In FORT MILL, S.C. yesterday a fireworks store caught on fire (it's actually surprising this doesn't happen every year) and provided an impressive display of low altitude explosions. Luckily on one was hurt, so we can enjoy this video on its own artistic merit.
In these days of partisan politics, maybe we can all agree that an exploding fireworks store where no one gets hurt, and where the firefighters battle the blaze in the amazing way firefighters do, is something we can celebrate.
“We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with.”
—D. H. Lawrence
It's written in the stars that you and these memes have found each other. If you read your horoscope or know someone who does, these memes will totally crack you up.
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This was a big week! Malia Obama turned 21. Lil Nas X came out. And a lot of dogs thought the world was ending (were they right?). But it was also just like every other week, in that people who are not men made us smile and laugh with their jokes on the internet (and also off the internet—but those are harder to capture in a list). Here are 26 of the best jokes from women and non-binary folk that made us smile this week and will make you smile, too—but only if you want! If you don't feel like smiling, that's totally cool too :)
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Donald Trump made a big deal of his Salute to America parade, diverting $2.5 million from the National Park Service to have Republican donors and MAGA die-hards fill the National Mall with the polar opposite of the 1963 March on Washington.
Everybody's having a great time here at the President's Salute to America pic.twitter.com/D7DnixT9rG
— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) July 4, 2019
The weather was extremely bad, as was the president's speech, in which he said that the Continental Army manned airports during the Revolutionary War.
One problem: airplanes wouldn't be invented for another century.
Another problem: The president is an idiot.
Here's how Patrick Granfield, a national security official under Obama, described the festivities from the VIP section in Politico Magazine:
A sizable crowd came to the Mall of their own volition as well. But this was intended as a national spectacle, andwho was watching? With none of the major television networks covering it and most Americans presumably enjoying festivities in their own backyards and neighborhoods, the president was speaking largely to himself, the main character in a play staged at his own command, deeply and publicly alone.
There's no doubt that he was miserable. According to Vanity Fair, which knows the comings and goings of every house in the Hamptons, Ivanka and Jared skipped to parade in favor of the rich peoples' paradise in Long Island.
While the dozens of Democratic presidential candidates fight it out to see which particular pathway to universal health coverage will help them win over Trump supporters, Trump supporters are actively awaiting the return of a man who died twenty years ago.
Journalist stationed at the Trump military parade met Trump supporters who are hardcore adherents to a conspiracy theory called QAnon, whose many delusions include the hypothesis that JFK Jr. is alive and is going to be Trump's running mate in 2020. The theory goes as deep as believing that a Pittsburgh Trump supporter named Vincent Fusca is the Kennedy in disguise.
This QAnon believer at the 4th of July parade thinks JFK Jr might reveal himself today: “it would be wonderful if he did.” Other QAnon fans have said they’ll wear JFK Jr masks today. pic.twitter.com/mc5MslHOrc
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 4, 2019
Someone at the Trump 4th is handing out JFK Jr masks, in anticipation of him revealing himself today + arresting top Democrats. https://t.co/j7BDP4ieFl
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 4, 2019
— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) July 4, 2019
Here’s another JFK Jr /QAnon believer at the Trump hotel. “He’s alive,” she says. pic.twitter.com/uB2DJNCHHp
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 4, 2019
Needless to say, JFK Jr. did not return from the grave. It looks like the only First Son these people have to pin their hopes on is Don Jr.
A guy in Murray, Utah decided to honor the Fourth of July by taking his local police on a scenic chase through two cities in Salt Lake County.
Police toldFOX13 that they heard reports of a man and woman driving around in a stolen SUV. After noticing the police tracking them in a Walmart parking lot, the woman got out of the car and the man started driving "like a total idiot."
Rather than wait for things to explode in the sky, the Utah Man made his own excitement, taking police on a wild chase in which "he ran through yards, climbed a tree and barged into a random home with people inside before they got him."
Police confronted him in the rando's house, and ended up using pepper spray to get him to cooperate, hauling him out in a spit mask.
God bless Amurrica!
Police in Lufkin, Texas are searching for a woman who was seen giving a tub of ice cream a big ol' lick before putting it back in the freezer.
The video went viral, and now CNN is reporting that she is wanted for "second-degree felony tampering with a consumer product, which carries two to 20 years behind bars and a possible fine of up to $10,000."
