See It: Virginia Governor Poses for Photo With Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson’s Weed
Last weekend, Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe paid Willie Nelson a visit after the annual Farm Aid benefit concert in Bristow, Virginia. The two posed for a happy picture together in Nelson’s bus, but unbeknownst to McAuliffe, there was a jar of Willie’s trademark weed—legally sold in Colorado and Washington—sitting right there in plain view. So much for the governor’s nice photo op.
Nelson’s wife Annie D’Angelo noticed the can of Willie’s Reserve—or perhaps knew about it’s placement all along—and tweeted it at CNN contributor Paul Begala with the caption “UH OH Trouble!”
https://twitter.com/BioAnnie1/status/777293881935355904
McAuliffe’s spokesman Brian Roy told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the governor had no idea that a container of marijuana sitting right next to him. It also seems like the governor was unaware of Nelson’s well-known love and use of the herb.
“He was not and still is not aware of whatever was on the table or anywhere around him and wouldn’t know marijuana or related paraphernalia if it walked up and shook his hand,” he said. “He’s cool, but he’s not that cool.”
Coy added that McAuliffe has “never touched a drug in his life.” While we’re skeptical of that claim, D’Angelo did say that only Nelson smoked that night.
https://twitter.com/BioAnnie1/status/777307625629384704
McAuliffe has expressed support for medical marijuana in the past ( the state is also considering legislation that would legalize certain cannabis oil for medical use for some patients), but two years ago, the governor said he’s “not there yet” on legalizing recreational use. “Not there yet” translates to police officers in Virginia continuing to bust people for marijuana; as The Intercept notes, in 2015 alone more than 20,000 people were arrested in the for marijuana-related offenses.
As for the weed next to the good governor in the photo: It looks like a quarter ounce container, so if he and Willie were busted by the local law they would only face up to 30 days in prison and a $500 fine, unless either had prior drug convictions in the state, in which case they could spend up to a year in prison and pay a $2,500 fine.
Lick Pics: 19 Gorgeous Ice Cream Porn Instagrams
Is there a better way to celebrate the dead of winter than by taking a spin through the best ice cream porn available on Instagram? (Okay, yes, actually eating all of these amazing concoctions would be better. Point taken.)
1. Churro ice cream cones @chikaliciousnyc
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFH8pKlsdU7/
2. S’mores milkshake @theburgary.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BGdGIXymg_i/
3. Soft serve for miles.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BF1ju9fgkQX/
4. The 7-Year Sundae @southedison: Chocolate chip pretzel blondie, vanilla and mocha ice cream, caramel chocolate sauce, caramel corn, chantilly cream. Only $25!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BF9C48flDz2
5. Salted caramel with buttered pretzels, deep purple cow ice cream in a FrootLoops cone; Cookie dough, cake batter ice cream in an Oreo cone from @emackandbolios.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BFw9eG8qnyM/
6. Did you know vegan ice cream could look this good?
http://www.instagram.com/p/BIiGa6zDHu7
7. Red Velvet x3.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BHYQ29vDUs0
8. Ice cream sandwich cake from @yolanda_gampp.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BElSNr2prae/
9. Krusty the Cone from @sweetjesus: Cotton candy “hair”, cotton candy drizzle, vanilla soft serve, sprinkles.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BI_IiGzgB8_
10. Custom milkshake from @blacktapnyc: Krispy Kreme doughnut, Whoppers, chocolate Oreo ice cream, sparkler. (How you get to the actual liquid has yet to be determined).
http://www.instagram.com/p/BDwM0MZJYxt/
11. Cookie Monster Milky Bun from @aftersicecream
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEIKxO4qI1B/
12. Matcha ice cream in a crepe cone from @crepecoop.
http://instagram.com/p/BDb0OoKh9TW/
13. Salted caramel cronut.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BDGm60uTcGR
14. Pie à la mode! Mexican vanilla, black lava sea salt ice cream; peanut butter, chocolate, Nutella, potato chip, pretzel crust pie via @dalypies; Nilgiri black tea, lemon charcoal caramel ice cream on a salted blue corn honey cone from @thekonery.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BCQ4UWkFM7D
15. Ultimate ice cream sandwich tower (Coco Puffs, Captain Crunch, etc.) @libertypublicmarket.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BEiB0HeOiA8
16. The Rocky Roadhouse from @biggayicecream. Chocolate, almonds, marshmallows, and chocolate chips.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIaNRqfh104/
17. Chocolate stout cake shake @chipublichouse.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BGe7WFzNOz5
18. Nutella and peanut butter waffle filled with whipped cream, Oreos and chocolate sauce.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BClG7g_JY6r/
19. The only way to order toasted marshmallow fluff ice cream cones: by the pair.
http://www.instagram.com/p/BEGfreJiQtO/
Let’s Talk About How North Korea Only Has 28 Websites
On Monday night, someone in North Korea fucked up and switched some computer thing that shouldn’t be switched (“One of North Korea’s top level nameservers was accidentally configured to allow global DNS zone transfers,” as a computer researcher put it), revealing to the world that the hermit kingdom only has 28 websites. That sounds…kind of nice?
