FBI raids office of Sen. Menendez donor tied to prostitution scandal

http://twitter.com/#!/brianjameswalsh/status/296485156447997952

Late-breaking news tonight percolating on Twitter: The FBI has raided the Florida home of a donor/doctor tied to to the Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez prostitution scandal. Both local media and conservative media are on it:

A proof of today’s MiamiHerald’s front page: NJ “Senator’s backer target of #FBI raid” in West Palm Beach” Tues. night. twitter.com/MiamiHerald/st…

— The Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) January 30, 2013

From our photo files: Dr. #SalomonMelgen, whose ties to Sen.#BobMenendez prompted #FBI raid, treats singer #JoseJose. twitter.com/MiamiHerald/st…

— The Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) January 30, 2013

FBI Raids Offices of Menendez Donor Linked to Alleged Prostitution Scandal: bit.ly/T8uYER

— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) January 30, 2013

Headline from @dailycaller on Menendez’s donor’s FBI raid: “MIAMI VICE” bit.ly/Yhf8XK

— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) January 30, 2013

Our story in lede of @breitbartnews on Menendez donor Melgen’s FBI raid: bit.ly/T8uYER #SexScandal

— Matthew Boyle (@mboyle1) January 30, 2013

ABC News gave Menendez a pass on the scandal:

Bozell Rips Raddatz, ABC For Giving Menendez Free Pass Amid Underage Prostitution Probe | Media Research Center ow.ly/1RDVsX #true

— Randy L. Thorsvig (@NDShantyIrish) January 30, 2013

How about the rest of the lapdogs?

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/01/30/fbi-raids-office-of-sen-menendez-donor-tied-to-prostitution-scandal/

Apple Discovered Its Latest Billboards On The Internet

They’re breathtaking. BuzzFeed News chatted for some of casual photographers whom shot all of them.

final December, whenever Bay Area had among its rare rainy days, Cielo de los angeles Paz took her children out to play. She’s a devoted professional photographer, “willing to awaken at five each day and hike 10 kilometers to have that shot for the sunrise,” and when she saw the representation of her purple umbrella on damp concrete, she knew she had a beneficial one.

“It took some shots,” she stated, “it was the very last one I took, I happened to be eventually satisfied with how the wind organized the leaves in my situation.”

She edited the shot with Filterstorm Neue, uploaded the image to Flickr (she had been involved in the photo365 challenge), in which Apple discovered it.

Then, they put it on a billboard.

Apple’s newest advertising campaign, Shot on iPhone 6, is crowdsourced using iPhone photography from around society. It is using photographs found online, typically observed in a browser screen, and plastering all of them up in massive sizes out in actuality.

The message is easy: it’s hard to believe that photographs this good will come from the device within pocket.

Apple discovered them by scouring social networks for photos which were tagged as having already been taken with its latest iPhones.

“perhaps they discovered the picture on Instagram,” stated Frederic Kauffmann, “I was surprised to obtain the call.”

Kauffmann life in Barcelona, as well as the shot above was drawn in Pamplona. “we shot it within the cold temperatures. Typically the thing is plenty of people wearing white and red, songs and crowds of people. I wanted to possess an alternate image.”

Kauffmann is regarded as many intercontinental photographers tapped for the promotion and, just 778 followers on Instagram, an example of exactly how good hobbyists are receiving at photography.

Photographs such as these basically an example of smartphones unifying everything you might make use of into one device. The space between mobile phones and digital cameras is shrinking for years now, and each 12 months it gets nearer to being eradicated entirely. This advertisement may seem like Apple’s means of saying it really is already gone.

“We have the 6 Plus, therefore the pictures rival several of my images from my DSLR,” claims de la Paz.

The ad campaign is showing the functions Apple features loaded into the phone, but it also lends credence into indisputable fact that you might only require one device on you at any moment.

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/brendanklinkenberg/apple-found-its-newest-billboards-on-the-internet

Cartoonists In 1947 Decided To Attempt One Awesome Test Of Skill.

Software didn’t exist to replicate images when comics began their meteoric rise to popularity. Cartoonists drew everything by hand, staying consistent with their style and technical skill to make characters and scenery look the same every time. After repeatedly drawing the same characters, some cartoonists opted to see if they could continue doing so with their eyes closed.

In 1947, a group of cartoonists decided to blindfold themselves and attempt to draw some of their best-known characters. With no way of seeing what marks they were producing on paper, they had to use muscle memory and a rough approximation of where they thought they were drawing. Cartoonists from across the country rose to the challenge in a sort of proto-Ice Bucket fashion, and had their results published in the February 3, 1947 issue of Life magazine. 

The resulting pictures are pretty interesting, giving an insight into how the artists composed their characters. The drawings also point out the features cartoonists thought were the most important in making these characters recognizable. Take a look at the images below. The “eyes open” versions are on the left, and the blind drawings are on the right. Some of the characters lasted in time and exist today. Some…not so much, but the original captions will let you know who they are. Take a look!