Blue Bell ice cream called the crime against the dessert a "malicious act." The Lufkin Police announced that the licker has been identified. Because she is a minor, her name will not be released publicly.
Let this be a lesson, children: Just one lick (and an accompanying viral video) might just be enough to lock you up for decades! Yum!
A store in Fort Hill, South Carolina burned down in a true blaze of glory. After some of the merchandise exploded, the flames set off the rest of the stock.
The explosions look awesome but are doing lasting damage...much like America herself.
Weddings seem to bring out the worst in some people. And it doesn't get much worse than talking trash about a 5-year-old girl on the internet, especially when that girl considers you her "aunt" and was going to be your flower girl. A guy recently shared his wedding horror story on Reddit, asking people to weigh in on whether he's an "a**hole" for wanting to pull his daughter from his friend's wedding after discovering his friend had trashed his 5-year-old daughter in a public post. Needless to say, the internet deemed him "not the a**hole" for this one.
Basically, he and his husband were going to attend the wedding and their daughter was going to be the flower girl. He explains:
The wedding is in 6 months. To be clear, my husband and I are gay and we were going to attend the wedding but I wasn't going to be in it. (It was discussed at length, but I didn’t want to be the one bridesgroom or whatever).
My friend "V" has a great relationship with my 5 y/o and is like an aunt. V asked if she could at least be a flower girl; I was honored and agreed.
But then things took a turn after V asked if she could bring her "niece" dress shopping with her. The girl's dad agreed, but explained she would need to be supervised, since she's, you know, five. He continues:
Two weeks ago, V and some friends/family went dress shopping. I couldn’t because my grandma was having surgery that day and I was the only one available/willing to help out. V was a bit bummed and asked if she could bring my kid. I agreed, but explained she’d have to supervise if she went. V said there'd be plenty of people to watch her, so I let her go. When V dropped her off, everyone was all smiles. My kid apparently had a ball. But several days later a mutual friend sent me a link to a post (not Reddit) that she said was written by V. It was technically anon. But once I read it, it was obvious our mutual was right. V hadn't bothered changing many identifying details and just *ranted* about my kid.
The dad said that the post is now gone (good call on deleting it, V, better call would've been not posting it in the first place). He shares some highlights, the parts that centered on his kid's "bratty" behavior:
The post is now gone, but I copied the text it into a draft email. Technically the whole post didn't center on my kid. But I'll provide some quotes that did:
*Not usually bratty but def thinks the sun rises and sets on her IMO. I told her in the car she had to behave and be helpful bc this day was important. But after we got there, she had ppl fussing over her and giving her dresses to try on (when I already said we were not buying her dress today!!) - basically making sure shed be the center of attention.*
*She interrupted more than once when ppl commented on the dresses I tried on bc her opinion just HAD to be heard. Usually the comments were not too useful and a tad bit rude IMO. Like I tried on one lacy formfitting dress that I looooved. Before anyone else could say a word she pipes up with “I think its kinda ugly!” Like thaaaanks kid. Geez.*
*Knocked over a rack of very expensive accessories - after being told TWICE that most things in this shop were fragile and to touch things gently OR NOT AT ALL. I couldve died but nothing was damaged - thankfully - but I’m like FFS.*
There were also a few other bizarre comments mixed in about how, although V “loves” my daughter, she “just has to remind everyone all the time that she’s adorable!!!”. Honestly, I’m not even sure what that means?
Of course, we've all met a bratty kid whose behavior is bad enough to make you want to vent to all your friends. And that is what GROUP TEXTS were invented for, specifically. But this kid's behavior sounds like fairly typical 5-year-old behavior tbh. What 5-year-old doesn't interrupt, speak their mind, and accidentally knock things over?! It's basically their whole MO.
The dad says that he confronted V after finding the post, and she offered up a lame excuse:
I was hurt and confronted V. To her credit, V fessed up/apologized. V said it was just a long day and she was venting. I admit I snapped a bit. First off, I never intended to send my kid in the first place! And if there was a problem, why wouldn't you tell me rather than make a post that anyone could find?
Her excuse? "It was just a long day and she was venting." I mean, okay, I reiterate: SAVE IT FOR THE GROUP TEXT.
The dad decided to pull his kid from the wedding, for reasons which make a lot of sense to me. And he adds that he and his husband are now thinking of not attending at all:
I ultimately told V my kid will no longer be in the wedding and that my husband and I think it’s best we just don't attend. Our friend group is split in terms of who they’ve sided with. AITA?*
*Am I The A**hole?
