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The rise and fall of Johnny Depp
Posted: 28 May 2015 03:00 PM PDT
What happened to Johnny Depp? We know him now as a parody of himself, who prepares for a night out by deciding how many leather bracelets to wear. The quirky charisma he lends each role, once seen as genius character acting, has become tired and redundant, perhaps regurgitated at peak force with that Mad Hatter dance from "Alice in Wonderland." Depp has been dodging the Hollywood rule book since he achieved newfound fame post-"21 Jump Street," and yet somehow he's ended up tired and sold out after 30 years in the spotlight. He's reached critical mass.
Depp truly hit superstardom in 2003 with "Pirates of the Caribbean." But he had made a name for himself long before. Convinced to pursue acting by one Nicolas Cage, Depp got his first part after he auditioned for "Nightmare on Elm Street" -- scoring the role after Craven's 13-year-old daughter saw Depp's headshot and thought he was dreamy. From there, Depp landed "21 Jump Street." The role of Tom Hanson allowed him to make a name for himself as a heartthrob. Soon his was Fox's biggest star. But he rallied against an image based on his magnetic good looks, making deliberately risky choices in spite of the fact that he had once covered Tiger Beat.
Depp rejected being the Hero and Romantic Interest in favor of building to films like "Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas" and "Donnie Brasco" in the late '90s. Almost a decade before those golden years on his résumé, he told "21 Jump Street" directors Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh that he wanted to be fired. He spit in the face of such shallow success as a teen idol, and signed on for John Waters' "Cry-Baby," a campy melodrama which actively mocked Fox studios' attempt to mold him into a pretty boy product. Once Cannell and Hasburgh let Depp out of his contract, he had managed to build enough of a reputation on his skill and range (based largely on his work with Waters) to earn the titular role in "Edward Scissorhands," despite the fact that Tim Burton had his pick of big names for the part (including Tom Cruise).
That's the line on Depp's IMDb page where things really take off. It's easy to blame Burton for destroying our once-beloved handsome and accessible outsider. Thinking quickly back on their work together, it seems like Burton round down Depp's uniqueness through the sheer repetition of characters like Willy Wonka and that unfunny vampire in "Dark Shadows." Still, "Edward Scissorhands" is perhaps Burton's best film and easily one of Depp's best roles. In a way, Burton is responsible for both creating and destroying his muse.
Burton's move into franchises and remakes is where Depp's methods seemed to fade to schtick. In films like "Sweeney Todd," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Dark Shadows" -- none of which are original works -- Depp seemed to play on slight deviations of the same quirky charisma offset by a few weird hairdos. Released between 2005 and 2012, that set of films meant for an overload of sameness which managed to negatively affect public perception of Depp's earlier work. Seeing roles like his godawful Mad Hatter damaged the glory of "Ed Wood" and "Edward Scissorhands" in retrospect. Burton can't be blamed for the mess that was "Mortdecai" or Depp's tired fairy tale wolf in "Into the Woods," though those roles feel like they are part of the same chronic phoning it in. Watching even just two of the aforementioned disasters begs the question: how long had Depp just been playing slightly nuanced versions of the same off-beat dude?
Perhaps the strangest (and most infuriating) part of Depp's career arc is that he would seemingly sell out at this point. He pursued only the most interesting parts when it was risky to do so, then gave into the cheap (franchise and remake) choices long after he'd earned the right to do whatever he wanted. He's said he doesn't "give a fuck" now, but where that used to apply to fame and money, apparently now it refers to quality.
Still, it's not too late to tell my inner 12-year-old that there is hope. Assuming he doesn't go to jail for bringing dogs to Australia, his upcoming "Black Mass" may be the beacon of light marking a return to form for several more decades of greatness. Depp has totally transformed himself for the role of Whitey Bulger. He's shed his handsomeness for blotchy skin and a receding hair line. The tired idiosyncrasies of the latter Burton canon are laid to rest in exchange for a studied intensity reminiscent of his masterful first mob film, "Donnie Brasco." There's a chance for Depp to move out of critical mass through "Black Mass," to continue, once again, picking roles for the love of the work (in favor of a fat pay check with which to buy more leather bracelets and / or islands).
