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When the news has stories about smoking, they show the smoking B-roll! Ben Hoffman's latest song about the news. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com . added by: Ben_Hoffman

Ricky Martin comes out: 'Proud' to be a gay man | HDLNR

Ricky Martin comes out : ‘Proud’ to be a gay man. Posted On March29, 2010 at 9:35 pm. Tags: Entertainment · Ricky Martin comes out : ‘Proud’ to be a gay man. Post to Twitter · Post to Digg · Post to Facebook · Post to StumbleUpon …

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Barack Obama tells troops in Afghanistan: ‘we will get the job done’

Barack Obama tells troops in Afghanistan: 'we will get the job done' added by: poojam

Federal officials thwart militia plot

From NBC's Pete Williams Federal prosecutors say members of a Michigan-based militia planned to kill a local policeman — and then attack the law enforcement officers who gathered in Michigan for the funeral. According to court documents, the plan was to attack law enforcement vehicles during a funeral procession with homemade bombs. Prosecutors say one of the militia members downloaded information about how to build the devices from the Internet and emailed diagrams of them to someone he believed was capable of making them. The militia member directed his son and others to begin gathering the materials requires to make them. Justice Department officials say that nine people — six from Michigan, two from Ohio, and one from Indiana — have been charged in what they say was this plot to attack local police. It's clear that the FBI has had this group under close watch for months, and had the capacity to shut it down whenever investigators believed it was planning to go operational, which is just what happened over the weekend. added by: CaptSutter

Oprah Narrates Snooki’s Mating Habits

After listening to Oprah Winfrey narrate the first installment of the Discovery Channel's “Life,” we want her to provide the voiceover to all of our favorite shows. A long elusive example from this week's infoMania: Oprah narrates Snooki from “The Jersey Shore.” infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com . added by: Conor_Knighton

A Surfing Alpaca: Viral Video Film School

Brett Erlich gives a pop quiz on this week's biggest viral videos: fighter jet landing fake out, the lady who bends a frying pan with her hands, dumpster jumping fail, and a surfing alpaca. Viral Video Film School is a recurring segment on the weekly television show infoMania. In each episode of VVFS, Professor Brett Erlich teaches you valuable skills in the discipline of Viral Video making. So sit down, take notes, and try not to piss him off. For more Brett visit http://current.com/viral-video-film-school-im/ and Current TV. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com . added by: Brett_Erlich

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Goes Off on Sarah Palin

In never-thought-you’d-see-the-day news, staunch conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck went off on The View yesterday, railing against none other than Sarah Palin. Why? Because Palin, for whom she campaigned during the 2008 election, released an ad that put 20 Democratic members of the U.S. Congress literally in the crosshairs. Palin’s call to kill Democrats grass roots action came in response to the Dems’ big f*%king deal overhaul of the health care system, which she’s very opposed to. The former Alaska Governor’s Facebook page features her political action committee’s ad targeting the 20 Democratic incumbents, with a “SarahPac map” marking, with guns, the districts where Democrats voted “yes” for health care reform. Elisabeth would like a mulligan on this campaign rally. Hasselbeck also opposes health reform, but she’s actually far more upset about how people on her own side of the political spectrum are handling themselves. “I think the way some Republicans are handling this is nothing more than purely despicable,” she said in response to Palin’s ad. “It’s disappointing to see this come from the Party, and I would hope that leaders like Sarah Palin would end this.” No word if Sarah also plugged Bristol Palin on there somehow. Liberal-leaning co-host Joy Behar got Elisabeth going by saying the map looked “like an Al Qaeda Christmas card.” We were surprised to watch Elisabeth concur. Check out them going off on the professional celebrity below … Hasselbeck Calls Out Palin

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James O’Keefe: Profile of a Right-Wing Nut in Facebook Pictures [Teabuggers]