Apparently his friend group is divided. But Reddit is not, with commenters almost unanimously coming to the dad's defense, calling the bride "petty" and the worst wedding insult of all, "bridezilla."
Nonsuperstites writes:
NTA. Competing with a 5 year old for attention and rants about it online. Mother of all pettiness.
And mamabearette writes:
The ultimate bridezilla. Can’t stand the competition from a 5 year old. I wouldn’t even attend this wedding. It will be a shit show.
FACTS.
Others are pointing out how cruel it is to criticize a 5-year-old for behaving like a 5-year-old. It's literally the only thing they know how to do?!
DestructorNZ writes:
5 year olds don't know they are being self-centered, they don't know much at all really, this is a really horrible list of things to say about a poor kid who got dragged out shopping.
This woman sounds horrible, so it makes sense that half of her friends and family would take her side. Because horrible people tend to attract other horrible people. I hope this guy and his husband and daughter GTFO of this "friendship" and find a new "aunt" for their kid. Just FYI, if you're reading this guys, I'm available!!! And personally I think knocking things over is the most fun part of shopping.
We made it through another work week and are just a tiny bit closer to retirement. Let's all celebrate by laughing at these randomly hilarious memes. Then we can go back to regularly scheduled weekend laziness.
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How old is too old when it comes to breastfeeding? For mothers who opt to breastfeed their children, the cutoff time isn't predetermined. Some kids never latch or quickly tire of it, while others can't get enough quality time with mom's 'boobies.' From a practical standpoint, breast *isn't* best for every mother - while others swear it's the optimal way to both feed their offspring and bond with them. Regardless of your personal experiences, it's clear that breastfeeding a child beyond one year remains taboo. Riona O'Connor learned that the hard way with a viral Facebook post. The brief reflection on her breastfeeding journey is accompanied by a photo of her feeding her four year-old son.
He's four today. I'm so in love with and proud of everything he is. I'm so proud of what he's made me become. I never thought that when the midwife first laid him on my breast that I would still be doing this for years later. I was innocent and clueless and fully prepared for it not to work out. The biggest surprise was that it did and that it's given me a sense of pride and joy I didn't think was possible. If you know me you know my self esteem can be through the floor at times. Those times I've thought, I might not be able to do much but I can do this. So thank you my body but mostly thank you my baby for coming into my life. I'm so incredibly lucky to have you ❤️ #fouryearsold#extendedbreastfeeding#breastfeeding#mybaby#growingup#imnotemotionalyouare
People were unsurprisingly judgmental about Riona's decision to breastfeed a four year-old - hence the controversy.
But the support she received definitely outweighed the criticism.
After the hubbub, Riona's Instagram response made it obvious that she won't modify her lifestyle for anyone's comfort. We stan an unapologetic queen!
I don't care if it makes me basic: I love England's royal family. Apparently I'm in great, voluminous company, because Harry and Megan just released new photographs of baby Archie and people are freaking out - in a positive way, of course.
Earlier today, Harry and Megan posted to their official Instagram account two photographs. The first shows members of the royal family assembled to commemorate Archie's christening, an important event in the Anglican Church. According to Buzzfeed News, 'The official portrait shows Meghan, Harry, and Archie surrounded by members of their family, including familiar royal faces Prince Charles; Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall; Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge; and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.
Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, is also in the beautiful picture, standing alongside two of Harry's aunts, the late Princess Diana's sisters: Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes.'
The second (swipe through to view it) is the most revealing view of the baby we've been afforded yet. The black-and-white tableau features Archie being doted upon by his parents. It's SUPER cute.
Though Harry shared a photograph of Archie on Father's Day, the ones posted today are much more intimate. They pull back the curtain further and allow royal-obsessed fanatics a glimpse into the family's private life. Before you know it, we'll be scrolling through shots of Archie's first steps, graduation from Eton, and his own royal wedding. But in the meantime, enjoy this snapshot of a family unit bound by love.
"A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion."
-George Orwell
These jokes are quite inappropriate, but we promise not to judge you for laughing at them, you rebel.
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Bikini season is upon us, and Mindy Kaling has something to say about it.
The actress, comedian, writer, and recent mother shared a post on Instagram, promoting body positivity and embracing everyone's 'right' to wear a bikini. The post showed two photos of Kaling absolutely slaying in a two-piece bikini, as well as a video in which she shared a story about how she came to realize that anyone should have the confidence to wear bikinis if they want.
The caption reads: "IDK who needs to hear this but…," she wrote. "WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI. You don't have to be a size 0."
The accompanying video is of of Kaling talking about her experience in Hawaii, where she was inspired by the women of all body types who wore bikinis.
She says:
"My very best friend in the world, Jocelyn, is from Hawaii, and I would go and visit her when I was in college, and what I was struck about Hawaii is that everybody wears bikinis," she recounted. "It does not matter what your body type is. You rock a bikini cause you're in Hawaii. And there's so much body positivity there that I, who was always really shy about my body, would wear bikinis."
Kaling adds that she prefers high-waisted bottom bikinis, as they are more flattering for her figure, and encourages her followers to share their bikini pics with her.
Naturally, people were inspired by this uplifting message.
You heard her, bikini season is for everyone! See you at the pool.
What started out as a man asking the people of reddit to weigh in on an argument he had with his girlfriend has quickly devolved into a discussion about the stigmatization of strippers and other sex workers.
User Kumotay posted in the sub-reddit page 'Am I the Asshole?" asking other users their opinion on an incident with his girlfriend. According to the post, he and his girlfriend were out dancing, when she pulled out some splits on the dance floor. A man then 'jokingly' threw some dollar bills on her, which the boyfriend found funny and laughed at. This got him in trouble.
The full post reads:
My GF and I were out at a club to see a DJ. We were dancing, drinking, having a good time. My GF has been doing yoga for a few years and when she’s especially sauced she likes to throw in some splits and stuff on the dance floor. Well, we got sauced and as she’s doing her 3rd split or so a guy comes up and “makes it rain” on her - literally like 4 dollars. Obviously he was making a joke that she was dancing like a stripper. Whatever. This happened and in the moment I just fucking started laughing. I thought it was legitimately funny in the moment. My girlfriend gets up and says “we’re fucking leaving” and basically storms out. Get outside and she’s basically telling me that I should’ve punched the dude out or something and that he made her feel like a whore and I’m an asshole for laughing. I’m fucking 31, I’m not punching anyone out at a bar unless they’re actually getting physical or threatening to get physical. While I agree that it might’ve been somewhat demeaning, I also think it was objectively funny.
Some people took sides here, but others were quick to point out that the fact the girlfriend felt she was being deemed a 'whore' just because she was being compared to a stripper is offensive to sex workers. Sex work is work, including stripping, and doesn't make you a 'whore' in the stigmatized, condescending sense of the word. According to this post,t he girlfriend seems to have a pretty close-minded, stereotypical, ignorant understanding of strippers.
rxpensive pointed this out by saying:
The girlfriend seems to think strippers/sex workers are beneath her. I think she’s TA*
* The Asshole
However, some people felt that the girlfriend, and any person, had/have the right to be offended when someone implies that they are there to do a job they aren't, in fact, there to do.
RuggedBroccoli said:
Except the girlfriend was clearly not there in capacity as a sex worker. If you throw $4 at someone who IS a sex worker, at a time when they aren't engaging in sex work, they're gonna be rightfully pissed at you, because you're being an asshole.
To which, rxpensive responded:
Unless OP’s girlfriend is a sex worker I don’t really see how this matters. My point was that she seemed offended to be compared to a stripper.
And RuggedBroccoli had a response to that as well:
No, it would definitely still be rude if the person was a sex worker, if they weren't working at the time.
It's rude to treat someone not engaged in an activity as though they were, regardless of whether that activity is sex work or otherwise.
It's rude to start throwing receipts at someone holding a calculator too, in an attempt to make an accountant joke.
And then an actual stripper stepped in to give her two cents (dontmindsmallminds):
Stripper here! I would never be offended by someone throwing money at me! IDC where I am, please feel free to throw money at me! Even if you do it with the intention of being degrading IDC because jokes on you, I got your cash
While this stripper's comment may not apply to every sex worker or woman who might find herself in this situation, it does bring up some great points on the matter. In cases like this, the implication of the action of throwing dollar bills at the woman *could* be interpreted as offensive, if that is your understanding of sex work. Meaning, the man could have meant offense by it, and the women could have felt that offense. But both of those people people's assumptions about sex work being degrading are misguided, as the actual stripper knows -- she is the winner in this situation, as she's walking away with the cash. That's the thing about sex work -- a lot of people have ignorant understandings of it and think it's beneath them (it's not) -- including the people who participate in it as customers. But joke is on them because they are still handing over their money, and the sex workers are laughing all the way to the bank. People are ignorant pricks -- you may as well charge them for it.
