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Feeling down after Bernie endorsed Hillary? This short farewell speech should cheer you up
Opinion

Feeling down after Bernie endorsed Hillary? This short farewell speech should cheer you up

As everyone by now knows, Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton today. If you're feeling a little down about Bernie Sanders stepping down from the race, this farewell speech may make you laugh instead of cry. I've written about the comedic duo behind the Trump Vs. Bernie show. Here is James Adomian's Bernie Sanders explaining what he and Hillary share and encouraging the movement to keep on keeping on.

Here are 5 Christopher Columbus quotes to help you 'celebrate' the holiday appropriately

Here are 5 Christopher Columbus quotes to help you 'celebrate' the holiday appropriately

You've probably heard lots of great things about Christopher Columbus and tons of inspiring quotes from him about hard work, god, the sea etc. But those don't really capture what Columbus and the colonial expansion of which he was part were all about.

Happy Columbus Day! I hope you're celebrating the holiday appropriately, by breaking into someone's home and claiming that you discovered and now own it! Or you could just, you know, mourn the genocide of indigenous people by shopping. Because we all grieve in different ways.

Watch: True Detective's Rust Cohle eviscerates Matthew McConaughey's self-delusions
Opinion

Watch: True Detective's Rust Cohle eviscerates Matthew McConaughey's self-delusions

Watch Rust Cohle respond to Matthew McConaughey with utter Rustian contempt. The only thing that I could think of when I watched Matthew McConaughey's self-congratulating, god-thanking Oscars speech was how much Rust Cohle would hate it. I tried to block it out so I could enjoy True Detective in which McConaughey is brilliant. But I couldn't. So instead, I thought I would have Rust Cohle explain to Matt why his speech was so ridiculously aggrandizing and delusional. So, here is what Rost has to say about it... in his righteous own words.

'Breaking Bad': A Tragic Gay Love Story
Opinion

'Breaking Bad': A Tragic Gay Love Story

Sunday night's Breaking Bad finale was incredible. It was the first time my sympathy for Walter White outweighed my anger toward him. I teared up when I saw him talk to Skylar for the last time, look at his daughter for the last time and see his son for the last time. And I got really verklempt when Walt rescued his side-kick in distress, freeing Jesse from the clutches of the Aryan Brotherhood, by throwing him to the ground and protecting him the hail of bullets that would ultimately kill everyone except Jesse. How romantic! This is hardly the only scene that lends itself to a homoerotic reading of Breaking Bad. Ladies and gentleman, I present "Breaking Bad: A Tragic Gay Love Story."