Category: Society & Culture

Contagious Laughter On A Busy Train Will Have You Laughing Right Along With Everyone

When you think of the subway, laughter and joy aren’t normally the first words that come to mind. It’s a cramped place full of grumpy commuters, and there’s always someone who decides it’s an apt location to eat a smelly tuna sandwich or clip their fingernails. Yet sometimes, if you’re super lucky, everything comes together in one magical moment that brightens everyone’s day.

One such joyful moment was perfectly captured when Belgian advertising agency Gonzales — working for Coca-Cola off the tagline that “Happiness starts with a smile” — hired an actor to randomly start belly laughing on the subway.

Just watch…we dare you to try and not let out a giggle, too!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1veWbLpGa78?autoplay=0]

Awesome. This just shows that happiness is contagious!

Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/train-laughter/

Marco Rubio to promote fake border-security amendments to Gang of Eight bill

http://twitter.com/#!/AlexConant/status/332092594190430210

That’s Alex Conant, Sen. Marco Rubio’s press secretary. The same guy who likened immigrants to slaves.

Up until now, of course, Team Rubio was telling anyone who would listen that its shamnesty bill would ensure “the toughest enforcement and border security law in American history.”

Here’s a tweet from Cesar Conda, Rubio’s chief of staff:

http://twitter.com/#!/CesarConda/status/322302170881986560

(If you can’t view that tweet, it’s because Conda protected his Twitter account. The tweet says “If enacted, Senate #immigrationreform will be the toughest enforcement and border security law in American history.”)

Now, Team Rubio is singing a somewhat different tune:

Rubio is likely to advocate for some amendments making changes to the border measures, including requiring double-fencing along certain sections of the Mexican border, and toughening restrictions against allowing anyone with a criminal record to seek legal status.

Why, if the bill was so gloriously tough on border security a few weeks  ago, does Rubio suddenly feel the need to amend its border-security provisions?

Why, if new double fencing legislation is so necessary, wasn’t it included in the original bill?

That’s not all. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies notes something else:

.@alexconant 2X fencing is ALREADY THE LAW: govtrack.us/congress/bills… Why would @marcorubio think more laws are needed?

— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) May 8, 2013

Whoa. Great question.

Krikorian elaborates:

Hey, double-fencing, that’s a great idea. In fact, it’s such a great idea that Congress mandated it seven years ago. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 requires that “In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for at least 2 layers of reinforced fencing” and then goes on to spell out more than 600 miles’ worth of border where that double fencing is to be placed. But of the nearly 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico, only about 30-something miles has double fencing.

In other words, the point of any requirement to build double-layer fences that might be added to the Schumer-Rubio bill is to make it appear tougher, with no real expectation that the Obama administration will implement it any more than it is implementing the existing requirement. This is the same with the entry-exit tracking system the bill mandates, which is actually weaker than what Congress required to be built 17 years ago.

In short, it’s all kabuki.

Even by the low standards that prevail among politicians, the level of deception by Team Rubio is remarkable.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/05/08/marco-rubio-to-promote-fake-border-security-amendments-to-gang-of-eight-bill/

‘We need a revolution here’: Chavez remembered at candlelight vigil

http://twitter.com/#!/joegarofoli/status/309095590833299459

If you thought the mainstream media’s fawning coverage of Hugo Chavez’ death was over the top, imagine the adulation it took to attend a candlelight vigil. So, who attended?

The Party for Socialism and Liberation, described in its Twitter bio as “a Marxist-Leninist Party organizing against Capitalism, Imperialism and all forms of oppression,” hoped Chavez’s death would inspire a revolution in the United States.

“Let us remember Hugo Chávez…A man who didn’t sleep, who fought…” (1/2) SF vigil, 3/5 twitter.com/PSL_SF/status/…

— PSL_SF (@PSL_SF) March 6, 2013

(2/2) “Let this sad moment reawaken our struggle for justice….We need a revolution here. One inspired by Chávez. ¡Hugo Chávez, presenté!”

— PSL_SF (@PSL_SF) March 6, 2013

The ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition, “an anti-imperialist, anti-war org fighting against the war machine and all forms of oppression,” lit a few candles for the Venezuelan dictator.

Dozens gather at 24th & Mission to stand with Chávez, Venezuela, & the #BolivarianRevolution! twitter.com/sfANSWER/statu…

— ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013

Vigil happening right now at 24th and Mission #ChavezPresente twitter.com/sfANSWER/statu…

— ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013

“We are here with the people of Venezuela & all of Latin America!….Because WE ARE THE PEOPLE!…” (1/2) twitter.com/sfANSWER/statu…

— ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013

“….And we WILL NOT allow our brothers & sisters in Latin America & around the world suffer under imperialism!” (2/2) Venezuela Hugo Chávez

— ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/03/05/we-need-a-revolution-here-chavez-remembered-at-candlelight-vigil-in-san-francisco/