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Photo collection of the SOTU: January 25, 2011

Some of my favs:

Preparing:
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ empty seat:

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Guest of honor: Daniel Hernandez

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“No, YOU lie!” coalspeaker

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inothernews:  The working-class kid from Scranton, sittin behind the President.inothernews:

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strawberrysgirl:  needs to be posted again  &. am actually LOLingstrawberrysgirl

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inothernews

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Season 2 of The Walking Dead now on TV (via):

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Rachel Maddow’s response to Bachmann’s official Tea Party response:

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Who sat where (click for larger, interactive pic):

Your bullshit study of the day: Smiling men are not attractive to women?

Another bullshit study that I completely disagree with:

“While showing a happy face is considered essential to friendly social interactions, including those involving sexual attraction – few studies have actually examined whether a smile is, in fact, attractive,” says Prof. Jessica Tracy of UBC’s Dept. of Psychology. “This study finds that men and women respond very differently to displays of emotion, including smiles.”

In a series of studies, more than 1,000 adult participants rated the sexual attractiveness of hundreds of images of the opposite sex engaged in universal displays of happiness (broad smiles), pride (raised heads, puffed-up chests) and shame (lowered heads, averted eyes).

The study found that women were least attracted to smiling, happy men, preferring those who looked proud and powerful or moody and ashamed. In contrast, male participants were most sexually attracted to women who looked happy, and least attracted to women who appeared proud and confident.

Story is located here

I’d like to know exactly where these women are currently institutionalized…

http://www.parade.com/images/-v4/celebrity/2009/0426/default-robert-downey-jr.jpg

I love seeing men smile. The issue is that these kinds of photos are rare — photographers POSE men to not smile.  So now we’re conditioned to see men not smiling and that’s all we have to judge attractiveness. Google the men above and you’ll find hardly any images of them looking happy or laughing — but you will find a ton of Twilight-Emo poses to choose from.

Seriously, how could women not be attracted to a man who looks happy?

(Source: underthemountainbunker.com)

PHOTOS: Teaparty vs. #OccupyWallStreet — which group have the media taken more seriously?

And the larger question is: WHY?

Photo credits:

OWS: Meanwhile in “Liberty Square” NYC

fuckyeahmarxismleninism: New York City: Occupy Wall Street protester Brandon Watts lies injured on the ground after police attack on Zuccotti Park, November 17, 2011.

brandongblatt: Occupy Wall Street man being attacked by cop

juliomcdorkpants: Minutes ago at OWS NY.

ericmortensen:Occupy Wall Street: “blood and shoe left behind minutes ago” Photo by documentary filmmaker Luci Westphal.

It’s unclear whether this guy knocked off a police officer’s cap or was kicking barricades. In any event, he was stopped – cold.

Livestream with Tim Pool at http://www.ustream.tv/theother99

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