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Child protester yells for homosexuals to die outside of pro-LGBT church on Easter
A child in North Carolina spent part of his Easter Sunday morning protesting outside a Winston-Salem church that has vowed not to host any wedding ceremonies until same sex marriage is legalized. Kelly Carpenter, the pastor of Green Street United Methodist Church, said last month that no weddings were being…
Laughing Chris Brown is ‘absolutely’ sure he won’t punch Rihanna in the face again
Singer Chris Brown on Monday told NBC host Matt Lauer that he was “absolutely” sure that he would never physically assault Rihanna again. On the way home from a pre-Grammy’s party in 2009, an argument between the two singers had turned into a a violent assault on Rihanna. A photo…
Florida man shoots and dismembers pet dog to retrieve son’s severed finger
A Florida man killed and dismembered his pet dog on Friday after it bit down on his son’s pinkey finger and didn’t let go until the appendage was severed and swallowed whole. When Luis Brignoni Sr., 41, learned that his son Fernando, 11, had just lost his finger to the…
Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan thanks marijuana growers for hydroponics
Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan thanked comedian Tommy Chong and marijuana growers for perfecting hydroponic farming technology. “I’d like to issue a letter of gratitude to Tommy and all the hydroponic marijuana growers in the world,” he said on The Young Turks. “Much as porn made the Internet, the cutting…
Edith Windsor: Case against Defense of Marriage Act ‘went beautifully’
Edith Windsor, the 83-year-old woman challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, said Wednesday that her case “went beautifully.” “I am today an out lesbian who just sued the United States of America, which is kind of overwhelming for me,” she said after being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.…
Boston College threatens to discipline students for giving out condoms
Boston College administrators are threatening to bring disciplinary action against a group called BC Students for Sexual Health over their insistence upon giving away free condoms and sexual health information, saying the practice violates the school’s Catholic values. Students received a letter on March 15 from the college’s dean of students and…
Creator of drone causalities visualization hopes data will ‘shock’ people
Wesley Grubbs of Pitch Interactive told HuffPost Live on Tuesday that he created an interactive graph of the U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan to highlight civilian causalities. “We want to shock people,” he explained. “What we tried to do though with this was not just shock people with the number…
Plaintiff in NYPD lawsuit condemns ‘humiliating’ stop-and-frisks
In video published Monday, the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against the New York Police Department explained the horrors of stop-and-frisk searches. “The whole experience is humiliating, it’s embarrassing, and really, you know, it doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, how tough you are, whatever, it’s a…
Michael Moore: ‘We want to join hands with all NRA members’ who are rational
At a town hall meeting held on the 10th anniversary of the documentary “Bowling for Columbine” winning an Oscar for “Best Documentary,” liberal filmmaker Michael Moore urged mothers and fathers concerned about gun violence to form community groups with friends and neighbors, with the goal of every member getting as…
MSNBC contributor: ‘Level of anti-Semitism’ against Bloomberg over gun control
MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle on Monday said that he had seen a “level of anti-Semitism” against Michael Bloomberg after the Jewish mayor began to push for gun control in response to the December mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. During a panel discussion on Morning Joe, former Romney adviser Dan Senor…
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