If you close your eyes, you can almost imagine him talking to the mirror in the role of Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka or Sweeney Todd, winking at his reflection and flicking his wrist as he tells himself in a flourishing accent that it's finally time to get back to work.
Everything Else You Should Know:
- "19 Kids And Counting" star Josh Duggar responded to child molestation charges apologizing and saying he "acted inexcusably" (though the Internet has since surfaced a 2008 interview in which he jokes about incest). Now would be a good time to re-read Serena Elavia's piece for The Atlantic on "The Collective Conscious Of Reality Television."
- Last week, Rebel Wilson was revealed to be lying about her name, age and past. Beyond asking the obvious question of, "Seriously, who cares?" you'll want to check out Anne Helen Petersen's piece on why her lies make sense in Hollywood.
- #BeyoncéAlwaysOnBeat has emerged as the best Beyoncé meme / best meme of all time. From Vulture, here are some of the best iterations of it so far. Thanks, Internet!
- In case you haven't been appreciating Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for his true cultural value, know that he now holds the Guiness Book World Record for most selfies taken in three minutes. Coffee table book to come.
- Also, Kylie Jenner unearthed a (grammatically incorrect) chemtrail conspiracy theory, asking the haunting question: "Whos Is Responcible?"
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Besides being a sex columnist and commentator on LGBT issues, Dan Savage is also an amateur wordsmith. In the runup to the 2004 election, he coined "santorum" -- "a frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" -- in honor of then-Sen. Rick Santorum, who thinks homosexuality is so gross, so filthy and nasty and abominable he just can't seem to get it off his mind or out of his mouth. Now, in light of the revelation that Bible-thumping reality-TV star Josh Duggar of "19 Kids and Counting" fame molested five underage girls as a teenager, Savage is crowdsourcing a new definition for "duggar." "Clearly 'duggary' needs to be a word. Should it mean sexual hypocrisy? Fundy hypocrisy? Child molestation?" Savage said on Twitter. Among other suggested definitions and permutations: "an intensely hypocritical moral lecture" or duggar, a verb meaning "to cover up child abuse." Critics shouldn't be quick to dismiss the campaign as standard Internet trolling. "Santorum" began to interfere with Rick Santorum's presidential prospects when Savage's term started appearing before the candidate's own web site in search results.
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— Comedian Amy Schumer commenting on sexism in the entertainment industry
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HUFFPOST HILL - Wacky For Pataki
Posted: 28 May 2015 02:48 PM PDT
HISTORY'S MOST BORING SPEAKER SUDDENLY NOT SO BORING - It'll be a political battle for the ages between him and Rod Blagojevich over laundry duty. Jon Seidel: "Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert with illegally structuring cash withdrawals from bank accounts to make payments to someone he committed 'prior misconduct' against and lying to the FBI about it. Hastert, 73, of Plano, is accused of splitting up the withdrawal of $952,000 to avoid the requirement that banks report withdrawals of more than $10,000. When asked about it by the FBI in the December 2014, he allegedly lied and said he was keeping the cash. In 2010, Hastert agreed to pay an individual, who is unnamed in the indictment, $3.5 million 'to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct' against the person, according to the indictment.'" [Sun Times]
HUFFPOST HILL FACTS OF LIFE: Your Hastert Rule joke is terrible.
PATAKI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, DESPONDENT OPPONENTS WONDER IF IT'S EVEN WORTH IT AT THIS POINT - But seriously, George Pataki trying to own 9/11 feels a bit like Ringo best trying to own "Sgt. Pepper's." Daniel Marans: "Former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) announced he'll run for president in 2016. 'The system is broken. The question is no longer about what our government should do, but what we should do about our government,' he said in a video posted to YouTube on Thursday. Pataki, 69, who served as governor from 1995 to 2006, faces an uphill battle for the Republican nomination in a crowded field of candidates....Pataki also faces skepticism over whether he is conservative enough to win Republican primaries. His record as governor of deep-blue New York, and his career in Republican politics prior to the party’s turn to the right, make him the most moderate Republican presidential candidate to date. Pataki has supportedenvironmental preservation efforts, abortion rights and gun control laws. When The New York Times endorsed Pataki's bid for a third term as governor in 2002, the paper praised his 'generally progressive stance on social issues.'" [HuffPost]
The frontrunner? Or the *frontiest*runner?
@RogerJStoneJr: Gun grabbing pro- partial birth abortion ex-Guv George Pataki who bankrupted NY in public employee pension deal running for prez ?
Puh-lees
HILL STAFFER CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING VULNERABLE WOMEN - And we don't just mean for advocating Social Security cuts. Hannah Hess: "Known as a fixture on Capitol Hill until his January 2010 retirement, longtime Senate staffer Robert Lee Foster is now making headlines... A Virginia grand jury on Thursday indicted the 65-year-old man, who worked as a staffer on the Senate Commerce Committee for more than three decades, on nine counts of wire fraud, allegedly connected to his Senate Federal Credit Union account. The grand jury charged that Foster defrauded at least three women of approximately $500,000, from 2008 through May 2015. He allegedly used his affiliation with the Senate to gain the trust and confidence of a 54-year-old recent widow from California, a 70-year-old stroke victim from Texas and a 75-year-old D.C. resident who was taking care of a partner suffering from dementia. The indictment alleges Foster falsely claimed he needed the money for debt repayment, legal costs, business expenses or foreign travel, according to court documents. He also pretended his credit card had been “hacked,” the government said. Foster allegedly promised to repay the loans, which ranged from $5,300 to $150, but spent the money for his own personal benefit." [Roll Call]
"Ted Cruz, charlatan." Dang, Dana!
DAILY DELANEY DOWNER - Local reporter Mark Segraves reports via Twitter that the D.C. government knew about dangerous amounts of lead in the decrepit family homeless shelter at the former D.C. General Hospital site on east Capitol Hill: "BREAKING: DC officials knew about dangerous lead levels at DC General homeless shelter in 2014 but allowed families to live in those rooms." Segraves previously reported that two of the many, many children living at the shelter had recently tested positive for lead. [@SegravesNBC4]
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New look Rick Santorum in nothing but Canada Goose parkas, day and night: "The newly-announced presidential candidate -- known for his signature sweater vests -- may be sporting an updated look in 2016. 'I have two daughters who are the fashion consultants -- they've appointed themselves the fashion consultants to the campaign and so you're going to be seeing attire that reflects their tastes, not mine,' Santorum told ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos Wednesday. In 2012, sales of Santorum-branded sweater vests reportedly netted $300,000 for the campaign– and spawned a number of parody accounts on Twitter." [ABC News]
HUFFPOST HILL FACTS OF LIFE: Do fashion consultants like, not understand brands?
MOAR SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL DEVELOPMENTS, MOAR BLURRING OF CLINTON BIZNEZZZ!!!! - Wonder if Blumenthal also got some extra coin to help Clinton with her southern accent. Ken Vogel: "Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton, earned about $10,000 a month as a full-time employee of the Clinton Foundation while he was providing unsolicited intelligence on Libya to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to multiple sources familiar with the arrangement. Blumenthal was added to the payroll of the Clintons’ global philanthropy in 2009 -- not long after advising Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign -- at the behest of former president Bill Clinton, for whom he had worked in the White House, say the sources. While Blumenthal’s foundation job focused on highlighting the legacy of Clinton’s presidency, some officials at the charity questioned his value and grumbled that his hiring was a favor from the Clintons, according to people familiar with the foundation. They say that, during a 2013 reform push, Blumenthal was moved to a consulting contract that came with a similar pay rate but without benefits — an arrangement that endured until March." [Politico]
Old people love Bernie: "'Would you raise the top marginal tax rate to over 90 percent, as it was in the 1950s, when the middle class and the economy were doing so well?' asked Milt Lauenstein, 89, who had the same white hair and hunched posture as Mr. Sanders. 'You mean under the communist Dwight D. Eisenhower?' Mr. Sanders quipped about the former president, who, of course, was a Republican, but one who did not oppose high taxes as fiercely as party leaders do now. It is not every day in 2015 that an Ike joke gets a laugh, but Mr. Sanders landed the line perfectly -- at least for the roughly 50 older people in the crowd of 200 who came out to meet the candidate in a backyard here. It was the latest Sanders event to draw a sizable number of registered voters who share not only Mr. Sanders’s cultural reference points but also his age group." [NYT]
Old people aren't cool, unlike ultrasounds: "Scott Walker is using Marco Rubio's birthday to offer a not-so-subtle reminder: Most of the rest of the presidential field is much older. Walker, the 47-year-old Wisconsin governor, tweeted a birthday greeting to Rubio, the Florida senator who turned 44 on Thursday, saying it comes 'from one forty-something to another.'" [CNN]
UNDECIDED REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS STILL LEADING THE WAY - But undecided has been a rubber stamp for the Obama agenda and hasn't outlined a clear plan for our fight against ISIS. Natalie Jackson: "A new Quinnipiac University national poll shows there’s still only one clear leader in the Republican presidential primary race: Undecided. The poll, released Thursday, reports that 20 percent of registered Republican and Republican-leaning voters around the country don’t know or declined to answer whom they would vote for in their state's Republican primary. This is double the proportion any candidate received: The five candidates with the highest percentages all struggled to reach double digits, with a mere 10 percent each. Those candidates are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, retired physician Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. The relatively high number of uncommitted Republicans nationally is consistent with polls of likely primary voters in early primary states. In March, a Suffolk University poll of 500 likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire reported 24 percent undecided after respondents were given a list of candidates. Without the list, however, 55 percent couldn’t name a candidate they would support." [HuffPost]
Awful Ted Cruz rap is awful. My name is Ted Cruz and i'm here to say, freedom is funky fresh, unless you're gay! "Entitled 'We Are Watchmen,' the song explicitly namechecks Cruz and employs his #MakeDCListen motto. This scribe’s favorite line is 'When power is concentrated centrally and federally / It creates dependency that’s medically like leprosy,' but feel free to choose your own." [Mediaite]
Everything is awwwfuuulllllll : "A concerted propaganda effort underway in America has created a 'cultural attitude' in which people believe 'government is good and business is bad,' Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), told a local reporter for WisPolitics.com.Johnson said the latest evidence of this propaganda campaign is The Lego Movie, in which the bad guy is a heartless businessman intent on destroying the world for profit. 'That's done for a reason,' Johnson said. 'They're starting that propaganda, and it's insidious.' The local blog included the comments in its statewide newsletter." [Grim]
Two hours after Grim's story goes up, Johnson himself, who ignored requests for comment, responds with a surly blog reaffirming his view that The Lego Movie, which grossed $450 million at the box office and is basically one long toy advertisement, is anti-business.
BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR - Here's a cat making lemonade out of lemons.
GRAHAM LEAVING TAKING DANGER ZONE ONRAMP TO HIGHWAY - We never got that volleyball montage. Rebecca Kaplan: "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, announced Thursday that he will reluctantly retire from the Air Force Reserves, where he had been promoted to the rank of colonel over his decades of service. 'I will turn 60 in July which is the retirement age for Air Force Reserves. I would continue to serve but the time has come for me to retire,' [he tweeted]...Graham is one of three senators serving in the Guard or Reserves (the other two are Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, both Republicans). His most recent position was a Senior Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Judge Advocate General. Before he became a member of Congress, Graham was on active duty from 1982 to 1988, including a four-year posting at Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Germany. From 1989 until 1995, he served in the South Carolina Air National Guard and was called to active duty for state-side service during the first Gulf War. " [CBS News]
COMFORT FOOD
- There's a new "Inception" sound hitting movie trailers.
- Fabulous spoof of our least-favorite web ad.
- How to make great meatballs
TWITTERAMA
@samsteinhp: Idea for GOP debate. Have a top 10 and bottom 10 one. Worst 3 in 'top 10' get sent down for next debate. Top 3 in 'bottom 10' get sent up
@timothypmurphy: Sounds like someone, ahem, Hastert on the speaker.
@jbview: Modern Postspeakerships, rated: 1. Pelosi; 2T O'Neill, Wright, Foley, Newt; Last Hastert (allegedly, I suppose)
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Editor's Pick: 5 Reasons Jony Ive's Step Back Is Apple's Step Forward
Posted: 28 May 2015 02:37 PM PDT
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 | There seem to be two major reactions to the "promotion" of Apple's Jonathan Ive to the newly created position of chief design officer: first, that he deserves the recognition and reward; and second, that this is the beginning of the end for Jony Ive's tenure at Apple. Apple released the news in the UK... on Monday, which was the Memorial Day holiday in the United States. [More...] |
 | No Wrongdoing at NCIS, Says Defense Watchdog The U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General has rejected allegations that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service engaged in questionable domestic intelligence activity. The finding concluded a DoD IG probe spurred by allegations that NCIS was making available to military intelligence agencies its Law Enforcement Information Exchange, a database of 506.3 million law enforcement records. [More...] |
 | Linux/Moose Malware Wreaks Havoc on Social Networks Internet security researchers at Eset on Tuesday published a security research paper on Linux/Moose, a major threat to social networks that turns routers into conduits for grabbing users' log-in credentials, employing them for network fraud and to further spread malware to client devices that connect through them to the Internet. The paper, "Dissecting Linux/Moose," details a months-long investigation. [More...] |
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#TBT: The woman formerly known as
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"You are going to be mad at God. You may reject Christianity. I don't blame you. I did myself, really." Read more.
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Christian Group Releases Rap Song In Support Of Ted Cruz
The performers describe themselves as part of a "movement that uses music and message to mobilize American Christians to civic duty." Read more.
Is It Offensive to Say 'Old Testament'?
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Bikers Plan Anti-Muslim Protest Outside Mosque
It's going to be a showdown between the bikers and a group of loving interfaith clergy. Read more.
The 'Faith Militant' On 'Game Of Thrones' Were Inspired By A Real Religious Movement
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Did two men on "The Bachelorette" really fall in love with each other?
Posted: 28 May 2015 02:16 PM PDT
What It Was Like in Ireland the Moment They Said YES to Equality
Ireland shows that countries and people can move to the right side of history. And it's happening faster than you might expect. Read more.
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Is this the "Brokeback Bachelor" or just a cleverly-edited bromance? Read more.
Dan Savage Wants To Give 'Duggar' The 'Santorum' Treatment
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This Map Shows How Far There Is To Go In LGBT Rights Even After Marriage Equality
In a sobering reminder that true equality is still far from a national reality, a new surveying map finds that 61 percent of Americans reside in states where protections for the LGBT community leave a lot to be desired. Read more.
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‘Hope’ Artist Calls Obama a Failure
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Shepard Fairey, who designed the famous "HOPE" poster of Barack Obama in 2008, says he's disappointed in the man he partially helped elect as president. Esquire asked Fairey if he thinks Obama has lived up to his poster. "Not even close," Fairey said. "Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he'd support]." 
Though he once supported Common Core education standards, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has declared that the standards are "simply not working" and proposed dropping them. While speaking at a New Jersey college on Thursday, Christie said he wants to assemble a team to develop a group that will work on "new standards right here in New Jersey, not 200 miles away on the banks of the Potomac River." The possilble Republican presidential candidate said Common Core "has brought only confusion and frustration to our parents and has brought distance between our teachers and the communities where they work. Instead of solving problems in our classrooms, it is creating new ones." The standards, proposed by the Obama administration, are largely hated on the right. 
FIFA President Sepp Blatter deflected blame for the corruption unearthed yesterday by U.S. and Swiss law enforcement, saying it was the actions of a "tiny minority." Blatter spoke at the opening of the annual FIFA congress. "I cannot monitor everyone all of the time," he said. "If people want to do wrong they will also try to hide it. But it must fall to me to bear the responsibility for the reputation and wellbeing of our organization and to find a way forward to fix things." Blatter is up for re-election for a fifth term as president on Friday.
The alleged ringleader of a global currency-trading scandal that involves $350 trillion worth of financial derivatives got help from his boss at banking giant UBS, prosecutors in London said Thursday. Tom Hayes's UBS manager, Mike Pieri, is documented asking for slightly lower interest rates to suit Hayes's trades in emails presented in court. "We really need some cooperation on the yen Libors [the interest rate] from those who input," Pieri wrote. A follow-up email noted that he got some concessions from Hayes: "We will be a little bit lower. Every bit helps." The emails shown in court also demonstrate some internal dissent about the legality of those moves. 
During a keynote address for its annual developer conference, Google unveiled a new phone and a new lineup of features, including unlimited picture and video storage with its new Photos app, which launches Thursday. It also unveiled the newest Android phone for sale this later this year, the Android M, and Android Pay, a replacement for its wallet app.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki announced his bid for president in a four-minute video posted Thursday. "The system is broken," he says at the start of the video. "The question is no longer about what our government should do about our government, about our divided union." The video for the three-term governor dwells heavily on footage of the Freedom Tower and 9/11 memorial, as he is widely expected to tout his experience during the 2001 attacks during his campaign. Pataki's website has also been updated to reflect his campaign, and features a "People over politics" slogan. 
A new decree issued by Vladimir Putin will keep the deaths of special operations forces secret during peacetime, as Russia faces continued scrutiny for denying the presence of its troops in Ukraine. The announcement also states that information on people of interest to special forces may also be kept secret. Under the prior regulations, only wartime military deaths were classified. This is the latest crackdown on information about deaths of military servicemembers in Ukraine. Recently, a group representing soldiers' mothers was deemed a "foreign agent" by the Kremlin. 
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| Disaster movies are tame compared to this Posted: 28 May 2015 12:28 PM PDT  Thursday May 28, 2015 Don't complain too much when temperatures rise this summer, because it used to be worse. A lot worse. Some 3.3 billion years ago, monster asteroids -- in some cases bigger than Rhode Island -- repeatedly slammed into the Earth... Read more.  Has Old Debate Over Dinosaurs Finally Been Resolved? Is the debate over dinosaur "blood" finally over? Generations of scientists believed -- and generations of schoolchildren were taught -- that dinosaurs were cold-blooded, like fish, amphibians, and reptiles... Read more.  Why Millennials Are The Least Religious Generation Yet A large body of research shows that Millennials are significantly less religious than previous generations of young Americans. But as to whether the lack of religion seen in today's Gen Y'ers... Read more.  Are Germs To Blame For Your Toddler's Tantrums? Could germs be to blame for your toddler's temper tantrums? The complex ecosystem of microbes living in the gastrointestinal tract is known to change considerably in the first two years of life... Read more.  Here's What The Solar System Looked Like As A 'Toddler' What did the solar system look like in its early days, and exactly how did it evolve? No one knows for sure, because no one was around billions of years ago to snap a photo or watch the action unfold. But astronomers are crowing about... Read more.  Manhattanhenge 2015: Where To Get The Best Views Manhattanhenge, a spectacular sunset where the sun aligns with New York City's street grid, happens only twice in 2015. The first occurrence will be at 8:12 p.m. on Friday and Saturday... Read more.  Get Huffington Post on the Go | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Duggars Killed Hicksploitation TV Posted: 28 May 2015 12:01 PM PDT  The End of Hicksploitation TV 
