Funny (Not So Funny) Super-Cut Of Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos' "Defensive Smiling"

The Washington Post reports on the growing pushback on the nomination of billionaire Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.

Over 300 lawmakers from all 50 states have announced they oppose DeVos for the position, in great part because she has no experience in education.

Labor unions, civil rights leaders and advocates for children with disabilities have all joined the growing chorus of naysayers.

In addition to her lack of experience as an educator, she has no training or degrees in the area of education. She's worked for years to undermine public schools in favor of a voucher system that would allow parents to take public school money and shift that to private, for-profit schools.

And, of course, we all know the millions she and her family have donated to anti-LGBT groups like the Family Research Council.

After her confirmation hearing, I noted that I found her disingenuous smile to be smug and grating. It looks like I wasn't the only one.

Check out this viral video (below) from Super Deluxe - "Betsy DeVos: Defensive Smiling"

(h/t JoeMyGod)

Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Trolls Trump Supporters With Fake Campaign Ads

Prepare to be utterly surprised - or not - at how far Trumpers will go in their quest to support their guy.

Clip description:

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog stages a focus group with Trump’s biggest supporters, presenting a series of increasingly outrageous and extremely fake campaign ads, to find out how far they’re willing to go in support of their candidate.

(ht/ JoeMyGod)

HIllary Clinton Launches #TrumpYourself Website

Hillary Clinton has launched a website - Trump Yourself - where you can upload a photo of yourself and see what Donald Trump really thinks of you.

Try it for yourself. These were my first two passes. I think The Donald would probably think exactly this of me.

Josh Groban Sings The Tweets Of Donald Trump

Jimmy Kimmel favorite Josh Groban appeared last night in a bit that introduced his latest "project" - Josh Groban Sings The Tweets Of Donald Trump.

Hit the link and see how Josh does with such original material.

Pioneer Press Tweets Dick Joke About Aaron RodgersThen Deletes Tweet

In the above Tweet, newspaper Pioneer Press attempted to be clever about a story about Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who apparently tugs on the red beard of a fan at every home game for luck.

I'm guessing the sexual innuendo was a little too 6th grade for some readers.

Pioneer Press followed up with this tweet when called out:

@romenesko turns out, this would have worked better with a picture of the beard
— Pioneer Press (@PioneerPress) December 30, 2014

Unconfirmed, gay rumors have been swirling around Rodgers for sometime. Last year, Rodgers told 540 ESPN Milwaukee, “I’m just going to say I’m not gay. I really, really like women. That’s all I can really say about that.”

Video: Think again if you want to prank someone

Fake video, but be prepared to be surprised.

Post by Ritemail.Blogspot.Com.

Walmart: Costumes For All Occasions - Dead Dog Prop

Seriously?

I'm horrified. And not in some kind of fun, "Halloween" way.  This is supposedly an ad for a Halloween "dead dog" costume or prop.

Here's the actual listing on Walmart's website:

"You have seen bloody road kill, this is bloody road kill, Foam filled latex prop of a skinned dog with a large tire track squished through its mid torso, Chain attached for dragging purposes, Box Dimensions (in Inches), Length : 36, 00, Width : 21, 00, Height : 10, 00 SKU: MC740043"

Wow. One more reason to drive me and my consumer dollars away from Walmart.

UPDATE: The item's url is no longer valid.  So either Walmart was hacked, or pressure to remove the either was applied.  Either way - good riddance to a bad joke/terrible idea.

Man has a total stranger's Facebook pic tattooed on his butt

Joey Jordan came across an ongoing art project called Selfless Portraits.

The project encourages strangers around the world to draw each other's Facebook profile pics.

In a moment of inspiration, Jordan decided to contribute to the project. However, he decided to up his stakes in the project.

Jordan decided to have a tattoo artist permanently draw a stranger's Facebook profile pic on his butt.

"Not only did I want to be a part of this movement that's happening, but I wanted to be an important part," Jordan inexplicably explains in a short NSFW video documenting the process of getting a completely random person's face etched forever on his ass-skin.

"Feeling connected, not only to your friends and your community, but to people on the other side of the world is something that is so important," he continues. "Once in a while I can catch a glimpse of my ass in the mirror, I'm gonna remember 'hey, there's Amarildo! Here's this thing I did."

Clearly, Joey has a "world-connectedness" thing going on here. BUT - doesn't it seem a little permanent to tattoo a stranger's face on your buttocks?

Thoughts?

(source)

Philly news anchor publicly catty with weather reporter

When a female news anchor doesn't like her weather forecaster.

I'm wondering how long this has been going on?

News Anchor Nicole Brewer of Channel 3 CBS Philly seems to not really get along with the weather lady Nicole. Does this seem to be uncommonly uncomfortable?

Eek!

The further adventures of Reese Witherspoon, an Atlanta police officer and a dash cam

"My name is Reese Witherspoon! ... IT'LL BE ON NATIONAL NEWS!!!"

Someone forgot to tell Ms. Witherspoon that the dash cam of a cop car keeps recording, even when you're handcuffed in the car.

(h/t Towleroad)

When the goat meme stops being funny...

Yeah. Not so funny anymore.

Next internet trend?

The Tea Party - "I'm Pro-Life"

Tweet of the day: Carnival cruise ship finally gets to harbor

Tweet of the day - Celeb Boutique

Clueless. Clueless. Clueless...

"Why gays shouldn't be allowed to marry"

I wish I could say this was a true parody of opponents of marriage equality - but sadly many of the anti-gay folks out there sound just like this...

Funny to watch, but the reality is this IS the opposition. Most of the folks who would deny equal rights to the LGBT community wouldn't see the "over the top" nature of this video.

Now excuse me as I go marry my ice cream...