According to CNBC, computer researcher Matthew Bryant noticed the mistake and was able to gain access to the domain names and some data, which he uploaded to GitHub. A reddit thread detailed the accessible sites, which include websites for travel, insurance, cooking, news, charity, film, and Facebook-like social media site called Friends. Screenshots of the websites are below:
Would we all be better off with fewer websites? There’s not a doubt in my mind (unless, say, your livelihood depends on a content bubble). Of course, good new sites pop every now and again, so a hard limit would be difficult to support. And there’s, uh, all the other bad stuff that North Korea does, like illegally testing nuclear weapons, violating basic human rights, and–worst of all–banning sarcasm. Hmm. Anyway, what an interesting glimpse into an extremely secretive country!
See It: Nude Dude And His Dog Photobomb Girl’s Senior Pictures
Jillian Henry just wanted the Willamette River to serve as a scenic backdrop to her senior pictures. Turns out that picture also included a nude dude and his dog.
Henry had ventured down to the river with her friend, photographer Elena Nesbit, to snap the pictures. But at some point the strange beast and his dog emerged, causing the two girls to burst out laughing.
As a joke, Henry posted the photos on Twitter, writing “love my senior pics ?” as a caption. The tweet went viral, and Henry has now earned more than 44,000 retweets and 120,000 favorites as a result. A fellow Twitter user pointed out: that’s more than Kanye usually gets.
https://twitter.com/jill_henn/status/769974985037377536
“We weren’t too shocked because living in Eugene you see these kind of things a lot,” Henry told BuzzFeed. “We just thought it was really funny because there was people around.”
Eugene Man—the new Florida Man?
[h/t Select All]
Watch This Guy Try Not To Lose It While Eating ‘World’s Spiciest Noodles’
Why someone would want to subject themselves to intentional pain is anyone’s guess, but that doesn’t make watching a guy almost die from consuming something potentially fatal any less entertaining. Enter the ‘World’s Spiciest Noodles.’
Case in point: YouTube’s Awesome Eats. In the video below, he goes balls out and orders what he claims are the spiciest noodles in the world from a restaurant dedicated to Indomie goreng. The noodle dish is something that translates to “death” on the restaurant’s make-shift Scoville chart; a dish embellished with 100 Birds Eye chilies, which are less hot than a habenero, but much spicier than a jalapeño.
Awesome Eats tries his best to keep it together while eating this hazard, enduring intense pain that seems to come in waves. Ultimately, he describes his experience as the “shittiest feeling in the world,” and says “this is the last time I’m eating spicy food for a stupid show like this.” Your move, Awesome Eats.
UPDATE: the original video has been taken down, so in its place, we present a highlight reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvtuteHYGU
Dad Accidentally Eats 4 Weed Brownies From Son’s Stash, Disses Cat
It’s a tale as old as time: A dad minding his own business accidentally eats four weed brownies and ends up crawling on the ground in a panic, where he encounters the family cat and calls her a bitch.
This spectacular event took place the other evening in Omaha. The Omaha World-Herald reports the 53-year-old man discovered and ate the brownies while he was unloading groceries from a car that his adult children had used—and apparently left a plate of weed-enhanced brownies in—earlier.
Sometime later, when the man and his wife were watching television, the man complained of “bad anxiety.” After trying and failing to reach their children to ask what was in the brownies, the wife called 911. Responding officers discovered an unusual scene. From the World-Herald:
Paramedics called to the scene who checked the man found his vital signs to be normal. But they noted he was displaying odd behavior — crawling around on the floor, randomly using profanities and calling the family cat “a bitch.”
The man told paramedics he felt like “he’s trippin’.”
The man was helped to his bedroom, where he crawled into bed and was told to call 911 if the trippin’ got worse. According to a police report, one of the couple’s sons later came home and told police “pretty sure it was just marijuana in the brownies.”
Dads everywhere: next time you over-indulge, here are some tips on how to stay chill.
Ramen Is Now More Valuable Than Cigarettes In Prison
It should come as no surprise that a calorie-dense meal that’s easy to obtain and even easier to make is basically edible dollar signs to a prisoner. And now it’s a more wanted commodity than even tobacco.
A doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona’s school of sociology dug deep into the subject of prison currency and found that the shift from previous “gold standard” valuables (stamps, envelopes, tobacco) to food magnifies the decline of nutritional quality in prisons. Nobody wants to eat the slop being served behind bars.
