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March 30, 2012
The Modest Origins Of "You Are Their Product"
The best line in Al Franken's fiery Facebook speech wasn't exactly his. The "you're not the customer, you're the product" movement can be traced back to an anonymous comment on a blog.
What Does It Take To Get Charged For "Racist Remarks" In France?
Cosmetics heir Jean-Paul Guerlain was fined a large sum this week for making racist comments. But French Vogue walks free for publishing an editorial with models in black face. What gives?
"Game Of Thrones" Kick Off Party
Sunday is coming. Please, true fans would never make such a rookie mistake.
Google's Newest Plot
In case you had any doubt about the kind of people running the show at Google: "Just type any real two variable function into Google to see a dynamic, interactive, three dimensional plot."
Brian Stelter's Coldest Retweet Ever
Retweets Keach Hagey's announcement of a coming scoop, then scoops her directly afterwards.
Keith Olbermann's Next Job
The Current TV broadcaster has been fired. Again. Twitter suggests his next move.
Anthony Davis Is The NCAA Basketball Player Of The Year, And Here's Why
Davis' dominance encapsulated in one easy GIF.
Mitt Romney Makes Fun Of John Kerry For Being A Flip Flopper
The Republican candidate often finds himself on the receiving end of "flip-flop" attacks. But in a 2004 speech to the Republican Governor's Association, Romney attacked Democrat John Kerry on the same grounds: "I heard the other day the junior Senator of Massachusetts is thinking about putting together a balanced ticket. And he wondered whether he could pick someone with views different than his own — and he selected himself to do that."
The Best Hidden Netflix Movies About Dudes With Guns And Ghost Pimps
The craziest movies we could find on Netflix this week: Burt Reynolds as a revenge-fueled Injun, a murdered ghost pimp possessing mild-mannered folks and a wild gangster flick set in the unlikeliest of locales.
Spider-Man And The Human Torch Are Shacking Up
That's my head canon and I'm sticking to it. Marvel pre-released these images from the Fantastic Four #17 where they've unexpectedly sacrificed Peter Parker and Johnny Storm to the whims of fangirls everywhere.
Mormon Panic Hits U.K.
Here are some ominous highlights from the BBC's new documentary on just how weird and scary Mormonism really is. Among the ludicrous discoveries about America: "There's an unwritten law: Don't mention Mormonism."
Keira Knightly Vamps It Up And Other Links
She looks like sleek sex on steroids but does she look like herself? Plus a campy Schwarzenegger is getting an unnecessary sequel and our neighbors to the north have had it up to here with pennies. These and other Buzz we missed await your clicking pleasure.
The Ridiculous Cradle That Baby Blue Ivy Will Be Sleeping In
Any guesses as to how much this thing cost?
33 Things You Didn't Know About The Movie "Titanic"
In celebration of Titanic's return to theaters next Wednesday (!!!!), here's a collection of facts about the movie you probably didn't know.
Romney 2008 Energy Plan Focused On Research, Clean Energy Development
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2012 energy plan focuses on increasing domestic oil production and rolling back regulations. Back his 2008 energy plan was focused heavily on having to "dramatically increase federal spending on research" and developing clean resources like nuclear, wind, solar, biodiesel along with liquid, solid, and clean coal. Mention of increasing domestic production was only a snippet of Romney's 2008 plan.
Edible Chocolate Haute Couture Creations
Zurich, Switzerland just made fashion season more delectable. Hopefully the first annual "Salon du Chocolat" isn't the last.
When Obama Was Detained In Russia
The President was detained in Russia while still a Senator.
The Republican Party Wants To Be Your Friend On Facebook
Republicans update their data and their social strategy as the election approaches.
9 Tweets That Break Twitter
You can do a lot with 140 characters. Let's turn Twitter into MySpace, circa 2005.
Pokemon Explained In One Minute
Well when you put it that way, of course it sounds crazy. The people of Kanto put way more faith in ten year olds than should reasonably be allowed.
The Dumbest Captcha Ever
A user tried to verify her password — and the site gave her a captcha. In Hebrew. (She doesn't have a Hebrew keyboard.)
Grandpagram
"Two weeks ago, I used ifttt to create Grandpagramâ„¢. It pulls #grandpa photos from Instagram. To date: 1,860 photos." Cool, but I would have called it Instagramps. (via)
The Beautiful Birth Of A Book
Smith-Settle Printers still prints books the very-old-fashioned way. There's nothing like curling up on the sofa with a great (Vimeo about a) novel.
Bush Girls Fell For Obama
French diplomat reveals how George W. Bush first knew Obama would win: His daughters were crazy about the Democrat.
Exclusive: Paul Ryan Will Endorse Romney
A source tells BuzzFeed the Budget Chairman's staff told Rick Santorum he'll back the frontrunner.
