Tomorrow is a very special day, in fact, it might be a day like none we will ever see again. Tomorrow, both Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby fall on the same day. That means that you have not one, not two, but three reasons to drink. The third reason, of course, is that it’s Saturday. If you were busy stepping out of the primaries this week, odds are you missed it.
Love in a time of Reagan
It was is surely a coincidence, one of President Barack Obama’s ex-girlfriends is publishing her experiences in a biography in an election year. Genevieve Cook met the future president at a Christmas party in 1983, and found him very charming. However, she warned that he was distant and “deceptive” in so many ways, and promises to have all sorts of fodder for Republicans. But if he was at a Christmas party when he was 22, I guess that means he’s not a Muslim.
Crunchy snacks, now fortified with racism
Popchips, a snack company, landed itself in hot water this week after an online video campaign sparked cries of racism. In the video, Ashton Kutcher plays several different characters giving their introduction videos in a fictional dating site. One character is supposedly Indian, and is a computer programmer. So let that be a lesson to everyone: no matter what your production value, no matter what your target audience, Ashton Kutcher’s acting is still offensive.
Mummies bleed, too
Italian scientists say that they have found the world’s oldest blood, and they found it in Otzi, the 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in the Alps in 1991. The found blood cells on a cut on his hand and the wound where an arrow killed him long ago. Just think about it, if they have his blood cells, they might be able to clone him, and we could all see what humans looked like.