History Is Written By The Winners

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St. Vincent

Annie Clark is an American multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter who performs under the moniker St. Vincent. She was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens’ touring band.

Clark released her debut album, Marry Me, July 10, 2007 on Beggars Banquet Records. Named after a line from the cult-hit television show Arrested Development, the LP features appearances from drummer Brian Teasley (Man or Astro-man?, The Polyphonic Spree), Mike Garson (David Bowie’s longtime pianist), and horn player Louis Schwadron (The Polyphonic Spree).

In 2008 Clark was nominated for three PLUG Independent Music Awards: New Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, and Music Video of the Year, and on 6 March 2008, she won the Female Artist of the Year award.

Her second album for Beggars Banquet, entitled Actor, was released on May 5 worldwide. It was written entirely by Clark, and produced by Clark and John Congleton of The Paper Chase.

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Levels of Awkward

Awkward: Having a lactation room right next to the office cafeteria.

Awkwarder: Emerging from said cafeteria with a jug of milk only to bump into someone exiting the the lactation room.

Awkwardest: Immediately getting a raging stiffy from the whole encounter.

Dick Cheney Is More Progressive Than Barack Obama

“As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don’t support. I do believe that the historically the way marriage has been regulated is at the state level. It has always been a state issue and I think that is the way it ought to be handled, on a state-by-state basis … But I don’t have any problem with that. People ought to get a shot at that”

— Dick Cheney, reiterating his opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act

“I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman… I do believe that tradition and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.”

— Barack Obama explains his opposition to gay marriage

Yup, you read that right. Dick Cheney supports gay marriage more than Barack Obama does.

See Also: Quote of the Day: Obama on Gay Marriage, New Hampshire Is Sixth State to Ratify Gay Marriage, How to Sell Marriage Equality, I am still in love with Obama, Obama Continues To Disappoint, The Dick Cheney Tolerance Myth, Cheney for Gay Marriage, and Dick Cheney comes out in support of gay marriage.

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Change Smells Like Bill Clinton’s Dirty Underwear

You always know Onion, you always know:

WASHINGTON—In a slight shift from his campaign trail promise, President Obama announced Monday that his administration’s message of “Change” has been modified to the somewhat more restrained slogan “Relatively Minor Readjustments in Certain Favorable Policy Areas.” “Today, Americans face a great many challenges, and I hear your desperate calls for barely measurable and largely symbolic improvements in the status quo,” said Obama, who vowed never to waver in his fight for every last infinitesimal nudge forward on the controversial issues of torture and the military ban on homosexuals. “Remember: Yes we can, if by that you mean tiptoeing around potentially unpopular decisions that could alienate a large segment of the populace.” Washington insiders said that, while the new mottos are certainly in keeping with Obama’s pledge of government transparency, they are significantly less catchy.