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A lesbian couple from Los Angeles say in a lawsuit that a Honolulu police officer harassed and arrested them because of their displays of affection at a grocery store, forcing the women to live in Hawaii for months, mostly homeless, while their legal case was sorted out. On March 3, the second day of their…
“An invoice? Never mind that! You’re doing it for the Exposure.” You’re doing it for the EXPOSURE – The Oatmeal.
Federal court tells FBI: go ahead and torture Americans, but do it outside the U.S. Amir Meshal, an American citizen, claims the FBI falsely imprisoned and tortured him for months, but on Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said he can’t sue the FBI because it happened in Ethiopia,…
You don’t need to get your clothes tailored. No one needs to get their clothes tailored. No one gives a damn if you have a signature cocktail at your party. Literally no one. Buy seven more bottles of wine and don’t worry about it. It’s totally fine to buy most of your wardrobe from Forever…
Photo Credit Brian Rea When I called my health clinic last month to refill the birth-control pill prescription I have had for 10 years, I was put on the line with a doctor — not my normal gynecologist — who began asking questions about my health. “It says on your form that you’re interested in…
Having a baby is way harder than having a cat. So is asking for permission to publish a comic, it seems. On Tuesday, Huffington Post UK published a series of images from the well-known cartoon website The Oatmeal, created by Matthew Inman. The images were published without permission. When Inman discovered the post, instead of…
deadboy Video Directed by Richard Keeshan “Stop, I’m Already Dead” – YouTube.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush arrived at Wednesday night’s debate in Boulder, Colo., in desperate need of a moment to turn around a struggling campaign that was still reeling from an internal shakeup. He didn’t get it. And he knew it. Instead, he was relegated to also-ran status who struggled to be heard. Rivals, including…
More Watch the Republican Debate on CNBC in Less Than 4 MinutesHere’s What Democratic Operatives Thought of the Republican Debate 0 minutes. Debates are hard at sea level. But in the Republican field this year, even the amateurs are pros. So the Republican National Committee has made this one harder. We’re in Boulder, Colo., 150…
For patient T6, 2014 was a happy year. That was the year she learned to control a Nexus tablet with her brain waves, and literally took her life quality from 1980s DOS to modern era Android OS. A brunette lady in her early 50s, patient T6 suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou…