Dads Are Rallying For “Amazon Mom” To Change Its Name To “Amazon Family”

The retail giant’s family-discount program is only known as Amazon Mom in the United States — it’s known as Amazon Family in other countries. #AmazonFamilyUS

1. Parent’s Twitter and Facebook feeds across the US have been lighting up with the following graphic this morning:

Christ Routly / Via daddydoctrines.com

2. The movement has largely been inspired by the passing of Oren Miller, the father and blogger behind bloggerfather.com.

Oren Miller / Via bloggerfather.com

Miller was a giant in the online parenting community who had long questioned Amazon.com’s branding of their family rewards program as “Amazon Mom” in the US, and was championing for a change.

3. Miller wrote often about why he felt the exclusionary name was an issue, but never more succinctly than in his February 2013 post promoting another dad’s petition to change the name to Amazon Family, as it was known in Canada, the UK and elsewhere.

“Please sign that petition. Please. It’s not about a name and it’s not about me personally being offended and it’s not about stupid emails about yoga classes. It’s about a company that looks at the US, then looks at England, and then decides that over there, parent equals mom or dad, while here, well, we’re not ready for that yet.” – Oren Miller

5. After his death, the community Miller touched so deeply rallied, taking up the #AmazonFamilyUS torch as their own.

10. Doug French, founder of the Dad 2.0 Summit, an annual meeting of dads and marketers, spoke to BuzzFeed Life about the #AmazonFamilyUS movement:


“Amazon is a smart, powerful, and progressive company with as recognizable a global brand as there is. Bringing ‘Amazon Family’ in line with its branding all over the rest of the world would be a strong show of support for dads in the US.”

11. So far the #AmazonFamilyUS petition has over 3000 signatures.

Dads are an integral part of the village. A village needs a vendor. Be ours, @Amazon! #AmazonFamilyUS https://t.co/RXJsYWnG0L

— AHDMatters (@(Dada) Mike Heenan)

12. BuzzFeed Life has reached out to Amazon Mom for comment.

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/dads-are-rallying-for-amazon-mom-to-change-their-name-to-ama

Having A Basement Is Great, But It’s Even Better When Your Basement Is Like THIS.

Man caves are a part of the everyday lexicon. They’re the ultimate place for a guy to head to after working a long, hard day. Man caves are where men hide when the wife isn’t too happy about [insert subject of argument here].

And we’re discussing guys here, so it’s only natural for men to compete with others for the coolest cave around. With bragging rights up for grabs, you won’t believe the lengths some will go to for the win!

1.) The ultimate sports memorabilia collector.

2.) A wood worker’s dream.

3.) You’ve seen too many horror movies.

4.) Zombie proof.

5.) For the Hans Zimmer fan.

6.) Nostalgic to a fault.

7.) No, I’m Batman.

8.) LA party central?

9.) Little brothers get Luigi.

10.) An audiophile’s paradise.

11.) For every Trekkie’s Christmas list.

12.) 20,000 times we’ve searched for Captain Nemo.

13.) Because you always need to work on your short game.

Think those are crazy-awesome? Check out the rest!

Read more: http://viralnova.com/ultimate-man-caves/

Obama’s ‘Julia’ makes her radio debut tonight on FTR Radio; Update: Podcast now available

http://twitter.com/#!/FingersMalloy/status/198068272900476928

"I have no eyes yet I see"- #Julia Listen to the most anticipated interview since __ (fill in the blank) 10pmET #FTRRadio

— Fingers Malloy (@FingersMalloy) May 3, 2012

No word on how having no mouth will impact her ability to respond to interview questions.

Catch this exclusive interview tonight at 10 p.m. ET on FTR Radio.

Update: Listen to The Snark Factor interview with Julia here:

We interviewed #Julia last nite on The #SnarkFactor. Listen,it will change your life http://t.co/JeKhJT3d #FTRRadio #tcot

— Fingers Malloy (@FingersMalloy) May 4, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/05/03/obamas-julia-makes-her-radio-debut-tonight-on-ftr-radio/

John McCain names romantic comedy best depicting ‘bromance’ with Obama

http://twitter.com/#!/TheLeadCNN/status/365567760543137792

Yes, your eyes didn’t deceive you. During an interview on CNN, Arizona Sen. John McCain was asked what romantic comedy best represented his “bromance” with President Obama. McCain went back a few decades for an answer:

http://twitter.com/#!/zbyronwolf/status/365568024700387328

That might explain why McCain’s meetings with Obama always end with Maverick saying, “baby, you’re the greatest.”

Here’s the video. We think the Senator might have even blushed:

As Dr. Evil once asked, “it got weird, didn’t it?”

http://twitter.com/#!/dorseyshaw/status/365570087954026496

There goes the man the GOP nominated to defeat Barack Obama in 2008. Looking back, it’s hard to believe that didn’t work out for the Republicans, isn’t it?

Update:

The appropriate accompanying photo, by way of Sooper Mexican:

null

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/08/bang-zoom-john-mccain-names-romantic-comedy-best-depicting-bromance-with-obama/

No apology from MSNBC for claim ‘conservatives’ attacked biracial family

http://twitter.com/#!/Slublog/status/428740850898989056

Bingo.

In a now-deleted tweet, MSNBC predicted “the rightwing” would hate a cute Cheerios ad featuring a biracial family. MSNBC executive editor Richard Wolffe absurdly claimed that his race-baiting network’s race-baiting tweet was “not who we are at MSNBC.”

http://twitter.com/#!/michellemalkin/status/428752930531864576

MSNBC may have issued an apology for the tweet — the network’s totally sorry it got caught — but what about the article to which it linked?

http://twitter.com/#!/thehiredmind/status/428735821135372288 http://twitter.com/#!/KristinnFR/status/428739226016837632

When first published, the article included this sentence (emphasis ours):

http://twitter.com/#!/BecketAdams/status/428699506864308225 http://twitter.com/#!/nilgirian/status/428705053008859137

Before MSNBC apologized for its repulsive tweet, it quietly memory-holed that version of the text. Here’s how it appears now:

The breakfast cereal’s new Super Bowl ad features the same fictional biracial family that sparked a backlash last year.

Oh, so there wasn’t a “conservative” backlash? Minds. Blown.

Here’s the even more telling part: MSNBC didn’t bother apologizing for that smear of conservatives. No retraction, no correction statement, no acknowledgment of the foul accusation. The slimy, sneaky editors just tried to disappear the evidence after conservatives turned up the heat.

Too bad Gateway Pundit has screenshots, huh guys?

You can also view MSNBC’s intended message in the article synopsis embedded in the next two screenshots:

http://twitter.com/#!/nilgirian/status/428716468339892224

Go ahead and own this blurb, MSNBC: “Cheerios’ new Super Bowl ad features the same fictional biracial family that sparked a conservative backlash last year.”

http://twitter.com/#!/nilgirian/status/428718783566336000

Where’s the faux-pology for that? Oh, right. There isn’t one because that hateful, lying bilge is what MSNBC is all about.

Sorry, MSNBC. Love wins.

[Update]

According to this screenshot, the original MSNBC article also predicted “an outcry from the right.”

http://twitter.com/#!/WalshFreedom/status/428710757828554752

The phrase “from the right” has been removed from MSNBC.com.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/01/30/slimy-msnbc-fails-to-apologize-for-deleted-claim-of-conservative-backlash-against-biracial-family/

Olbermann: Holder should have been fired before martyring Fox News reporter

http://twitter.com/#!/dinadinadinas/status/341569852198223874

Keith Olbermann, former MSNBC, ex Current TV host and big Twitchy fan was asked the above question via Twitter today.

Olbermann’s response makes it clear that he’s upset because Attorney General Eric Holder should have been stopped before he allegedly ended up blatantly disregarding the First Amendment rights of a member of the press martyring a Fox News reporter:

http://twitter.com/#!/KeithOlbermann/status/341574592650948609

Possible constitutional violations? Meh. Being allowed to stay on the job so long he may have unwittingly generated empathy for a reporter from a media outlet Keith Olbermann loathes? Unforgivable!

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/06/03/olbermann-holder-resigned-fired-martyring-fox-news-reporter/