The USWNT beat the Netherlands 2-0 today in the Women's World Cup. They are officially the champions, but many feel they still aren't being fully treated as such.
Soccer star and national treasure Megan Rapinoe has been vocal about the the lack of appreciation and credit the USWNT receives. And last night during a press event, Rapinoe criticized FIFA for scheduling three finals -- including the Women's World Cup -- today. Rapinoe felt that her team's game should have been given exclusive attention, as it normally would if it were men playing. She argued, "There are two other finals going on but this is the World Cup final, this is like, cancel-everything day." She also called the scheduling "ridiculous" and "disappointing."
Watch more of what Rapinoe had to say here:
According to an article in The Chicago Tribune, FIFA claimed that the decision to schedule multiple games was made in hopes of boosting viewership. However, CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani told The New York Times that the decision not on purpose and was due to a “clerical error."
Regardless of the intention, this was, as Rapinoe put it, "a terrible idea, in every way."
Meghan Rapinoe wins again.
We all know divorce battles can get ugly. So whenever someone posts on the internet asking for advice about their own, it's time to whip up some popcorn and watch what happens.
Yesterday, a man posted about his child support agreement with his wife on Reddit — and the answers to his query were surprisingly unanimous.
Agreements? On Reddit?! Weird.
I lost a lot of friends over this. My ex wife is an anesthesiologist and makes quite a bit more money than me. I filed for divorce when I caught her cheating on me with some doctor from her hospital. We got 50/50 custody of our 2 daughters aged 5 and 7 and our 2 year old son. I am getting almost $5500 in child support a month and a lot of my friends think I’m an asshole and I’m taking advantage of her. She despises me and ask me to drop the child support many times because I make decent money as an attorney. I told her no and I won’t even entertain the idea. AITA?
It’s meant to equalize the standard of living at both homes for the children. One parent could be struggling to afford the extra food, rooms, bills, and entertainment costs that come with three kids. If one parent has all the extras that come with money and can get their kids a ton of high priced things, they’ll probably prefer to live with the richer parent, ruining the custody agreement and probably negatively affecting the relationship with the lower income parent.
$5,000 is an insane amount for child support in most states, and in every state child support is a calculation based on income and overnights. If it is 50/50 parenting time, that is one hell of an income gap. Like hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I think it’d be tough to spend $5500 a month on 3 kids (unless you’re buying like, Gucci and Versace kids clothes) . A lot of families with kids get by very comfortably on $5500 a moth total income. And that’s including mortgage/rent, car payments, insurance, all the expenses coming out of that payment already.
NTA. The courts settled on that. She has the means to provide it. If she wants, she can oppose it in court.
NTA. Money isn’t for you. Money goes towards helping raise the children. If she doesn’t like it or wants to drop it, she can go to court.
Assuming you have a judgment indicating how much she is supposed to pay, you are doing nothing wrong. Your friends are the assholes, because they shouldn't make you feel bad that you're getting the support your kids deserve.
If she didn't wanna be stuck paying child support, she shouldn't have cheated on you. Tough shit she doesn't wanna do it.
Kind of petty, but okay.
At the end of the day, pretty much all of Reddit agreed that this guy's not wrong for accepting the payments. Yes, the people of the internet agreed on something for once!
Yes, Ariel was a redhead with blue eyes and pale skin in the original. No, that doesn't mean all mermaids have to be redheads with blue eyes and pale skin. There isn't anything about Ariel's character that requires her to be white--"The Little Mermaid" isn't about whiteness, it's about a bratty teenager who exchanges her voice, family, home, and fins for a boy she barely knows.
While Twitter has been buzzing about Disney's casting choice for awhile now, and most of the response is positive, some people simply cannot imagine a universe in which a mythical creature could be anything but white. Race doesn't exist under the sea, people! There aren't any humans under the sea!
Many people noted how important this moment would be for girls of color:
But then, someone even went so far as to make a petition to re-cast Ariel which I initially thought was some sort of sick joke until I realized over 12,000 people have signed it. Can you imagine being so passionately hateful over a mermaid? How can we tell 12,000 people that mermaids aren't real? HEY, MERMAIDS AREN'T REAL.
