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  • Apple Wants to Help eRase U2 from Your Memory Altogether

    Last week, Apple put U2’s new album on everyone’s iTunes library. Despite the fact that it was a “free giveaway” and stuff, people bitched about it. A lot. So many people bitched about it that Apple felt compelled to construct a one-click tool with the sole function of allowing people to remove the U2 album from their iTunes. Moral of the story – nobody likes mandatory U2.

    Conan recently wondered whether or not that’s enough. What if removing the newest U2 album doesn’t really help with the root of the problem – the fact that people still know about U2. People still have memories about U2.

    Thankfully, the eRase U2 app is here to help you go all eternal sunshine of the bonoless mind.

    Now that’s what I call disruptive.

    Image via Team Coco, YouTube screenshot

  • Natasha Leggero Not Apologizing. Uh Oh, SpaghettiOs?

    Natasha Leggero kicked off the New Year fighting a ton of backlash for a joke about Pearl Harbor veterans and SpaghettiOs.

    It was a situation of a new controversy developing that managed to overshadow the original controversy in question. On the December 7th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the SpaghettiOs twitter asked that Americans take a moment from their holiday preparations to remember the veterans. The idea of a company whose brand one doesn’t readily associate with one of the most traumatic events in American history tweeting at people about it was bizarre on its face. SpaghettiOs message shared a picture of the brand’s mascot holding an American flag and looking just a little too happy. Needless to say, those who came across the tweet were less than impressed.

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    A few weeks later, the screen capture was shared on “New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly” and Leggero was asked about it.

    In the aftermath of the fallout over the comment, it must be said that SpaghettiOs must be thanking its lucky stars for Leggero, who managed to both take the focus off of their questionable tweet and get the brand all sorts of free publicity. As for the embattled funny woman, she is standing firm, and refuses to say sorry.

    Via her own website she writes a lengthy explanation for her behavior.

    “I wish I could apologize, but do you really want another insincere apology that you know is just an attempt at damage control and not a real admission of guilt? Let me just try instead to be honest.”

    In any event, Leggero joins a long line of comedians and one Megyn Kelly in the struggle to make questionable jokes without apologizing for them when they appear to go too far.

    She did raise one very interesting point: How is it that many Americans find time to care about a throwaway remark on New Year’s Eve, but not enough time to care about the very real struggle to get American veterans the medical care and financial support they need?

    Some will fire back that they are capable of multitasking. To this, Leggero has already responded with a pre-emptive, “Kudos”.

    Image via SpagettiOs Twitter, Artie Lange

  • Lolo Jones Tweets about Rachel Jeantel

    Lolo Jones Tweets about Rachel Jeantel

    New rule: Lolo Jones, Olympic hurdler, has to stay away from social media and any other technology that enables her to voice her thoughts to the general population.

    Watching the testimony of Rachel Jeantel, witness in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin murder trial, Jones tweeted the following:

    Rachel Jeantel looked so irritated during the cross-examination that I burned it on DVD and I’m going to sell it as Madea goes to court.
    — Lolo Jones (@lolojones) June 27, 2013

    Wow.

    There’s no need to over-analyze this impolitic reference to Tyler Perry’s Madea character, but this latest incident might be a nice moment to reflect on Jones’s tendency to shoot herself in the foot (bad business for a hurdler).

    During the 2012 London Olympics, Jones tweeted, “USA Men’s Archery lost the gold medal to Italy but that’s ok, we are Americans… When’s da Gun shooting competition?” A bit tone deaf considering she tweeted this less than two weeks after the Aurora, Colorado movie theater massacre at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

    And earlier this month, she posted a Vine video in which she shows off her paltry $741 paycheck from the US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, complete with mock phone call to her landlord to say she’d be a bit late with the rent.

    This rankled bobsledders, for whom $741 apparently seems sensible for an entire season’s work (Jones took up bobsledding this past winter to try to find the success that eluded her at the London Olympics). To quell that, Jones claimed she was trying to help her fellow bobsledders by drumming up financial support. “I can’t imagine,” she stated,

    halfway through my track season having to stop and raise money to finish. The vine of the paycheck is just showing the difference between track and bobsled, and to be honest bobsledders work more hours than track! The bottom line is that all Olympic athletes dedicate their lives to their sports and do not receive lucrative paychecks like athletes in mainstream professional sports. So hopefully this will make people appreciate just how hard Olympians work, often just for the love of the sport.

    Long story short, Lolo’s got a good sense of humor and epicly bad judgement.

