Tweet by eavesdropper at tech event gets two fired, including eavesdropper

"One tweet. Thousands of comments. Four days later, two people have been fired. Welcome to the digital age." http://t.co/84Hf1queYf — Forbes Tech News (@ForbesTech) March 24, 2013 Lesson of the day: Think before you tweet. Last week, social media developer/coder Adria Richards snapped a photo of two strangers whom she accused of inappropriate, sexist conduct. […]

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Want to donate to Obama? Just visit KeithJudd.com

http://t.co/mvkMDBwd forwards to Obama's campaign website. h/t @JFKucinich — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 9, 2012 It was only a matter of time before someone tried to turn the popularity of Obama’s primary challenger Keith Judd to the campaign’s advantage. So who’s squatting on the prime piece of Internet real estate that bears the felon’s name? […]

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Roses and tears: Touching memorial to the 19 fallen Arizona firefighters [pics]

19 red roses intertwined in the fence of Fire Station 7 in #Prescott #yarnellfire #RIP19Heroes pic.twitter.com/8bgZnQna9B — lefrench (@lefrench) July 1, 2013 Heartbreaking. As Twitchy reported, 19 firefighters were killed Sunday while battling the deadly Yarnell Fire southwest of Prescott, Arizona. "They died heroes and we'll miss them. We love them." Wife of fallen firefighter, Juliann Ashcraft, […]

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Buffett Rule falls, progs keep recycling failed class warfare rhetoric

It's official: Buffett Rule vote fails, 51-45 — Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) April 16, 2012 The Buffett Rule went down in flames in the Senate tonight as it failed to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to pass. Twitter users, as usual, had plenty to say about Obama’s tax hike attempt. Most tweeps were pretty happy […]

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‘Best ad ever?’ Semi-nude candidate won’t go to strip clubs ‘anymore’ [video]

http://twitter.com/#!/modernrocktc/status/377251948707471360 Jeffrey Alan Wagner is reportedly a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate in the race to replace the Minneapolis mayor. And he has an ad … an ad in which he promises to “not even go to the strip clubs anymore.” If that isn’t hawt, we don’t know what is. This can’t be real, can it? http://twitter.com/#!/kurtluidhardt/status/378536741289734144 He’s also […]

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TMZ: Sarah Palin using veterans as pawns for her own political agenda

@TMZ Still talking about Sarah Palin I see…She's a genius. — Harry Gato (@harrygato) October 14, 2013 Yes, you read that right: today it’s celebrity gossip site TMZ weighing in on the Million Vet March this weekend, and singling out Sarah Palin for using the veterans as pawns for her political gain. https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/389872061541142528 Says TMZ: […]

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#AROD: Alex Rodriguez radio interview provokes disgust, sympathy

The audio of #AROD with Mike Francesa will be posted on http://t.co/KaGTAJj7T6 shortly following the interview. #Yankees #MLB #NYY — WFAN Sports Radio (@WFAN660) November 20, 2013 Beleaguered Alex Rodriguez gave a doozy of a surprise radio interview to WFAN sports host Mike Francesca this afternoon. #AROD was trending nationwide on Twitter and the animated […]

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This Baby Can Riverdance And Will Give You Life

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This baby is lord of the dance. 1. Kali loves dancing around in her Jolly Jumper, and has some pretty impressive moves. Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/v/tuQknrmMj54. youtube.com / Via youtube.com This video is from August, but only recently started trending. 2. Twinkletoes! View this image › Via youtube.com 3. What a star! View this image […]

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NBC blasted for scrubbing Olympics anti-discrimination statement

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Why would NBC do that? — SunnyRight (@sunnyright) February 8, 2014 Because that’s how NBC rolls. Last night Twitchy told you about some of the idiocy that sent #NBCFail trending once again. But this one deserves its own post. An NBC exec said the network aired the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on […]

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