Weird Enuf Fer Ya? Notes From Barbaria #146

Paraphrased excerpt from the Russell Brand video below: 'It's the presumptuous, aggressive, overbearing entitlement of neo-conservative American thinking that creates the kind of disharmony and conflict (we see in the Middle East).'

Russell Brand hilariously destroys Fox News in ongoing feud (VIDEO)

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• Pennsylvania makes public 243 cases of fracking contaminated water

• Fastest Internet in the U.S.? It's Chattanooga, TN, thanks to local and fed dollars (Ps. Big cable very angry)

• White man jaywalks with a gun… guess what happens?


• The very rich are angry at the extremely rich


• It was just a matter of time: Militia member interferes with actual border patrol


• Mitch McConnell campaign manager resigns as bribery scandal grows


• Nutpick-a-palooze: Michael Brown's racist funeral


• Comparing how the New York Times described Mike Brown & Ted Bundy


• Iceland volcano update: New eruption with 60 meter lava fountains: Photos, maps and videos


• Kochs to Republicans: All your voters belong to us


• Greg Abbott chickens out of debating Wendy Davis, lies about it


• Sam Brownback names Koch employee to Kansas Supreme Court


• The best and worst campaign ads of 2014 (so far)

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes challenges senators who harassed Kirsten Gillibrand to come forward

Minnesota man will file civil rights suit against cops who Tased him for not identifying himself

Masked California cop accused of beating woman with a baseball bat

FL mayor badgers atheist at public meeting for not standing for prayer or Pledge of Allegiance

Cop who threatened to ‘f*cking kill’ reporter during Ferguson protests officially resigns

Economic justice: How NC progressives are fighting back against the Tea Party

Texas GOP candidate Greg Abbott backs out of only televised debate against Wendy Davis

Armed Open Carry activists crash Ohio anti-gun violence rally and harass protesters

7-year-old California boy shooting ‘youth rifle’ shot in chest at family’s homemade range

Texas cops ‘swarm’ school, police call for ‘prayer’ over miscarriage in bathroom

District suspends ‘dangerous’ teacher for writing scifi novel about school shooting in 2902

Oklahoma cop accused of raping black women finds supporters on social media

Ancient Stonehenge mystery solved thanks to particularly dry summer: archaeologists  

Baton Rouge TV personality killed by son-in-law and alleged lover in murder-suicide attempt

‘Just a case of stupidity’: Florida man shoots friend, self during shooting lesson

Drunk tuxedo-wearing Seattle man opens fire on couple who interrupted public oral sex

Statutory rape victim owes more than $15,000 in child support for daughter he fathered at 14

Fox News guest: Feminists aren’t being ‘what God designed them to be’

CeeLo Green defends alleged drink-spiking: It’s only ‘really’ rape when she’s conscious

Mississippi gay man says Baptist teacher raped him for three years so he’d hate men

‘I’m back, Obama’: Islamic State jihadists claim beheading of second US journalist

British ‘jihadist’ mom and former rock band member threatens to behead Christians: reports

PetSmart adoption day goes horribly wrong — man may face charges for stabbing pit bull

Frankfurt court bans Uber taxi services across Germany

Family angry with Illinois police for going silent over gay man’s death during traffic stop

Louie Gohmert: Ban non-English speakers from schools because they ‘bring education down’

• Man fires 9mm at couple who interrupted public fellatio because Second Amendment remedy!


• Why 2014 is not 2010, in one very clear chart


• Cartoon: Reality collapse


• Quick signature needed: Overrule Citizens United


• National Review lists the 20 movies that 'effectively destroyed art'


• How bad was Michael Brown's school?


• Media in a tizzy over XXX celebrity picture leak, fail to correlate to larger NSA/privacy debate


• Adding up the billions wasted by the House Republicans


• Assault rifle sales sluggish because cruel dictator Obama still hasn't banned them


• Cartoon: God-Man: Enter the Purse Thief!


• Bárðarbunga pictures, charts, and video: And so begins the gas plume


• Genetic maps reveal Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone is linked to one funeral and virus is mutating


• Scottish Independence can actually happen.


• 'Hands up!'

Rafael Cruz: The ‘average Black’ doesn’t understand why the minimum wage is bad

Police: 9-year-old girl involved in fatal Uzi shooting told mother weapon was ‘too much’ for her

College student carries mattress around campus to protest lack of sanctions against rapist

Prostate foundation rejects cash from Reddit users feeling guilty over Jennifer Lawrence pics

Professor: Being gay is like smoking, so charge LGBT people more for life insurance

PetSmart adoption day goes horribly wrong — man may face charges for stabbing pit bull

CeeLo Green defends alleged drink-spiking: It’s only ‘really’ rape when she’s conscious