even provided him with "all the materials and taught me how to put skimming devices and cameras on ATM machines." — Read the rest
Tucker Carlson's latest propaganda campaign whitewashed the right-wing domestic terrorists who assaulted 140 police officers and attempted to execute Vice President Mike Pence during their violent insurrection on January 6. He has focused on painting the insurrectionists as patriotic Americans who were simply exercising their right to protest. — Read the rest
In recent years, Tucker Carlson has developed a unique laugh as a way to let his viewers know that something on the show is funny. It's a curious combination of a short bark and a high-pitch giggle, accompanied by an abrupt upward tilt of the head. — Read the rest
Nathan Reeves and Alexsey Reyes were recording a podcast at a booth in Tout Suite in Houston, Texas when an SUV suddenly crashed through the window, narrowly missing the two men. A video camera set up to record the podcast captured the action. — Read the rest
A couple of weeks ago, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy handed over 41,000 hours of surveillance footage from the right-wing domestic terrorist assault on the U.S. Capitol to Tucker Carlson, who managed to find a few minutes of relatively calm moments to produce a ludicrous "look, no insurrection" report that ignored the fact that 140 officers were assaulted that day. — Read the rest
The quality of AI music lags far behind AI art and writing. I'm not sure why that is, but this Brett Lyda has been studying Beatles outtakes of abandoned songs, then using AI and musicians to produce "Almost Beatles" songs.
Here's Lyda explaining how he created an abandoned Lennon song:
The album below is really good, too
Fisher-Price's Pocket Rockers, a personal stereo brand that was popular among elementary school-aged children in the late 1980s, played a unique type of miniature cassette tape that was exclusive to Fisher-Price. Jason Scott, archivist at Internet Archive, created a collection of Fisher-Price Pocket Rockers songs. — Read the rest
A video of a man urinating on a Black woman's driver's license has gone viral and sparked outrage on social media, reports Atlanta Black Star.
Leah Jefferson, a Milwaukee resident, had given her license to car salesman Bryan Slaven during a test drive at NH Auto Sales in Kenosha, Wisconsin. — Read the rest
The U.S. Capitol Police can finally hold Trump accountable for begging his supporters to violently storm the Capitol and overturn the election results, and the Justice Department is backing them up. It has just issued a statement that the U.S. Capitol Police can sue Trump for his role in inciting the violence that took place on January 6th. — Read the rest
I read The Mad World of William M. Gaines, by Frank Jacobs, decades ago and I can't remember most of it. But one thing I remember was about how a MAD fan-addict once glued a photo of Alfred E. Neuman onto an envelope and dropped it into the mailbox. — Read the rest
Brawny Ben Shapiro enjoys lecturing people on how to be masculine like him. On his popular incel podcast, he told his audience just what he thinks of Harry Styles, who wears dresses for photo shoots.
"Okay, other things that I hate, today," Ben told his viewers. — Read the rest
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