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| Posted: 28 May 2015 11:22 AM PDT  Tech News Flash: Thursday -- May 28, 2015TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Timehttp://www.TechNewsWorld.com Part of the ECT News Network Headline Scan No Wrongdoing at NCIS, Says Defense Watchdog Splatoon: Nintendo Seeks Bloodless Coup in Online Shooter Genre Linux/Moose Malware Wreaks Havoc on Social Networks Message From Our Sponsor Discover the Best CRM Software for Your Needs Get Reviews, Pricing and Demos of Top CRM Systems There are hundreds of CRM solutions on the market today. How do you know which one is best for your organization? This buyer's guide reviews the best CRM software systems and allows you to request a price or demo for the system that best fits your exact needs. Get started now! http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=9197/crm-buyers-guide Today's Story Highlights No Wrongdoing at NCIS, Says Defense Watchdog  The U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General has rejected allegations that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service engaged in questionable domestic intelligence activity. The finding concluded a DoD IG probe spurred by allegations that NCIS was making available to military intelligence agencies its Law Enforcement Information Exchange, a database of 506.3 million law enforcement records. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82106.html Splatoon: Nintendo Seeks Bloodless Coup in Online Shooter Genre  With its bloodless battles of attrition between squads of human-squid chimeras, twitch-shooter Splatoon oozes classic Nintendo charm that has enamored many early reviewers. It takes a crack at the competitive shooter genre, but instead of the visceral shock of bullet wounds, blood, and the wails of the wounded, Splatoon supplies brightly colored ink to wield in chaotic matches. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82101.html Linux/Moose Malware Wreaks Havoc on Social Networks  Internet security researchers at Eset on Tuesday published a security research paper on Linux/Moose, a major threat to social networks that turns routers into conduits for grabbing users' log-in credentials, employing them for network fraud and to further spread malware to client devices that connect through them to the Internet. The paper, "Dissecting Linux/Moose," details a months-long investigation. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82103.html News Alerts From ECT News Network Get the day's top business and technology news delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today -- it's free! http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=2202/News_Alerts INSTA-LEADS From ECT News Network Access 30 million B2B purchasing decision makers. Learn more: http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=8734/INSTA-LEADS How to Advertise in This Newsletter To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department toll-free at (877) 328-5500, or view our online media kit at http://www.ectnews.com/advertising/ Subscribing and Unsubscribing You are receiving the Tech News Flash in response to your request on the TechNewsWorld Web site for our daily newsletter. If you wish to make changes to your newsletter subscription, or if you wish to receive other free newsletters from the ECT News Network, please click here: Newsletter Management Wizard If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to this FREE newsletter, please use our newsletter sign-up wizard: http://www.ectnews.com/perl/newsletter_registration.pl/ Feedback We welcome your feedback. Contact us online at http://www.ectnews.com/perl/contact_form.pl?to=editorial
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| A GOP senator is at war with "The Lego Movie" Posted: 28 May 2015 11:13 AM PDT  Thursday May 28, 2015 Health coverage for millions hangs in the balance. Read more.  Progressive Groups Call On Obama Trade Official To Disclose Communications With Wall Street Banks "If you are looking to build trust in the Administration's position on this issue, you can do that by promptly, voluntarily, and proactively releasing to the public records of all of your communications with representatives of the largest U.S. financial institutions." Read more.  George Pataki Announces Presidential Run "The system is broken. The question is no longer about what our government should do, but what we should do about our government." Read more.  Listen To Barney Frank School Us All On The History Of LGBT Rights You might have seen our video cut of this edition of the show, but this podcast will give you the full conversation, complete with a mistaken metaphor involving an unspeakable body part and the House floor. Read more. How San Francisco Is Helping Give Ex-Offenders A Better Shot The program is designed to serve people who are homeless and have drug or alcohol dependencies. Read more.  Get Huffington Post on the Go | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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