Month: January 2016

Rep. King: I took a pic of Beyoncé & Jay-Z, but I didn’t know who the guy was

Excuses, excuses.

On Inauguration Day, Twitchy reported that a dead ringer for GOP Rep. Pete King was caught nabbing a cellphone photo of Jay and Bey. Today, after making the cover of the New York Post, King confirmed that he was indeed the pol scrambling for a pic.

But for the record, he wants you to know he didn’t recognize the “99 Problems” rapper. He was just taking photos of “anybody who looked important.” You know, like the first couple:

Rep. King at Inauguration with Beyoncé, Jay-Z

 

Heh. Looks like King wasn’t the only one more interested in Beyoncé than in President Obama. The actual first couple is notably absent from the Post’s cover today.

NYPost finds a way to keep Obama’s photo AND name off it’s front page inauguration coverage. twitter.com/mikiebarb/stat…

— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) January 22, 2013

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/01/22/rep-pete-king-yeah-i-snapped-a-pic-of-beyonce-and-jay-z-but-i-didnt-know-who-the-guy-was/

Morse Code Vs. Typewriter: Which Angry Verizon Net Neutrality Rant Wins?

The telecommunications giant is not happy about today’s FCC vote approving strict new regulations on internet providers. But the result is a couple of amusing press releases.

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2. Verizon is not happy about today’s FCC vote to treat broadband internet as a public utility, just like telephone lines.

In response, Verizon argued that the rules being applied were outdated relics from a previous communications era and would regulate the internet like the early telephone networks of the 1930s.

3. After today’s vote, Verizon put out two official replies: one in morse code and one using a type writer font and dated “1934” instead of “2015.” The Communiations Act, which gives the FCC the authority to reclassify broadband, was written in 1934.

4. First, the morse code.

First, the morse code.

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Verizon / Via publicpolicy.verizon.com

6. And the old-timey typewriter.

And the old-timey typewriter.

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Verizon / Via publicpolicy.verizon.com

7. Is this a cringeworthy attempt reduce a crucial public policy debate down to gimmicky press releases? Sure. But it’s also reflective of a fight where one of the deadliest weapons was a viral video.

John Oliver’s net neutrality bit led to so many comments that the FCC’s commenting system broke down.

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9. And net neutrality supporter Keith Ellison, a Democratic congressman, contributed a vine of him singing and dancing in celebration. (Twitter, which owns Vine, supports the net neutrality rules).

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11. And as pointed out here, this fight marks the rise of the internet as a mainstream political issue. So, in the spirit of the battle, we ask:

  1. Which of Verizon’s gimmicky responses worked best?

    1. Via publicpolicy.verizon.com

      Morse Code

    2. Old-Timey Typewriter

Morse Code Vs. Typewriter: Which Angry Verizon Net Neutrality Rant Wins?

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Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/verizon-morse-code

‘Waterfall in my living room': ‘Polar vortex’ wreaks havoc on pipes across the country [pics, video]

FNC’s Anna Kooiman is not alone. Thanks to crazy-low temperatures, pipes are bursting all over the place:

Amanda Marcotte: High school senior sexually harassed Miss America

Despite being warned by school officials not to, senior Patrick Farves used a visit by Miss America Nina Davuluri to Central York High School to ask her to the prom. Sure, it might have been awkward, but was it sexual harassment? Amanda Marcotte — at one time John Edwards’ blogmaster  — says yes.

http://twitter.com/#!/esjurso/status/458277482769440768

Or is it?

Got it?

@DrNerdLove @AmandaMarcotte
Still the question is unanswered. How is this Sexual Harassment?
This is awkward, yes, harassment, no.— Vincent's Verstandsk (@VerstandskiesK) April 21, 2014

That’s why.

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/04/21/amanda-marcotte-senior-sexually-harassed-miss-america-by-asking-her-to-prom/