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Behind closed doors, speaking with investors and Wall Street analysts, the gun industry views mass shootings as an opportunity to make lots of money. Ordinary people are despairing about the frequency of tragic events like the murderous rampage in San Bernardino on Wednesday, or the Planned Parenthood massacre last week. And the cycle of mass…
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? How about crying and eating bread by yourself on the floor? That’s what about 72,000 people are planning to do on Dec. 31, according to the public Facebook event Crying and Eating Bread by Yourself on the Floor — one of the hundreds of random hilarious fake events that are taking…
A focus still on the desktop Though mobile adblockers may well prove to be a significant issue for news organizations in months or years to come, the outlets we spoke with are still focused primarily on desktop. They’re examining their options to circumvent adblockers, discourage readers from using them, or even prevent users from seeing…
Two more women have come forward alleging that porn actor James Deen sexually assaulted them. Adult performers Amber Rayne and Kora Peters have come forward with accounts that Deen assaulted them, making them the fifth and sixth women to do so since Saturday. In an email she wrote to Mic and in a blog post she…
UK-based activist group Brandalism has peppered the streets of Paris with 600 fake outdoor ads meant to expose the hypocrisy of COP21 Climate Conference corporate sponsors. The fake, unauthorized outdoor ads were strategically placed around Paris this past weekend, and were made to look nearly identical to the originals. The ads were prepared by an…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code fullscreen Our latest Quick Bites brings us to Brooklyn for some Bunk sandwiches. THE VIBE There are five Bunk Sandwich shops in Portland, Oregon, and a quick tour around the Blogs of the Great Northwest quickly reveals that people out there love them, tossing about accolades…
At last, the world has bestowed a name upon the next generation set to replace Millennials as capitalism’s prime marketing target. Introducing: The Founders, super-relevant television station MTV’s new moniker for the mysterious Generation Z. Hip-with-the-kids publication TIME reported yesterday that after surveying about a thousand children born during the pivotal Gen Z years, MTV…
Unlike the last trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which premiered at San Diego Comic-Con, the newest trailer focuses most of its attention on Bruce Wayne and Gotham’s Dark Knight. It starts off with Wayne meeting Clark Kent and dodging his questions about Batman at a fancy soiree thrown together by the eccentric Lex…
The people having the most success destroying the Wall Street elite these days are not bomb-throwing anarchists. They are buttoned-up investment types who are just less greedy. Traditionally, the Wall Street investment industry has grown rich by skimming off a portion of the astronomical amount of money that passes through its hands. In exchange for…
“Again, another hate crime in San Bernardino today,” Ben Carson said. | Getty Carson calls California mass shooting a ‘hate crime’ By Katie Glueck 12/02/15 06:36 PM EST Updated 12/02/15 06:56 PM EST SPARTANBURG, S.C.—Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Wednesday called the mass shooting in California, which happened hours earlier, a “hate crime.” “Look…