First they took over America, and I did not speak out for I was not American…
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People Are Giving Their Cats Donald Trump Hairstyles
Because some hair is too good not to share.
Firebrand Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been all over the news lately.
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The real estate mogul is famous for his business acumen, as well as his controversial statements. But there is one thing about him that also gets a lot of attention.
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His one-of-a-kind hair!
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An Instagram account called @TrumpYourCat has seized the moment by encouraging people to craft fur toupees for their cats resembling Trump's iconic comb-over.
Australia Will Now Have A Fourth Straight Election On The Emissions Trading Scheme
Labor confirms it’ll take an ETS to the 2016 election, nine years after it was first raised.
Nine years after prime minister John Howard first promised an emissions trading scheme, Australia will be subjected to a fourth straight election debating the worthiness of an ETS.
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Labor leader Bill Shorten has confirmed that he'll make an emissions trading scheme the centerpiece of his environment policy at next year's election.
"We have been clear, though, that we will take to the 2016 election an emissions trading scheme, a scheme that will place a legal cap on carbon pollution that then lets business work out the cheapest and the most effective way to operate," he said.
The spooky spectre of the ETS debate was reignited on Wednesday when News Corp papers published claims Labor had (metaphorically) turned into zombies.
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Environmental Groups Say They Are Under Attack From The Government And Big Coal
Coalition MPs say environmental organisations shouldn’t be participating in political advocacy, but green groups say the mining industry is behind the parliamentary probe.
When you give money to an environmental group like Greenpeace or the WWF, should you be able to claim it back as a tax-deductible donation?
That's the question a parliamentary committee is trying to answer as it holds an inquiry into the definition of an 'environmental organisation' and investigates whether the government should remove the ability of green groups to claim charitable status if they participate in political advocacy.
Chaired by Liberal backbencher Alex Hawke, the inquiry's terms of reference are to "look at the Register of Environmental Organisations and its effectiveness in supporting communities to take practical action to improve the environment."
The Register contains a list of 600 environmental groups that have "deductible gift recipient" (DGR) status, which means people can donate to them and claim a deduction from their tax. But several government MPs and resources groups say this isn't fair, because some of these groups interfere with politics (and big mining projects) at the taxpayers' expense.
Environmental groups ranging from multinational organisations to volunteer grassroots campaigners say losing their tax-deductible status would see donations dry up and cripple their efforts to save the natural world.
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The oil and gas industry says some environmental groups are abusing the system by using donations to subsidise illegal activism instead of doing "practical work to conserve and protect the environment".
In its submission to the inquiry, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association accused a group called CounterAct of running "activist training camps" that teach how to "blockade lawful development" and how to be "strategically arrested" by police.
CounterAct, an affiliate of Friends of the Earth, responded by saying their role is to provide training for grassroots groups, such as farmers defending their land, who feel as though they've been abandoned by the National Party.
For them, civil disobedience has long been a part of creating change.
"It is becoming increasingly obvious that this federal government has no interest in advocating for the environment - so it is left to community groups," Nicola Paris from CounterAct told BuzzFeed News.
"Of course they need to advocate for systemic change, not piecemeal tree planting projects. The damage is systemic, and so our response should be," she said.
The inquiry has seen industry groups clash with environmental groups. The NSW Minerals Council, representing the state's $21.1 billion mining industry went after the Lock the Gate Alliance in its submission.
"For the purposes of eligibility for Deductible Gift Recipient status, Lock the Gate is not an environmental organisation but rather a professional activist group whose objective is to disrupt and hamper the resources sector in NSW," the submission reads.
Lock the Gate describes itself on its website as a national grassroots organisation made up of farmers, traditional custodians, conservationists and urban residents. They were part of the so far unsuccessful campaign to stop a Chinese mine being built on Liverpool Plains farmland in NSW.
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How Well Do You Know Angel From "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"?
“You’re still my girl?”
This Musician Called Foy Vance Is Seriously Confusing Vance Joy Fans
You can’t make this shit up.
You probably know Aussie singer Vance Joy. He won us over with hit song "Riptide" and has been touring with Taylor Swift.
Fun fact: Vance Joy is a stage name. His real name is James Keogh.
And now meet Irish singer Foy Vance. Yes his name sounds like Vance Joy. Confusing right?! Actually, Foy Vance is an awesome alternative/folk artist, and is touring with Ed Sheeran.
Fun fact: To add to the confusion, Foy Vance has an album titled Joy of Nothing.
It's safe to say given the fact Ed and Taylor are, you know, BFFs and share many fans, there's been A LOT of confusion over the two support acts.
Louis Tomlinson Might Be Having A Baby And Everyone Is Making The Same Joke
Is he having a Tomlinson or a Tomlindaughter?! GEDDIT?
One Direction's Louis Tomlinson is reportedly having a baby with stylist Briana Jungwirth, according to People.
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Liam May Become Your Fave Hemsworth After This Movie Trailer
Also Kate Winslet is flawless, but you knew that already.
The trailer for upcoming Australian film The Dressmaker has been released, and star Liam Hemsworth is looking FIIIIINE.
