Civilian defies Shutdown Theater, mows Lincoln Memorial lawn [pics, video]

http://twitter.com/#!/rydaka/status/387917516917706752

Shutdown Theater be damned:

http://twitter.com/#!/Liztroyer/status/387966538353242112 http://twitter.com/#!/JustinHaugens/status/387965360353198080

http://twitter.com/#!/ShoeFreaKStro/status/387929337091325953

http://twitter.com/#!/HollyKania/status/387968725783429121 http://twitter.com/#!/MonicaCrowley/status/387972553764917249

Awesome.

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Update:

The man has been identified as Chris Cox of South Carolina:

http://twitter.com/#!/LaurenC_Lux/status/388047323995312130

From CBS:

Cox, who resides in South Carolina, says he isn’t motivated by political reasons but feels obligated to help as veterans prepare to descend on the nation’s capital for this weekend’s Million Vet March.

Regardless of how many former service members actually attend the rally, Cox says making them presentable is just the right thing to do.

“These are our memorials. Do they think that we’re just going to let them go to hell? No,” Cox exclusively told All-News 99.1 reporter John Domen. “If they shut down our memorials, we’re still going to take the trash out, we’re going to clean the windows, we’re going to cut the grass, we’re going to pull the weeds, we’re going to do the tree work.”

 https://twitter.com/NerdyderdyRVA/status/388052533937459200

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‘Suck it!’ #OccupyAmerica hits Gulf Shores [pics]

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/10/09/god-bless-that-man-civilian-defies-shutdown-theater-mows-lincoln-memorial-lawn-pics-video/

Kanye West Lyrics Perfectly Describe The Story Of Julius Caesar And Cleopatra

Shakespeare would either be proud or he’s rolling in his grave. This is a continuation of history and lyrical poetry.

1. Julius Caesar on meeting Cleopatra for the first time:

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2. Caesar restores Cleopatra to the throne:

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3. Cleopatra gives birth to Ptolemy Caesar:

John William Waterhouse / Via commons.wikimedia.org

Close enough. Ptolemy was around 17 when he died.

4. Caesar refuses to name Ptolemy as his heir:

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5. Cleopatra arrives in Rome and it’s a huge scandal:

J. Gordon Edwards / Via commons.wikimedia.org

6. And Caesar declares:

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7. Caesar is murdered by the senate on The Ides of March. “Et, tu Brute?”:

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8. Cleopatra meets Marc Antony:

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9. Octavian talking shit about the whole affair:

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10. And problems ensue:

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11. Antony when Cleopatra turns her ships around and ditches him after Octavian sends a Roman fleet to conquer Egypt:

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo / Via commons.wikimedia.org

12. Cleopatra ends it all after Octavian successfully invades Egypt:

Jean-Baptiste Regnault / Via commons.wikimedia.org

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/natashaumer/kanye-west-lyrics-perfectly-describe-the-story-of-julius-cae

‘He won!’ Iowahawk coins perfect name for the Obamacare website queue

http://twitter.com/#!/remnants2sew/status/407767972246061056

Is HealthCare.gov’s spiffy new queue easing frustration with the troubled website?

http://twitter.com/#!/RahsaanBall/status/407659390892638209 http://twitter.com/#!/rcupo/status/407662199256416257

Enter Iowahawk, with the perfect name for the queue that was rolled out by the same people who brought you 1-800-F1UCK-YO.

http://twitter.com/#!/iowahawkblog/status/407657311457398784

Just how many times can Iowahawk win the Internet?

http://twitter.com/#!/Robert_Gault/status/407673464871337984

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/03/he-won-iowahawk-scores-with-perfect-name-for-the-obamacare-website-queue/

Seau becomes 8th member of ’94 Chargers to pass away

http://twitter.com/#!/RandBall/status/197756375214981120

Following the shocking news of the apparent suicide of future Hall of Fame NFL linebacker Junior Seau, another shocker came to a realization.

Seau is the eighth member of the 1994 AFC Champion San Diego Charges to have passed away. None of the eight members lived to be 45.

Follow Twitchy’s live Twitter report of the situation here.

Deadspin’s Barry Petchesky wrote an article on the team in December of 2011, detailing the situations behind each of the team members’ deaths.

Eight members of the 94 Chargers have died. That's a serious problem for the NFL.

— Jordan Kaplan (@JKaplan_nV) May 2, 2012

8 players from the 94 Chargers have died now. None lived to be 45. That's creepy.

— Fatrick Ewing (@tryna_be_famous) May 2, 2012

Out of all those '94 Chargers deaths, the most creepy is the one guy killed by two bolts of lightning. For real.

— Michael Griffin (@literateartist) May 2, 2012

'94 Chargers cause-of-deaths haunting: car accident, ValuJet crash, lightning (!), drugs, 3 heart problems and now Junior.

— Patrick Finley (@patrickfinley) May 2, 2012

Vince McMahon thinks the NFL has a problem RT @RandBall: If TMZ report is true, Junior Seau would be the 8th member of '94 Chargers to die.

— CSTB (@cstbtweet) May 2, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/05/02/seau-becomes-8th-member-of-94-chargers-to-pass-away/