A solid amount of Disney fans are using the fact that Ariel lives underwater and doesn't spend a lot of time in the sun. Therefore, mermaids skin wouldn't develop melanin and all mermaids would be white? We don't have the time of emotional energy here to breakdown why this claim is fully insane, but a lot of people are trying to use it...
The point quickly backfired...
So there you have it! Pop-pseudo science isn't going to work on Ariel! Everyone on Twitter needs to immediately go research melanin production...
When it comes to the world of professional sports, there is no room for fair weather fans.
It all started when Rapinoe told reporters she wouldn't attend the White House if her team won the 2019 World Cup, "I'm not going to the f****** White House. We're not going to be invited."
The clip of her immediately went viral because of how many people related to her feelings about Trump. However, Trump himself was not a fan of the statement, and quickly fired back by going on a Twitter rant and tagging the wrong Megan Rapinoe.
In his rant, he claimed he is a huge soccer fan and that Rapinoe's statements would now inspire him to invite the team regardless of whether they win or lose. He also went on to state how much professional sports teams (besides the NBA) love coming to the White House.
To bridesmaid or not to bridesmaid, that is (sometimes) the question. When you are emotionally close to someone, being a bridesmaid can be a truly meaningful experience. You get to help your loved one physically and mentally prepare for their wedding day, and you share the moment with them in a deep and well-documented way.
However, if you aren't actually close to the bride, shelling out cash to wear a dress you didn't pick while coddling a woman throwing a party worth thousands of dollars can be a nightmarish chore.
She kicked off the post by clarifying that her and bride truly have no relationship beyond the occasion run-in at a family gathering, and the times the bride has asked her for favors.
In response, the bride was quick to let OP know the dress would be much cheaper than expected.
Unsurprisingly, this manipulation tactic did not work.
This did not sit well with the bride.
This naturally confirmed OP's decision to not be in the wedding.
This situation is a perfect example of why blood doesn't actually trump your real relationship. They can be family and still supremely suck, and no one should shell out for a bridesmaid dress for a verbally abusive bridezilla.
The big news of the weekend—other than Megan Rapinoe being anointed president—was the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein, a notorious pedophile with friends in the highest of places.
The former hedge fund manager has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking dozens of teenage girls over decades. He was arrested at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on Saturday after flying in from Paris, and was indicted and charged today with one count of sex trafficking and one count of sex trafficking conspiracy.
Epstein used his money and connections to evade justice for decades (sound familiar?). He received a mere slap on the wrist for conducting an alleged pyramid scheme in which he lured young girls to his Florida mansion, sexually abused them, and had them recruit more teenagers for abuse. An award-winning investigation inThe Miami Herald revealed how Epstein's lawyers, including Kenneth Starr (from The Starr Report) and Alan Dershowitz (former OJ defenseman, current Trump shill) struck a sweetheart deal with then-US Attorney Alexander Acosta, who now serves as Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor. A judge said that Secretary Acosta broke the law in failing to inform Epstein's victims that a deal was made.
The labor secretary is tasked with combating human trafficking.
In 2002, President Donald Trump called Epstein "a terrific guy," and mentioned their shared passion for sexual predation.
"It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side," Trump told New York Magazine.
Epstein has been linked to Trump, who is currently president, and also to Bill Clinton, who is not the president right now.
In 2015, Gawker (RIP) published the flight logs for Epstein's private plane, which had an even worse nickname than "sex jet":
Bill Clinton took repeated trips on the " Lolita Express"—the private passenger jet owned by billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—with an actress in softcore porn movies whose name appears in Epstein's address book under an entry for "massages," according to flight logbooks obtained by Gawker and published today for the first time. The logs also show that Clinton shared more than a dozen flights with a woman who federal prosecutors believe procured underage girls to sexually service Epstein and his friends and acted as a "potential co-conspirator" in his crimes.
The Epstein arrest put the spotlight on the former president, who much like the current president, has been accused of rape. MAGA heads insist that liberals are defending Bill, but most people on the left say "lock him up!"
Bye!!!!!!!!
Melania Trump's hometown of hell Sevnica, Slovenia erected a statue to honor the First Lady, and it looks like somebody took a chainsaw to a tree—because that's exactly what they did.