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Sporting his natural Australian accent (yay!), he sounds pretty fine too.
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And OH YEAH THERE'S THIS.
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The Trailer For Amy Poehler And Tina Fey's New Movie Is Everything You'd Want It To Be
Best. Sisters. Ever.
The trailer for Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's new movie Sisters is here, and unsurprisingly it looks goddamn delightful.
In the movie, directed by Jason Moore of Pitch Perfect fame, Poehler and Fey play - you guessed it - sisters.
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The pair have to return home to clean out their childhood bedroom when their parents decide to sell the house.
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The ladies decide to throw one last "high school" party to say goodbye to the place.
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There Is A Potato Named "Red Foo" But It Is Not Named After Red Foo
An early investigation into potato origins.
So there you go... Redfoo ≠ "Red Foo".
Mike Huckabee's History DVD Teaches Kids The Opposite Of What He Believes About The Supreme Court
Huckabee’s history DVDs for kids, as he would say now, bow before the “false god of judicial supremacy,” declaring the Supreme Court the ultimate legal authority in the land.
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has said he wouldn't follow the Supreme Court's June ruling legalizing same-sex marriages, but back when he was selling educational DVDs, Huckabee was teaching kids that the Court was the "ultimate authority" on the Constitution.
Before running for president, Mike Huckabee often promoted "FREE" DVD programs on his popular Fox News show and on his Facebook page that have recurring charges hidden away in the fine print. The programs are made by the company Learn Our History, which Huckabee co-founded. The company is part of EverBright Media.
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One of the episodes from Learn Our History was on the Supreme Court:
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Huckabee is a co-founder of Learn Our History:
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Do You Remember These Discontinued Apple Products?
A nostalgia trip for ’90s and ’80s kids.
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I Fulfilled My Childhood Dream Of Getting Slimed And It Was Incredible
Turns out dreams are made of green guck.
Since the dawn of the '90s, kids across the nation have had one shared dream: to get slimed.
We all wanted to get on Double Dare, Slime Time Live, and Figure It Out just to get a taste of that sweet green goo.
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Today, I got to achieve that goal.
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Me. A grown-ass woman.
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But also just a regular '90s kid who dared to dream.
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This Metal Sculpture Is Supposed To Be A Cloud But It's Actually A Massive Penis
17 Confessions Over-Thinkers Can Relate To
I’m over-thinking about how much I over-think. Confessions via Whisper.
On creating problems in your own head:
On the way over-thinking can paralyse you:
On feeling out of control:
On the effect it has on your sex life:
Baz Luhrmann's House Looks Exactly Like Something From "The Great Gatsby"
So we beat on, boats against the current, wishing for a million-dollar mansion.
Baz Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby, has put his Darlinghurst, Sydney house up for sale.
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It's all very, very, very, VERY, nice.
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And, y'know... it can be yours for the little sum of $16 MILLION DOLLARS.
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But hey, who wouldn't want to live in a house that looks like it's been made for Jay Gatsby himself?
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This Guy's Instagram Account About Being A Third Wheel Is Heartbreakingly Hilarious
#blessed #tripleblessed #tripod
This Instagram account is the work of Peter Alden, a 29-year-old who works at a 3D interactive software start-up in New York City.
He tells BuzzFeed: "I am 29-years-old, single and living in NYC. Help!"
The other two people in the picture are his brother, Ben, and Ben's fiancée Marissa Evans – who is also Peter's best friend.
He said: "I used to live with my brother. When they started dating I was always around."
A Guy Gave A Facebook Account To The World And Things Got Very Weird
Joe Veix’s experiment was strange, funny, and told him more about social media than you might expect.
Veix told BuzzFeed: "A while back someone attempted to hack into an email address I had set up for a novelty social media account, so I changed all of my personal passwords in a paranoid frenzy. This got me thinking about account security, and the individualistic assumptions of social media."
He said he was also inspired by Mark Zuckerberg's attempt in 2010 to equate a Facebook account with personal integrity, which he found "dubious and creepy and depressing".
"Does a Facebook profile truly represent a person? No, of course not, that's ridiculous. But then I was curious to see what an account might look like if it were communal -- what would be different about it?" he said.
Then it got weird. First of all, someone changed the account name from "John Smith" to "Maximillien Manning".
Louis Tomlinson Joked About Being A Dad Three Years Ago
Well, this is awkward.
Tuesday night, People magazine reported that Louis Tomlinson is expecting a baby with friend and stylist, Briana Jungwirth.
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Government MP George Christensen Defends Planned Appearance At A Reclaim Australia Rally
Christensen insists the group is not anti-Islam, despite them urging people to support an “Australians Against Islam” page.
Nationals MP George Christensen has confirmed that he will speak at a Reclaim Australia rally in Mackay on the weekend.
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Confirming his appearance in a Facebook post this morning, Christensen said he chose to speak at the event because he wants to "support people who seek to defend our Australian way of life, our culture and our freedoms from the threat of radical Islam."
At Reclaim Australia rallies in Sydney and Melbourne in April, anti-racism protesters clashed with people with swastika tattoos who appeared to be from Neo-Nazi groups.
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