Even though Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey tweets at his mom daily, Marcia Dorsey can’t seem to get a verified Twitter account. And neither can dad Tim Dorsey.Case in point:[embedtweet id="321427245522616320"]The two have launched an informal campaign to get verified on their son’s site, reports BetaBeat.Even the Mayor of St. Louis (who has a verified account), where the Dorseys live, has joined the cause:[embedtweet id="321439687522787329"][embedtweet id="321441006975320064"]Verification on Twitter is designated by a blue and white check mark next to a user’s name, and “is currently used to establish authenticity of identities on Twitter”, according to the Twitter FAQs. Continue Reading… … Read More
Iraq’s Al-Qaeda confirms ties with Syrian rebel Nusra Front – reports
SITE quotes leader of the Islamic State in Iraq, Abu Bakr Baghdadi, as saying that his Islamist group and Syria’s Nusra Front will now operate jointly under the name of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The authenticity of the statement could not be immediately verified.The confirmation comes days after Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman Zawahiri urged supporters to go to Syria and establish an Islamist state there.Experts have long warned that Nusra Front, which was blacklisted by the US as a terrorist organization, has strong links with Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and probably predominantly consists of Al-Qaeda fighters, who moved into Syria to capitalize on the turmoil in the country.The group has gained much power in Syria through engaging in combat directly against government troops and local militias allied with it. It claimed responsibility for a number of deadly suicide bombings in the country, which claimed hundreds of civilian lives.The organization is estimated to have 5,000 troops in its ranks.The influence of Nusra Front was named by the US as a key reason why it does not supply arms to the Free Syrian Army, the relatively moderate and secular anti-government armed group in Syria. Washington was concerned the shipments would end up in the hands of the terrorists and used against Americans and their allies. … Read More
Conventional Doctors Now Standing Against ADHD “Study Drugs”
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Skeet-gate rocks the Internet
In response to a question about whether he had ever fired a gun, President Barack Obama told the New Republic that he shoots skeet “all the time” at Camp David. Republicans immediately expressed doubts that the president, who is seeking a ban on assault weapons among other measures to reduce gun violence, was really the type to fire at clay pigeons to unwind.
But unlike the Birthers, the newly dubbed Skeeters got their proof almost immediately, with the White House releasing an August photograph of President Barack Obama shooting skeet at Camp David.
Rather than quiet skepticism, the photo fueled a host of far-right conspiracy theories about its authenticity. An Internet fury nicely summarized by MSNBC contributor Ari Melber thusly: “So the gun lobby does support more background checks — but only for Barack Obama’s skeet shooting.”
A round up of the best of the worst.
Michael Harlin at the American Thinker
The photo is a fake, plain and simple. How can you tell? Why, by these seven highly scientific reasons:
Ping Fu: Clarifying the Facts in Bend, Not Break
Chinese blogger Fang Zhouzi posted a story in which he questioned my credibility, and John Kennedy reacted to that blog in the South China Morning Post. I would like to respond to their comments, as well as those of other critics who have attacked the authenticity of my story.
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Giovanna Plowman, ‘Tampon Girl’, Apparently Puts Bloody Hygiene Product In Mouth (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
So, bloody tampon sucking is a thing now, it seems.The person to thank for this happening is the lovely and talented Giovanna Plowman who posted a video (a GRAPHIC portion of which you can see below) to her now deleted Facebook page in which she appears to put a bloody tampon in her mouth and suck on it, several times.There is, as KnowYourMeme.com points out, lots of speculation amongst commenters as to the video’s authenticity. Some suspect the tampon was dipped in tomato sauce or some other red liquid. Read More…
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Be a Proud Conspiracy Theorist, You’re in the Majority
Given the abominable track record of the establishment media, it’s become more common to question everything we hear rather than blindly swallowing their script. … Read More