James O’Keefe, the Teabugger/conservative rapscallion is pleading guilty to reduced charges for sneaking into a Senator’s office to do… something. He once ” investigated ” ACORN. So we’ve conducted an in-depth, O’Keefe style psychological “investigation” of him, using only his Facebook pictures. Some might argue that O’Keefe’s ridiculous stunts, and friendship with the odious Andrew Breitbart , come from a life of privilege, a blinkered worldview that can lead only to a disgusting, sneery attitude toward those less fortunate. We thought so too. Until we saw these pictures of a harrowing life spent… ah who are we kidding. He’s as dreadful as you thought. Here he is, decked out like Gordon Gekko, puffing on a cigar he lit with… a $1 bill. Which, according to Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code, can garner up to six months in jail. Here’s the section in full: “Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.” It is apparently enforced by the Secret Service . This is a one-picture sociological study we’ve titled ‘rich young men who wear blazers and slacks’. Contrary to appearances, O’Keefe decries privilege! He’s fighting for the common man when he targets organizations set up to help poor people, like ACORN. Indeed, we believe he was talking about hiring an ethnic minority deckhand for his yacht just seconds before this picture was taken. You can breathe a sigh of relief. O’Keefe’s conservative credentials are now complete. He has a gun. Indeed he brandishes said gun. But there is one image that sums him up above all others. One that forestalls any need for a biography… Screengrabbed from his Facebook page. How Ayn Rand-ian.

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Meet ‘Big Ben,’ Peaches Geldof’s Oversharing Heroin-Using Lover [Field Guide]

Ben Mills lives in Williamsburg and has ” Big Ben ” tattooed on his penis. He set the internet aflame with nude photos of British rock music heiress Peaches Geldof taken during an alleged heroin-fueled Scientology sex party. Let us introduce him. In his now-famous post to a Reddit comment thread “What’s your most WTF one-night stand story,” Ben described getting “high as a kite” and “hot and heavy” with Peaches—and waking up in a pool of vomit at Hollywood’s Scientology Celebrity Centre. Peaches’ lawyers dispute elements of the story, and Ben has yet to respond. He’s ignored multiple requests for comment; his MySpace and Facebook pages appear to have vanished. But with a man-about-town reputation and a well-archived life on the internet, a portrait is emerging. Here’s what we know about Big Ben. He had sexy time with Peaches and photographed it. Peaches’ lawyer says Ben’s photos “were taken for private purposes,” and though the lawyer casts doubt on certain parts of Ben’s story, the photos are real and so was at least some of their passion. He’s a mysteriously wealthy Williamsburgian. According to Crushable blogger Drew Grant —who has been “on-and-off dating” Mills for three weeks—Ben used to live in a “giant loft in Williamsburg with two puggles” and a pet dove. With varying levels of certainty, two friends mentioned a trust fund. One adds, “He also makes money like crazy” from a “sorta shady Internet start-up.” And he’s pretty Williamsburg-y. Describes a friend: “He’s a laid-back kind of California surfer dude who is really personable and has his hand in a lot of different pots (like he’s one of the founding members of that Bushwick trailer park, but you won’t find his name in any of the articles about the place)” He has ‘Big Ben’ tattooed on his penis. Ben says he and Peaches first bonded over their tattoos, “which both of us have a good amount of.” On his right breast, blue waves lap an ornate red skull . Drew Grant describes seeing his penis tattoo at a Jewish Purim party: me: i went to a purim party last night in the hasid district and my date whipped out his dick at this orthodox get-together because his name is ben and his dick said big ben. Smash: tattoo? me: no, his dick yelled it. yes, it was a tattoo. He’s a motorcycle enthusiast. Ben regularly posts on motorcycle forums and has a long track record of buying and selling bikes and parts online. In the past two years, he’s owned a Suzuki, two Ducatis, and a Honda 954 that was stolen last February in New York. When his bike got jacked, Ben posted a note online saying that he “would be happy to offer a reward or a few beers at a bar or something else.” Between this guy and Jesse James, this week is a renaissance of tattooed biker sex lives. He loves the internet. Ben found infamy on Reddit, but he’s appeared on many other internet sites over the years. When this latest scandal broke, he shut down his Facebook and Myspace accounts, but we found his old pages on EBay and Stumbleupon along with the cached version of his Myspace that identifies him as being 23-years-old. We also spotted Ben commenting on pictures of himself dancing with some lucky lady on the web site of party photographer Nicky Digital and using something called ThatsMyFace.com to see what he would like as an African, Asian, or East Indian. He told the Peaches story far and wide. “The time I woke up with a British fameball in Hollywood’s Scientology Center” was a go-to story for Big Ben (hey, we’ve all got one) and friends in New York and South America say they heard it—and saw the pictures. An old roommate says Ben “lent me the camera when i went to brazil for carnival. The photos were on the camera.” Ben takes a young lass for a turn on the dancefloor at the 2006 Robot Rock party at the now-closed West Village club Movida. [ NickyDigital ] Previously: Peaches Geldof’s Heroin-Fueled One-Night Stand at Hollywood’s Scientology Center—With Pictures Peaches Admits to Nude Pics, Denies Heroin and Scientology Allegations