Blue collar pipe layer and amateur woodworker Ales "Maxi" Zupevc was commissioned by an American artist Brad Downey to capture the likeness of the concentration camp spokeswoman, violently yet elegantly recreating her inauguration outfit.
Slovenian locals are not pleased with having to look at this terrifying totem.
"We in Sevnica can only laugh and, at the same time, hold our heads in our hands over (the Trumps') catastrophic reputation,” a local, 24-year-old female architecture student told Agence France-Presse. "If the monument was meant to be a parody, then the artist has been successful."
"It doesn’t look anything like Melania. It’s a Smurfette. It’s a disgrace," another local told ITV.
It looks familiar, but not because it looks like Melania.
Downey, the statue's benefactor, filmed a documentary about the making of the statue. It is still unclear whether or not he is trolling us all.
Be best.
It's the first elimination night on America's Next Top President.
It is being reported that Rep. Eric Swalwell (who?) will announce that he is suspending his presidential campaign and will instead focus on trying to get reelected to the House.
Swalwell is salty about it—yesterday on Twitter, he implied that the Democratic National Committee's debate rules are rigged against him.
If you're mourning the loss of a white dude in a field of eleventy-seven white dudes, then you'll be happy to learn that billionaire Tom Steyer has decided to spend some of his billions on an ego trip.
Barry Lee Hastings Jr., 35, celebrated the Fourth of July by cosplaying as a policeman, and got to meet a real one when he pulled over an off-duty deputy and warned him to "slow down."
The real cop asked the fake cop for his credentials, and Hastings insisted that he left them at his office, aka the police station.
Real Cop dialed 911 and Fake Cop was promptly arrested by another real cop, and has been charged with impersonating a public officer.
Next time you want to pretend to be a cop, do it on stage at a strip club.
Not only do they have to be in school until they're 30 or over, they also have one of the most stressful jobs imaginable. With people's health and well-being resting in their hands, they work incredibly hard to keep everyone safe. Now, considering America's backwards healthcare system and people thinking we don't need vaccinations, being a doctor poses extra challenges.
Before the internet, you couldn't just Google "sore throat" and have all roads lead to cancer. Self-medicating and self-diagnosing can irritate doctors when patients really have no idea what they're talking about. While it's fun to speculate sometimes, you probably aren't going to die because you have a stomach ache...
So, when a recent Reddit user asked, "Doctors of Reddit, what is something that you wish everyone knew about their body?" doctors were ready to vent about their professional pet peeves.
Ejaculating blood happens to most people at least once in their lives and in 99% of cases it resolves without taking any action within a week. It doesn't even warrant a doctor visit.
Peeing blood (for both sexes) is a serious medical emergency and you should immediately go to the ER.
People think it's the other way around.
That there is a wide range of 'normal'. Don't be embarrassed by your body. Having said that, if you are concerned about anything, ask your doctor. We have generally heard it all before, and trust me, we have (nearly always) seen it all before. Maybe you have something that has been bothering you for ages, but you were too scared or embarrassed to ask about it ... Just ask! It might be 'nothing' and you have been stressing about it for no reason. And if not, then you are at least one step closer to getting it fixed. No one can help if they don't know. There are no stupid questions, so ask away.
I'm always amazed when I have been asked about something that has been bothering a patient for years and years, but they were too embarrassed / scared to bring it up. Most of the time, it is nothing / a completely normal body function / feature. Other times, it is something that should have been discussed right away.
YOU know your body best. So speak up! Don't wait for the doctor to "ask the right question".
Some people seem to think that if you act healthy for a bit, it'll make up for being a wreck.
There are so many things wrong with this. Just one example - antioxidants are like gas for your car. You can store up a certain amount of vitamins, but your tank can only hold so much. If you binge and overfill your tank, it doesn't do anything (you excrete it out as waste), and you can't expect to go the next several months without gas just because you tried to overload it before. You're going to still need to get gas. Same goes for your fruits and veggies.
Had someone tell me he went vegetarian for a few weeks, which meant he was done for the year. He was dead serious.
Had a patient at risk for heart failure try to insist that if she stayed away from salt entirely for x days/weeks, she should be able to have her fill of McDonald's fries and ramen.
