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PETA wrote to the organizers of this weekend’s National Chicken Wing Festival in Buffalo, New York: Dear Mr. Cerza: You may remember hearing from us a few years back, when we requested that you cancel the wing-eating competitions at the National Buffalo Wing Festival because of the cruelty inherent in poultry production. I’m reaching out again to ask you at …

Microsoft has purchased Finland-based Nokia’s cell phone business in a $7.2B deal that the New York Times is calling an “audacious effort” to capture the mobile market that has “largely passed it by.” Late Monday, Microsoft and Nokia said 32,000 Nokia employees would join Microsoft as a result of the all-cash deal, which is meant to turn the Finnish mobile …

“The musical evolution of twerking.”

Zack blogs for Think Progress.

The SPLC-certified hate group MassResistance says their new sticker fits “perfectly on your car between your Impeach Obama and NRA stickers!” (Tipped by JMG reader Richard)

The #IDidntJoin hashtag is being promoted by InfoWars nut Alex Jones. The wingnut-o-sphere is quite divided over these photos.

Russia’s state-owned RT News reported this morning that Russian radar detected the launch of two ballistic missiles over the Mediterranean. Israel is claiming that the action was part of a joint test exercise with the United States. USA Today reports: Tensions over Syria ratcheted up a notch on Tuesday after Russia’s Defense Ministry said it detected traces of ballistic “objects” …

Crackpot Eugene Delgaudio’s long-running battle against his fellow Loudoun County supervisors might be over. Via the Washington Post: For weeks, Delgaudio(R-Sterling) has vowed to fight the disciplinary action taken against him in July by the Board of Supervisors. But on Friday, he abruptly changed course and instead announced that he would accept the board’s vote to censure him, and would …

From the Associated Press: Wednesday’s hearing in Harrisburg pits Gov. Tom Corbett’s Health Department against D. Bruce Hanes, Montgomery County’s register of wills, who issues marriage licenses as part of his duties as clerk of the county orphan’s court. Hanes began giving marriage licenses to gay couples in late July, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out portions of …