Judge strikes down Utah’s anti gay marriage law. Mormons become sad pandas.

Last updated on: December 21, 2013 at 7:23 am By JT Eberhard

Booyah! A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it. The Salt Lake County clerk’s office started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Deputy Clerk Dahnelle Burton-Lee said the district attorney authorized her office to begin issuing the licenses but she couldn’t immediately say how many have been issued so far. Another victory for... Read more

American Atheists challenges NY state senator Andrew Lanza to boycott his own district.

Last updated on: December 20, 2013 at 7:14 am By JT Eberhard

Recall the nasty things Lanza said about atheists and the boycott he called for in Times Square on account of a very mild billboard put up by American Atheists? Initially, AA fired back pretty hard: “In two weeks, a million people are going to descend on Times Square for the 110th anniversary of the ball drop,” said Public Relations Director Dave Muscato. “Senator Lanza simply cannot be serious. We have broken no laws. We have infringed on no one’s rights.... Read more

Father on Duck Dynasty’s ex-star Phil Robertson’s “freedom of speech.”

Last updated on: December 20, 2013 at 7:04 am By JT Eberhard

So you may have heard that the star of a reality show based around what a down home yokul he is said some very hateful things about gay people. As a result, he was fired from the show. Well this has the South up in a tizzy about how persecuted this poor Christian man is. There are cries from throughout the Republican party as well as the deep South that Robertson’s freedom of speech has been infringed. Here in Bumblefuck,... Read more

The Daily Show interview with Forbes columnist who thinks “food stamps are cruel.”

Last updated on: December 20, 2013 at 6:46 am By JT Eberhard

This guy’s a real shit bag. The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook Read more

Your morning happiness: dog owner found missing shoe.

Last updated on: December 20, 2013 at 6:32 am By JT Eberhard

I’m home safe and sound. It’ll be short and sweet posts for the next week while I maximize family time. Anyway, a dog owner on /r/aww couldn’t find their shoe. Fortunately, they eventually came upon the culprit: Read more

About 1% of pregnant women in the US claim to be virgins.

Last updated on: December 18, 2013 at 10:38 am By JT Eberhard

It turns out that pregnant women claiming to be virgins isn’t that rare even today: Nearly 1 per cent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain’s BMJ medical journal. The authors of “Like a Virgin (Mother)” — whose prose is devoid of irony — say such scientifically impossible claims show researchers must use care in interpreting self-reported behaviour. Fallible... Read more

NY State Senator Andrew Lanza is dying to be persecuted.

Last updated on: December 18, 2013 at 4:11 pm By JT Eberhard

You’ve probably heard by now that a state senator out of New York, Andrew Lanza, has griped about the American Atheists Times Square billboard on his official page. Let’s just hop right in: The controversial activist group unveiled its latest anti-Christmas ad this week in Times Square along with a press release declaring that “Christmas is better without Christ.” The billboard is not anti-Christmas. It’s very much pro-Christmas and lots of the things that surround it like generosity, hot chocolate,... Read more

MUSIC: Mario is a jerk and Mega Man rock opera.

Last updated on: December 18, 2013 at 9:23 am By JT Eberhard

Ok, my brother sent me this video. Warning now: it would be very hard for this to be less safe for work. It’s pretty crass, but it made me smile. I always knew Mario was an asshole. And while we’re on the subject of video game music, here’s an excerpt from the Protomen’s dystopian rock opera based on Mega Man: Read more

Study: people who believe astrology prone to poor decision-making.

Last updated on: December 18, 2013 at 8:58 am By JT Eberhard

I know this is going to come as a huge shock, but it turns out that people who believe in astrology tend to make bad decisions. Consumers who read their horoscope daily were found to be more likely to exhibit impulsive or indulgent behaviour when their zodiac was negative, the research suggested. This is because reading a poor outcome in your star sign makes you more susceptible to temptation, it is believed. The study, published in the Journal of Consumer... Read more

Jon Stewart on Megyn Kelly’s excuses.

Last updated on: December 18, 2013 at 8:54 am By JT Eberhard

Remember when Megyn Kelly assured everybody that both Santa and Jesus were white? Well she has now explained herself: the problem is that everybody else is humorless, not that she is racist. It’s not that she is racist, but that everybody else is just out to get Fox News. Jon Stewart looks back on her comments in context: It seemed pretty sincere to me. If it was actually a joke, it’s not everybody else who is humorless. Read more