Had a smoker argue that if he stopped for some time, he should be able to smoke freely for a while. With some digging, "stopping" turned out to mean a couple less cigarettes a day.
women, please do not use soap or douching products inside your vagina. It has a delicate pH balance and this is how you get yeast infections. Wash your labia, but do not clean internally. The vagina is self-cleaning just like your eyeballs. Do you wash your eyeballs? No. Do you wash your face? Yes
How to check for skin cancer. If you see any moles or anything that are:
A - asymmetrical B - border (odd borders, like they're jagged or something) C - Colour (different colours) D - Diameter (grows) E - Evolve (Well, evolves)
Go get it checked out. It might be skin cancer.
-Where the orifice each gender urinates through really is.
-Antibiotics are not some magic cure for every pain in your body, nor for the flu or common cold.
-Never ever boil breast milk (in my country there is a popular belief that breast milk jaundice in newborns can be treated by boiling one's breast milk - but by doing this you destroy all the nutrients and it basically becomes as nutritious as water is).
-Do not give honey to children below the age of 1.
-Do not rub your child with rubbing alcohol as to lower his fever.
-Baby wipes don't substitute daily baths/showers.
Yes, I am a pediatrician.
You only get one body. The way you treat it has a significantly higher impact in how your health will end up in a decade than what sort of interventions we can give you. You really should treat your body like a temple.
This is going to sound really basic, but i wish my patients would know what meds they are on when they come to the hospital. At least once a day comes somebody in who goes " yeah i take 8 pills in the morning, 3 in the evening, and 4 at lunch but dont ask me which, youre a doctor, you should know".
I beg of you, before going to a doctor that has never seen you before, write your meds, dosis and all on a piece of paper.
I'm a dentist and if you don't take care of your gums your teeth will fall out of your head and you'll get pissed at me when your jaw bone atrophies and your denture doesn't fit anymore.
You often will feel normal even with high blood pressure. It's often found incidentally. So don't wait until it gives you symptoms you don't want to go through.
Tell us what drugs and alcohol you’re on.
We aren’t gonna tell the cops. We aren’t gonna lecture you.
But it might change the anesthesia I give you. Some stuff I give you might kill you. If you drink a 30 pack a day, tell me.
Your mental health is just as important as your physical health.
Baby doctor here, about to graduate: unless you have liver or kidney failure, your body detoxes itself really well. Don’t get scammed by these detox teas and whatever!
Not only that, but you typically have years of slowly declining quality of life rather than just dropping dead instantly.
So many people say “I’d rather just live the lifestyle I want, eat/smoke/drink/abuse substances as I please, and die happy.” Except you won’t. You’ll spend your 50s and 60s on dialysis and waiting for a kidney or liver transplant, going to the doctor every other week and taking a dozen different medications. Don’t even think about going on vacation or watching your grandchildren graduate from high school. The last 10 years of your life are going to be horrible.
Before you ruin your life with smoking or alcohol a bad diet, ask yourself how you feel about dying in a nursing home at 67.
Motorcycles are fucking awesome but they are also death machines. Don't ever get on a fucking motorcycle, but if you do anyway, WEAR A FUCKING HELMET.
In dystopian times like those we are currently living in, it's reassuring to see a story that reminds us there are a lot of kind people out there. One of those people is Deborah Price, who recently asked the internet for help in finding a dress for her friend's daughter, who has autism. People came through in a big way, and the internet was used the way it should always be used: as a tool to bring people together for the common good.
"Friend's autistic daughter only wears this dress," she wrote. "Don't judge. Sometimes people can't cope with certain stuff & it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things does it. Question is has anyone got this @nextofficial dress from 3yrs ago in age 11plus & if so can we buy them off you?"
Instead of judging, people had the opposite reaction. Price's tweet went viral with thousands of shares. And responses rolled in from those wishing to help in any way they could.
The tweet eventually got the attention of a woman who had the exact dress the woman was looking for.
The girl's mom responded to thank her.
Then another woman shared that her 12-year-old daughter also had the dress in the requested size:
Even the company weighed in, saying they wanted to try and help even though the dress had been discontinued.
Deborah was moved by the overwhelmingly positive response to her initial tweet, and responded with this thread to update everyone and share her gratitude:
And just like that, faith in humanity restored. For now at least.
"If summer had one defining scent, it'd definitely be the smell of barbecue. "
-Katie Lee
In the words of his royal highness The Fresh Prince, "It's summer, summer, summertime." Beat the heat with these hot and hilarious summertime memes.
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