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09 Jun 2010 10:59

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Politics: Uh, what? BP says the government is lying about oil spill plumes

  • yesterday The government confirmed for the first time that they found massive oil plumes as far as 142 miles away from the base of the spill. People like us freak out.
  • “today” On “The Today Show,” a top BP exec said this: “We haven’t found any large concentrations of oil under the sea. To my knowledge, no one has.” Wait, what? source

08 Apr 2009 22:31

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Culture, Offbeat: Jack Wrangler, 1946-2009: A contradiction of a human being

  • one Before turning to gay porn, he started his career in a religiously-themed NBC TV series in the 1950s.
  • two Wrangler starred in some landmark 1970s porn movies. We’ll trust you to Wikipedia them yourselves, kids.
  • three Despite being openly gay, he married a woman named Margaret Whiting – a big-band-era pop singer – in 1995.
  • four Whiting is 22 years Wrangler’s senior – and he admitted being openly gay as recently as last year. That’s crazy.
  • five His honest, open sexuality made him a gay icon. Wrangler died Tuesday at 62. Peace, bro. source