"Niggas" a Trending Topic on Twitter

Not much to report, but at 10:59 A.M. the word "Niggas" was a trending topic on twitter.  As of the time of this entry, the trending topic no longer exists.  Screenshot is provided.

Iranian Students Protest at Sharif and Tehran University

The New York Times reports over 1000 student demonstrators protested at Sharif University in Tehran today, protesting a visit by Kamran Daneshjoo, the minister of science and higher education.  Meanwhile,...

Kanye West's "Imma let you finish" Moment Helped All Involved

By now there isn't a person who hasn't heard of Kanye's rude outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards.  It certainly was an enormous controversy that made juicy headlines in the tabloids as well as major...

Michigan Says "No Free Babysitting!" to Helpful Mother

Does it get any more absurd than this?  Today the AP reports a woman by the name of Lisa Snyder was warned by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to stop running a day care out of her...

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Gives Conan O'brien a Piece of His Mind

It seems Conan O'brien got Newark, New Jersey majory Cory Booker a little upset over a joke he made on the tonight show. The joke that insulted all of Newark read "The Mayor of Newark NJ wants to set up a city...

The College Bands You Loved and the Shame You Feel Now

I remember in college how picky I was about music. I guess I still am today but, I never related to other people who were "supposedly" really into music. I pretty much wouldn't listen to anything unless I thought it was amazing. And, so even though music was a big part of my...

Taking on the Vector Marketing Scam

Like every lazy middle class college student, I always waited until the last moment before summer to find a job (I will say, I always had the fall back of delivering Pizza). When tired of sitting around the house and having to endure the look of my parents--the "did you get a...

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