There Is No Justice In Football State

You have the freedom to watch mighty slam jams and touchdown passes. Else than that:

A teenage girl who was dropped from her high school’s cheerleading squad after refusing to chant the name of a basketball player who had sexually assaulted her must pay compensation of $45,000 (£27,300) after losing a legal challenge against the decision.

The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a review of the case brought by the woman, who is known only as HS. Lower courts had ruled that she was speaking for the school, rather than for herself, when serving on a cheerleading squad – meaning that she had no right to stay silent when coaches told her to applaud.

Completely unreal, but unfortunately, very real: Cheerleader must compensate school that told her to clap ‘rapist’

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Esquire Interviews Chris Rock

The Article: Chris Rock: A conversation about LeBron, Obama, the Tea Party, the Oscars, Eddie Murphy, his new play, and fear by Scott Raab in Esquire.

The Text:

SCOTT RAAB: Is that your iPad?

CHRIS ROCK: Why would you go anyplace without your iPad? This is the greatest invention. When it gets a little more power, my God. It’s like my office.

[The waitress comes over: “Water to start with? Sparkling, still, tap water?”]

CR: You know what? Tap water. I’m tappy today. How’s tappy? It’s Bloomberg’s best, right? I’ll take that.

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Optical Illusion

Optical Illusion Profits of Goldman Sachs and Exxon

Less of an illusion, more of a really depressing set of facts.

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10 Things Much Worse Than Same-Sex Marriage (But Are Totally Legal)

10 Things Much Worse Than Same-Sex Marriage

As we already proved in this handy pie chart on gay marriage, the world will not end if two people of the same sex are allowed to get married. The only thing that will happen is that some gay men and lesbians will get (gasp!) married. (Maybe some of them will also get divorces and alimony and shared child custody, eventually, but let’s look on the bright side.)

So why is same-sex marriage still not legal in 45 states while other terrible acts and laws remain legal? Here’s a list of 10 such acts or laws that, despite being a hell of a lot worse than two people getting married, remain absolutely legal.

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But I’m Not Interested In That Life

The Knife – Rock Classics off of Deep Cuts.

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