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Mind your manners and be careful what you tweet. Athletes competing in the London Olympic Games have been given a laundry list of rules to guide their online behavior.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/digital/social-media-strategy-olympic-athletes-safe/236240/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adage%2Fhomepage+%28Advertising+Age+-+Homepage%29
Gay rights and marriage-equality activists, not surprisingly, were outraged by Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s statements to Baptist Press, which illustrated the company’s stance more explicitly than it had done before.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/news/chick-fil-a-finds-politics-bad-business/236239/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adage%2Fhomepage+%28Advertising+Age+-+Homepage%29
The faithful are still flocking to the knot in a New Jersey tree trunk that either clearly shows the outline of the Virgin of Guadalupe or a generic oval shape, and things have taken a violent turn. Some say those who’ve gathered around the tree are indulging in idol worship, and The New York Times reports that when a man approached the crowd yelling, “This is witchcraft; you are worshiping devils!â€one believer charged at him and a 90-year-old woman hit him repeatedly with white long-stemmed roses. If this continues playing out like a Simpsons episode, it should end in a few days when the holy tree is unintentionally ripped down by an angry mob.
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via Daily Intel http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/virgin-mary-shaped-tree-knot-now-sparks-fighting.html
The man accused of a shooting at a movie theater would have had a tougher time buying an AR-15 rifle legally eight years ago, when it was subject to federal restrictions.
via WSJ.com: Today's Most Popular http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443295404577543262884887188.html?mod=rss_Today’s_Most_Popular
University of Colorado officials were looking Sunday into whether James Holmes used his position in a graduate program to collect hazardous materials, but school officials weren’t saying whether they knew the suspect in a movie theater massacre was anything more than a hard-working student.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/movie-massacre-suspect-mum-batman-mask-found-024202998.html
Why does Mitt Romney have such a hard time talking about what matters most to him?
via nymag.com: The Power Grid http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/mitt-romney-2012-7/
@jilliancyork: Head of drone company: “If you’re concerned, maybe there’s a reason we should be flying over you” http://t.co/5dfIDbk6
@gettingsome: Iran’s fashion police target women who flaunt un-Islamic style. http://t.co/mNc8y6Ni
@max_read: Photo: misterhippity: http://t.co/GEttAU0R
@fivethirtyeight: Here’s a non-empty gesture: How about donating this weekend’s box office proceeds to community mental health clinics?