Jon Stewart launches his own hashtag campaign to hit back at people like Rush Limbaugh who have been hating on the #BringBackOurGirls phenomenon.
Late word out of Los Angeles is that embattled racist team owner Donald Sterling apparently missed the train he was supposed to catch to STFUville. He tells Anderson Cooper that in addition to not doing enough to help black people Magic Johnson “should be ashamed” to have HIV.
You’ve probably already seen that embattled racist basketball team owner has now come forward to apologize for the comments that got him banned from the NBA and to clarify that he’s not a racist. Meanwhile his wife has said that she thinks Sterling may have dementia and doesn’t see why she should have to give up her 50% stake in the team. (California is a community property state.) But the Sterling family penchant for comedy came through mostly in Shelly Sterling’s insistence that she’s really divorcing Donald. Really.
I’m not sure whether anyone still thinks Marco Rubio is a serious presidential candidate. But if anyone does, he wants to be clear that he doesn’t think climate change is real.
Just opened a thread for predictions about the outcome of the November election here at The Hive (sub req.)
This is everywhere, yes. But it’s worth watching. Michael Sam, the first out gay player to be selected in the NFL draft, reacts to the news with his boyfriend and other friends. Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams.
The gay part I’m totally down with. Still having a hard time accepting that the Rams play in St. Louis and the Cardinals don’t.
As I mentioned, my best friend is behind the Years of Living Dangerously series on climate change (and its impacts around the globe) that’s currently running Showtime. In light of the administration’s National Climate Assessment, they’ve decided to make the first four episodes available to the public for free this weekend only. So if you’re not a subscriber, carve out some time to see at least one of the episodes. They’re really worth your time.
After smoking crack, getting videoed smoking crack, having the different videos offered for sale, possibly connected to murders, extortion, Elmore Leonard style hunts for video tapes, taped booze binges and so much more, you think you’ve reached Peak Rob Ford.
But there’s always more.
Higher or lower, depending on your vantage point.
Tonight the Toronto Star has a mind-boggling account of a night not long before the latest blow-up that sent Ford to rehab. Booze, racist tirades, DUIs, buying drugs from friends, beating up other friends, smoking weed, getting in a fight with his wife or her allegedly stealing his weed.