Dick Tracy

Major Hoople, from Our Boarding House

Steve Canyon, from Terry and the Pirates

Andy Gump

Brandy, from Johnny Hazard

Smilin’ Jack

Dagwood, from Blondie

Secret Agent X-9

Dixie Dugan

Skeezix, from Gasoline Alley

Some of them are pretty close. Some of them are, well… interesting abstract pieces, I guess.

Read more: http://viralnova.com/blindfolded-drawing/

Pic: President Eye Candy is crushing so hard

http://twitter.com/#!/soderstrom/status/258219589236822018

President Humble strikes again! And he’s crushing big time on his favorite eye candy.

What’s happening, hot stuff?

You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 16, 2012

“Dear Diary, I’ll just die if I don’t ask me to the prom. Barry hearts Barry 4eva! <3 <3 <3″

I touch myself. RT @cuffymeh: NOTUS: Narcissist of the United States. RT @barackobama: You look familiar: bit.ly/S0waYn

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) October 16, 2012

WOW! Narcissist much? RT“@barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— Stephie in Texas (@StephieInTexas) October 16, 2012

Narcissist-In-Chief RT @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— KRenner (@KRenner2) October 16, 2012

One is a shallow, one dimensional figure; the other is cardboard. I can’t tell! @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— Brian McDonald (@BrianCMcDonald) October 16, 2012

Hello I love you won’t you tell me your name RT @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— bradcundiff (@bradcundiff) October 16, 2012

One Obama supporter shared her feelings in what could easily double as a caption for this pic.

“@barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…” SOMETIMES MY HEART HURTS BECAUSE I LOVE BARACK OBAMA SO MUCH

— Jaime Duncan (@jaimedunc) October 16, 2012

Sorry, doll. As you can see from the photo, he’s taken.

Update:

Maybe what this tweet really needs is a different photo.

RT @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/Ed/status/2580…

— Ed Shahzade (@Ed) October 16, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/10/16/pic-president-eye-candy-is-crushing-so-hard/

‘Please be a pocket tweet’: NBC reporter’s bizarre Twitter message from Egypt

http://twitter.com/#!/NoahCRothman/status/352545408960040961

The latest in Egypt from NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel:

http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/352545190227087362

Tweeters tried to figure out what was most likely a “butt tweet” from Engel:

http://twitter.com/#!/alicebaij/status/352547130117849089 http://twitter.com/#!/randomsubu/status/352552055925252097 http://twitter.com/#!/sonsofjeremiah/status/352550027043946497 http://twitter.com/#!/Jean_CIPE/status/352548597599973376 http://twitter.com/#!/touchofgrey81/status/352547826850471937

Heh. Possibly.

Fortunately, a couple of minutes later, Engel returned to tweeting normally:

http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/352545866965450752

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/03/please-be-a-pocket-tweet-nbcs-richard-engel-sends-bizarre-twitter-message-from-egypt/

Hey, @Netflix, are you up for #NetflixObamaFilms? Feel free to jump in!

http://twitter.com/#!/vbspurs/status/329779378072469504

How ’bout it, Netflix? Want to jump into an Obama-related hashtag game?

After all, reps insisted the company’s #SarahPalinFilms recommendation — a Palin-mocking moon Nazi flick — was “just a post on a new movie release” and “no reflection on Netflix’s position.”

As of now it’s been 24 hours, and @netflix STILL hasn’t deleted its tweet insulting Palin & conservatives. I guess they stand by it #amazing

— Joe the Patriotic (@joethepatriotic) May 2, 2013

Wednesday was a rough day for Netflix, what with all those subscribers discovering they can see Redbox from their front porches. But the PR nightmare continues, so why not take an equal opportunity swipe at President Obama? It wouldn’t be “a cheap shot or anything,” right? The Twitterverse will even get you started.

#NetflixObamaFilms Rosemary’s Punishment.

— vbspurs (@vbspurs) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Rosemary’s Boo Boo

— Crabby Bitch (@schwingcat) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Tingle White Male

— JoJo (@yugijo) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms I Know What You Did A Long Time Ago (h/t Jay Carney)

— Christy (@desertgardens) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilmsGet Shorty ( We think He’s a Republican)

— Dawn Kennedy (@Dawn_Kennedy2) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms It Was A Wonderful Life

— Becky Ziegler (@bzbex) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Zero Derp Thirty

— Crabby Bitch (@schwingcat) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms TrainwreckSpotting

— Michael McDonald (@meadabawdy) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms CLUELESS. @netflix

— vbspurs (@vbspurs) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms The Money Pit @netflix

— Palatine Pundit (@PalatinePundit) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Jane Err

— Michael McDonald (@meadabawdy) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms All the President’s Men Blamed It on a YouTube Video

— Christy (@desertgardens) May 2, 2013

Hey, Netflix, are we doing it right? Feel free to retweet any of these contributions!

Related:

‘I can see Redbox from my front porch’: Backlash over Netflix’s Palin-mocking tweet erupts

Absurd: Netflix rep denies Palin-mocking tweet, then claims ‘no reflection on our position’

Pathetic: Netflix joins #SarahPalinFilms hashtag by suggesting flick about moon Nazis

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/05/02/hey-netflix-are-you-up-for-netflixobamafilms-feel-free-to-jump-in/