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A Star Trek Christmas Carol: Make it so, make it so, make it so (video)

This is one of those funny compilations where they take each word from a different scene – it’s quite well done.
12/5/2013 9:15pm by John Aravosis 1

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Four guys, one piano – an early Christmas treat (video)

You won’t believe the music these four gentlemen produce using nothing but a single piano.
12/5/2013 7:18pm by Becca Morn 8

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Nelson Mandela died

“A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.” – Pres. Obama today.
12/5/2013 6:42pm by John Aravosis 13

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Google, AT&T, Comcast trade group penned viscerally anti-gay memo

Google, AT&T and Comcast are funding an organization that has spent decades undermining gay civil rights.

12/5/2013 12:37pm by John Aravosis 55

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Support today’s fast-food workers strike: Join a lunchtime rally near you

Workers at American fast-food restaurants will be striking today for higher pay and better working conditions.

12/5/2013 8:30am by Gaius Publius 25

Animated US fighters to escort Santa through disputed Chinese airspace Christmas eve

And some child advocate groups are none-too-thrilled that the Pentagon has militarized Santa’s midnight ride.

12/5/2013 7:00am by Jon Green 41

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Chino the capuchin monkey emphatically wants this man to crush leaves (video)

“Cheeky Chino” lives at the International Primate Rescue in Pretoria, South Africa.

12/4/2013 8:32pm by John Aravosis 18

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The Salvation Army is an anti-gay evangelical church, boycott the red kettle

The Salvation Army suggested that gays be celibate, jobless, homeless, and dead. Give your donations elsewhere.

12/4/2013 12:00pm by John Aravosis 125

Tea Party compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler in an email fundraiser.

GOP intolerance: “It’s part of their political DNA”

Republicans can’t avoid this rhetoric engrained in their party – it’s part of their political DNA.

12/4/2013 9:00am by John Aravosis 41

Introducing “Amazon Rocket” – delivery in 5 minutes or less (video)

Yesterday we wrote about Amazon’s new 30-minute “drone” delivery. Today, we bring you “Amazon Rocket.”

12/4/2013 7:00am by John Aravosis 19

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