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Share Your Facebook Defriending Horror Stories [Internets]

We told you about the people that suck on Facebook and Twitter and you responded with horror tales about the people you know. Here are some of the best, and we’d love to hear more! Commenter Cyr3n got rid of a family member for being a proselytizer. “I’m interested to know how many ppl were unfriended this wk in the wake of the healthcare law passing. I’ve been seeing a lot of crossfire on my RSS feeds lately! And yes, I’ve unfriended my own sister for posting hate-rant on my wall.” The Dewd has a friend who is so messy with internet schemes, he just can’t defriend him . “I have a guy with on Facebook that is in a league of his own. He’s a former high school teacher who got into Internet Marketing, and now all his updates are about webinars, or making things “go viral”, or about how social networking is not just “some fad.” This is peppered with occasional quotes from John C. Maxwell, and he talks a lot about “adding value.” He seems to have about 6 different schemes going at once…all misguided ventures that serve vague, ill-defined purposes. Needless to say, it’s a train wreck but I can’t bring myself to defriend him because it’s so entertaining.” BadLuckGirl hates fake account makers . “You should add Fake Account Makers to the list. Anyone who makes an account for their dog or their baby needs help. Sure, its cute to post pictures of the new baby or puppy or car there – that’s fine. But when the baby or the dog is writing on people’s walls, it’s crossed a line. One of my dad’s friends made an account for his new puppy. I accepted the friend request because the dog was soooo cute. But now, the dog is posting on his wall, calling him “Papa”. Even worse, now the dog is my ZooMate in Zoo World. I just sent a Collectible Pear Tree to a dog. She also plays CafeWorld and FarmVille, like her daddy! Attention: YOUR DOG DOES NOT PLAY FARMVILLE. I’m sure if she could talk, she’d call you Papa, but she would not ask you to fertilize her crops. The dog dude is ultra annoying because he’s a replyer. I can’t unfriend him because he’s practically my uncle. His responses to my statuses are always inane attempts to be funny or obvious questions with yes or no answers. I don’t like to reply because it just encourages him. Once, I posted the chorus to “Bad Romance” (when it was stuck in my head) and he tried to correct me – “Gaga Ooh La La? Don’t you mean “Lady Gaga” ?” or something stupid. Please, know what you’re talking about before trying to correct someone, especially when it comes to Lady Gaga.” Tart of Darkness wants some sympathy for being a “Replyer” but has plenty of hatred for a “Fisher.” “I’m a replyer, but I didn’t realize until now that’s a bad thing. I honestly thought people would appreciate having someone acknowledge their post instead of having it just hanging out there in cyberspace. This truly explains to me why I was defriended a long time ago by this woman on myspace. I could never understand it. Now I do. My pet peeve. Someone who refers cryptically to a private communication between you on their open status. As in “Dinner with Sandy = happy. Email from friend = sad.” Yeah. The email was from me and I emailed you because I thought the situation I wanted to describe to you was personal and private and I wanted to keep it out of the realm of gossip. So now you’ve publicized it without publicizing it. You bitch. And the point of my email was that I don’t actually consider you a friend, but more like a friendly acquaintance.” Many people complained about the recently married and new parents clogging up Facebook, but Juuuuules had a great defriending tale . “I had to de-friend a girl who I’ve know since high school. She counted down the days to her wedding…strating from day 365. EVERY. FUCKING. DAY. ‘182 days until I marry my best friiiiend!…181 days until I marry my best friend!…’ and so on… Now she is pregnant and has already started with the ‘Week 5- my little peanut is the size of a pencil eraser tee hee…'” What else you got, commenterati? What horrible things have happened now that you followed our advice and culled your list of friends? And tell us more about the horrible behavior that lead you to defriend them. All the bragging, self-promotion, horrible overshares, fishing comments, and flagarant abuse of Mafia Wars or Farmville updates. Feel free to leave screengrabs in the comments, just make sure to black out the names to protect the guilty. This is your forum, people. Scare us with your originality and blind us with the crushing horribleness of the rest of humanity. We’re asking for it, and we know you can deliver. [ Image via UltraHi’s Flickr ]

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Share Your Facebook Defriending Horror Stories [Internets]