Kids Suspended for "Tebowing"

From New York Post:
The Tebow mania sweeping the nation sacked a group of Long Island high-school students who were suspended for mimicking the quarterback’s famous prayer pose.

Twin brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll of Riverhead HS and classmates Jordan Fulcoly and Wayne Drexel were hit with one-day suspensions for kneeling and bowing their heads like Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow does when he scores a touchdown.

Administrators said the weeklong “Tebowing” craze was a distraction and a hallway hazard after dozens of classmates followed their lead.

“It was basically just a tribute to Tim Tebow,” Carroll Connor, 17, who planned the prank with his brother and friends, told The Post.

“It was more than a religious thing. There was some of that involved obviously, because he prays. I guess it was basically like a moment of silence.

“I just don’t think it’s fair,” said Connor, a senior linebacker, of the school throwing the penalty flag.
“We were never given any warning. They said they did, but that’s completely false.”

The brothers have to serve their suspensions; the others were rescinded because the other participants had not been given warnings, officials said.

About 40 students had been gathering in the hallway all week emulating Tebow.

This is a great suspension right here. I love it. Fuck Tim Tebow. This is a principal who clearly has their priorities in line. Allowing students in your school to kneel down and emulate a self-righteous talentless douchebag is unacceptable.

That being said, I can't wait for this shit to catch on in more schools. I want videos of entire high schools taking a knee in the quad and Tebowing like motherfuckers. Why do I want to see this shit? Because any principal worth their weight in shit would suspend every one of the little fuckers. No mercy for pretentious, Bible-thumping idiots.

Christopher Hitchens Dead

From Dailymail:
British-born journalist and strident atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the U.S. his home, has died at the age of 62.

Hitchens, whose 2007 book God Is Not Great made him a major celebrity in his adopted homeland, died in Houston of pneumonia, a complication of cancer of the oesophagus.

In God Is Not Great he argued that religion was the source of all tyranny and that many of the world's evils have been done in the name of religion. It was a belief he never lost.

It's a sad day for reason. Christopher Hitchens was a hero not only to atheists but smart people anywhere. I've read God is Not Great at least four times already, and I'm not saying you should. But some people should.

If you are an atheist then you should give the book a once-over. Hitchens solidified the logical aspects of atheism perfectly and without being too academic. If you aren't an atheist but you are a person who likes a good logical argument (I think I just counted all religious people out) then give it a read. 

It's a sad day for journalism and reason. 

After he was diagnosed with cancer, everyone jumped on Hitchens, expecting him to concede a belief in some kind of god. Many people who become ill can find a renewed belief in religion. But Hitchens wasn't a scared coward. He stood by his beliefs until he died, and that's something we can all learn from.

This Cop is Real Tough

From Dailymail:
A surveillance video showing a police officer tasering a 14-year-old girl in the groin has been released as part of a lawsuit she has filed against the officer and the city.

Keshana Wilson, from Allentown, Philadelphia, was tasered by the police officer on September 29 outside Dieruff High school as she was walking with a group of friends.

Though 100 seconds is missing from the video according to the lawsuit, it captures the final encounter between Miss Wilson and officer Jason Ammary, but not what preempted it.


The officer claims the girl resisted arest and elbowed him in the chin, the lawsuit claims he grabbed her from behind without identifying himself and shoved her into the car.

The 14-year-old is seen walking towards the car before it abruptly cuts to her being slammed against the side of it by the officer.
A struggle ensues, before the officer steps back and fires his taser at her groin, causing her to collapse in agony on the ground.



Alright I know there is a section missing from the video that could be anything, the girl talking shit to the cop or something, whatever. What in my opinion it clearly shows is an overreaction by a police officer.

Now I know that when cops are in fear for their safety they have to resort to force, it makes sense. But I challenge to find a cop who tells you that the force in this video was necessary. The cop goes up to the girl and she struggles, and instead of just using his training to turn her and slam her against the car to cuff her, the lazy prick just steps back and zaps her. Dude, really, you needed to tase a 14-year-old girl? Come on man.

They got the idea

But at the end of the video you can clearly see in the bottom right of the screen another kid getting led away in cuffs by a security guard, so who knows what the fuck is going on. All I know is fuck the police. I hope that chick makes a fortune off the city because of this fucker.

Humpday Hotty: Stacy Keibler

She fucks George Clooney. 'Nuff said.

Facebook Trying to Prevent Suicide

From Huffington Post:
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.

A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline through Facebook's "chat" messaging system.

If a friend spots a suicidal thought on someone's page, he can report it to Facebook by clicking a link next to the comment. Facebook then sends an email to the person who posted the comment encouraging that user to call the hotline or click a link for a confidential chat.

Typical fucking Facebook. Thinking that someone who wants to commit suicide might not do it by chatting with someone who probably runs down a list of reassuring phrases like "you matter" and "the life of a crack-whore can be fulfilling if you give it a chance".

Fucking hilarious

Which brings me to my actual point. My candidate for worst job ever is whatever a "crisis counselor" is. You have to sit there and wait for people about to off themselves to hit you up so you and only you can try and talk them off the ledge. Sounds like the most depressing job ever. I mean what if someone has you on the phone while they fucking jump off a building or some shit? That shit will stay with you for life.

And if that's not bad enough I'm sure that 99% of the time people who call those hotlines are 14-year-old girls who are like "my boyfriend of two weeks just broke up with me, I can't live without him." So you basically sit there with the phone off the hook and let them cry and whine at nothing until they hang up while you whack it. Hmm...maybe it isn't such a bad gig after all.

If you are on Facebook making a shitty status about killing yourself you are an attention whore and it'd be better for everyone if you just grow a pair and get it over with. No one loves you.

And thank you internet, because when I google searched suicide demotivationals for a second I thought there wouldn't be a ton of funny-ass pictures. You proved me wrong.