The popularity of ramen is nothing new. One inmate, Gustavo Alvarez, even wrote a cookbook on the subject, featuring recipes from formerly incarcerated celebs, like Slash and Shia Lebouf.
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Related Story: Here’s 5 Easy Munchies that Cost Less Than $3 To Make
Alvarez told NPR how prisoners improvise to make meals out of instant noodles, saying:
In most cases, if you’re lucky enough to know somebody that works in the kitchen, they can bring you back some raw onions, maybe some chives, some jalapenos, fresh vegetables. And then there’s times when you don’t have much but tap water, a bag of Cheetos — Flamin’ Hot Cheetos at that — and a couple of soups. And you know what? You make a little tamale.
We now live in an age where prisoners are bumming cigarettes off one another, not to smoke, but to buy noodles.
Fresh Playlist: Arcade Fire, Joey Badass Get Political On Inauguration Day
With new music flying like warp-speed through the various channels of the tnternet, it can be hard to keep up. But worry not. We’re here to deliver the most-discussed and exciting songs that you need for the weekend.
Arcade Fire ft. Mavis Staples—“I Give You Power”
As a group, spaces of refuge has always interested Arcade Fire. Singer Win Butler’s voice, though manipulated through various projects, hints toward oxymoron: fragile, yet resilient. Hopeful and cynical. Lost, but of a place. But through their empathic viewpoints, Arcade Fire finds the reason in both arguments and lands in the shared sliver of self-created Venn diagrams.
A space of refuge, somewhere between our current reality and reality TV, is what many may need in these times. Backed by a growling Mavis Staples, “I Give You Power” argues for individual empowerment and how much influence on has within and outside themselves. Mavis Staples chanting “Watch Me” at song’s end is downright militaristic in its force and fortitude.
As Butler told Beats 1’s Zane Lowe, “I talked to Mavis last night and she said, ‘Now more than ever we just need to hold onto each other.’ For us it’s a feeling of solidarity—to not feel powerless and focus on what we can do as individuals and try to do our part.”
Joey Bada$$—“Land of the Free”
Talking with co-workers recently, we all were interested—and kind of excited—to see how artists might respond under a Donald Trump presidency. Judging from Arcade Fire and Joey Bada$$, the question comes with various answers. Both argue for a sense of community from the people, though Joey is quietly indignant on this funky track.
Maggie Rogers—“On + Off”
Thanks to her debut single “Alaska,” a precious twist on folk featuring contemporary programmed drums, Maggie Rogers earned some warranted attention from indie tastemakers. Her latest upbeat single “On + Off” showcases the versatility of the singer, her talent not really of or contained within a specific genre.
Migos—“What The Price”
Without a doubt, a clarity and hunger reverberates through the Migos’ latest releases. Though “What the Price” is more subtle and laidback, it’s nonetheless caustic. This track, like “Bad and Boujee,” display that energetic union only this group can pull off. (Example: Takeoff raps, “I’ma go find me a better route / That bullshit and cap you can leave it out” and Quavo responds in ad-lib, “cap.” It’s genius in execution.) Culture is shaping up to be a very enticing record.
Gorillaz ft. Benjamin Clementine—“Hallelujah Money”
In their first song in six years, the Gorillaz teamed up with Benjamin Clementine to attack the uncertainty and unrest floating in the air. It’s unclear whether this record will be featured on their long-awaited fifth album, said to be coming out this year, but it’s clear the years haven’t dulled the group’s subversive wit and precision.
They’re All Winners: Introducing The Best Animal Fails Of 2016
Some of the best photography is a beautiful accident. A photographer aims to capture one thing, and ends up snatching something completely different in the process. In the case of The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards, that thing is usually hilarious.
Established by a wildlife conservation organization, the CWPA is “a photography competition that [is] light hearted, upbeat, possibly unpretentious and mainly about wildlife doing funny things.”
The Overall Winner this year was Angela Bohlke, who caught a fox face-planting in the snow shot in Yellowstone National Park. She also received the top prize in the On the Land category for her efforts.
“The picture shows a red fox hunting for his morning breakfast, a small rodent, known as a vole,” Bohlke said. “This photograph is from one of the times he unfortunately, however, hilariously missed. On the third try, he finally succeeded.”
Other winners include Taiwan’s Jim Chen in the Underwater Category for his photo of a painted frog fish for slapping another in the face. The In the Air winner was Nicholas de Vaulx, who snapped a photo of a pelican dropping his catch mid-flight to some pretty funny results.
However fun the photos may be, the CWPAs does promote a serious message of raising awareness to protect the environments of our world, as well as its animals.
“Animals can make you laugh without even knowing why. It is the anthropomorphic behavior,” Judge Tom Sullam said. “There is also such a broad range of animals, from so many countries, that it really raises the awareness of conservation on a global scale.”
