#WhyAustin: Mockery meets Kim Jong Un’s threat to strike Austin, Texas

Un naturally hates anything South by Southwest. #whyaustin — Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) March 29, 2013 Time for some more saber-rattling from North Korea. Kim Jong Un has vowed to strike targets in the United States, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. Austin? Really? I mean, I know it’s hipster laden, but really? #whyaustin — […]

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Writing My Father’s Death

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All fathers are fictional. View this image › Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed In the end, my father took up such little space. This is what I can’t seem to get over. He’d never been large, but he’d always had a thick, bear-like solidity. My father was the sort of man who could block a doorway. […]

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Drudge called ‘race-baiter’ for headline about Tarantino’s N-word lust

Drudge has the N-word pasted across the top of the page. It links to a film review in the Hollywood Reporter mentioning "N-word" in 9th graf — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) December 12, 2012 Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” a film set in the antebellum South, premiered in New York yesterday. As always, Tarantino can’t resist his not-so-guilty pleasure: […]

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A Mommy Dog And Her Babies Were Dying In The Desert. Get Ready For This… Because It’s Amazing.

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If you don’t know Eldad by now, you probably don’t spend much time on the Internet. He’s the man behind so many unbelievable dog rescues… and I’m pretty sure he just outdid himself. This military style rescue mission took Eldad three days, driving more than 1,000 miles and an unyielding willpower to save four dogs […]

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Marco Rubio chief of staff: Illegal immigrants would not immediately be granted legal status

MYTH vs. FACT: Simply Wrong To Report Illegal Immigrants Would Be Granted Immediate Status http://t.co/ox1A0Zf2ba — CesarConda (@CesarConda) April 17, 2013 He’s right. Under the “Gang of Eight” amnesty plan supported by Sen. Marco Rubio, illegal aliens would be eligible for “provisional” legal status in six months. Moreover, the Department of Homeland Security would need […]

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Monsters: PP to teens ‘look your best’ after being beaten with make-up tips

PP created videos on how women can cover up a beating w/make-up. Just like how they hide underage girls from statutory rapists #waronwomen — LilMissRightie (@LilMissRightie) December 6, 2012 War on women? Here it is. PP took a “don’t cover it up” anti-domestic violence ad, promoted it to teens as makeup tips for covering bruises.lifenews.com/2012/12/06/pla… […]

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These Artists Created The Only Horoscope You Deserve, Forever

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Artist Molly Soda and poet @sosadtoday team up to read you your “permascopes”. 1. Aries View this image › Molly Soda / @sosadtoday / Via newhive.com Artist Molly Soda and the anonymous Twitter account @sosadtoday collaborated on a project titled PERMASCOPES: This is Your Horoscope Every Day of Your Life. The two artists became friends […]

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Our 9 Favorite Feature Stories This Week: Trans Rights, Lance Armstrong, And The Real Nick Cave

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This week for BuzzReads, Nicole Pasulka profiles a transgender woman who sued the D.C. police. Read that and these other stories from around BuzzFeed and the web. 1. The Woman Who Helped Change How Police Treat Transgender People — BuzzFeed View this image › BuzzFeed After D.C. resident Patti Hammond Shaw was arrested, she claimed […]

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