  • Zimmerman Trial Joke: Attorney Throws Himself on the Mercy of the Court

    Prosecutors and defense attorneys have delivered opening statements in the case against George Zimmerman. Neither statement went well.

    The prosecuting attorney charged with delivering the opening statement, John Guy, began with the following: “Good morning. ‘F***ing punks. These a******s all get away.’”

    If this was disconcerting for you, imagine how bizarre it must have seemed for the six jurors in the Trayvon Martin murder case. Guy went on to explain that the expletive-laced statement was something Zimmerman said moments before his fatal confrontation with Martin: “These were the words in this grown man’s mouth as he followed this boy that he didn’t know. Those were his words, not mine.” Even so, Guy’s eagerness to get his audience’s attention has been viewed as crass.

    While the prosecution had a punchy, if awkward, opening, defense attorney Don West had it worse—he started off with a knock-knock joke.

    “Knock knock,” he began. “Who’s there? George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who? Good, you’re on the jury.” This apparent reference to the difficulty of seating jurors unfamiliar with the case didn’t fly, and West went on to apologize, promising “no more bad jokes” and claiming he felt that his “delivery” had failed him.

    This was an inauspicious beginning to what will surely continue to be a high profile trial.

    George Zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in relation to the February 26, 2012 death of high school student Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in a gated community in Sanford, Florida, called 911 after deeming Martin “suspicious.” Going against the instructions of the 911 operator, Zimmerman confronted Martin, and, after a struggle, shot the 17 year old.

    The case has aroused racial tensions nationwide, as Martin was African-American and Zimmerman’s willingness to pursue Martin has been suggested to have been racially motivated. The Martin incident was the fifth time in seven months that Zimmerman had called 911 to report a suspicious person in his community. In all five instances, the person Zimmerman identified as suspcious was an African-American male.

    If convicted, Zimmerman could face 25 years to life in prison.

  • Carson Daly Offends Gay Community With JetBlue Joke

    Carson Daly, who has hosted numerous television and radio programs including MTV’s Total Request Live, is in hot water over comments he made on his L.A. radio show earlier today.

    The comments were in reference to the JetBlue pilot who suffered a panic attack on a recent flight and had to be restrained after causing a scene. The flight, which was headed to a convention in Las Vegas, was forced to land in Texas in order for authorities to gain control of the situation.

    Daly said, “On this particular flight, most of the people were on their way to some sort of security conference in Las Vegas…so it was a bunch of dudes, and well-trained dudes. If that were me, with my luck, it would be like … ‘this is the flight going to [the gay pride parade] in San Francisco … I mean, that would be my colleagues. ‘Uh, we’re headed down to Vegas for the floral convention. Can we get a little help up here with the pilot?’

    And then, in a mocking tone of voice, he said, “Oh no!” to which the female he was talking to said, “I might break my nails”.

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    Many in the gay community took offense to his words, which were construed as cruel and unnecessary by attempting to paint LGBT individuals as incapable of defending themselves or taking action when it is needed. Daly later apologized via Twitter and sent a statement to GLAAD:

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    Carson Daly    This morning on my radio show I attempted to make fun of myself & offended others by mistake. I sincerely apologize.(image) 22 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    “We live in a time where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals find courage every day to overcome adversity, stand up to bullying and find equality. I’m truly saddened that my words today suggested otherwise. I’ve long been a supporter of gay, lesbian, and transgender rights, and I’m saddened that my comments, however unintentional, offended anyone, specifically members of the LGBT community. The fact that I have hurt anyone is devastating. I’m not that guy. I’m proud to be an ally of the LGBT community and will continue to fight with them.”

  • Friends Barred From U.S. Over Twitter Joke

    Friends Barred From U.S. Over Twitter Joke

    Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting got into some trouble recently. Van Bryan had a couple of especially interesting tweets that made Government officials raise their eyebrow. Van Bryan tweeted:

    “3 weeks today, we’re totally in LA p****** people off on Hollywood Blvd and diggin’ Marilyn Monroe up!”

    He also tweeted, asking a follower a question:

    “free this week for a quick gossip/prep before I go destroy America? x”

    Upon arrival to the states, the two were detained for extensive questioning. Van Bryan was held in a cell with immigrant drug peddlers, while Bunting was detained in a separate cell. Van Bryan explained to authorities that the term “destroy” was British vernacular for “party”. The two were later released and sent home on a plane.

    Both Bunting and Van Bryan feel U.S. officials took their seemingly innocent tweets too far. They say they were simply on holiday to America and just wanted to have some fun.

    With this recent news, do you feel government has taken security too far or do you feel that you can never be too careful? Let us know in the comments.