No, Christopher Dorner Is Not the First Target for Drones on U.S. Soil
National security pundit Glenn Greenwald has an interesting thought experiment in the Guardian today that asks whether Christopher Dorner, the LAPD's suspected "killer cop," should be targeted for...
View ArticleGabrielle Giffords’ Gun Control Super PAC Releases its First Ad, Starring Her
Americans for Responsible Solutions, the Super PAC founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, has released its first ad called "Let's Get This Done." The...
View ArticleOh, the Attenuated Humanity: Sitting In On a New York Fashion Week Model Casting
Approaching today, the first anniversary of the death of Whitney Houston, I have been thinking about the way the pop star voiced her displeasure with her career during the last 10 years of her life....
View ArticleMontana TV Station's Emergency Alert System Hacked, Warns of Zombie Apocalypse
An emergency alert interrupted Montana television viewers as they watched the Steve Wilkos Show Monday, and calmly informed them that "dead bodies are rising from their graves." The (clearly) bogus...
View ArticleHeart Attack Grill Mascot 'Patient John' Alleman Dies of a Heart Attack
John Alleman died as he lived. For the last year and a half, Alleman served as the unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill — the infamous hospital-themed Las Vegas eatery that holds the world...
View ArticleGeorgia Lawmaker's Terrible Grasp of First Amendment Rights Results in Hurt...
Georgia State Representative Earnest Smith has a problem with Photoshop. Specifically, he has a problem with it being used to cause an "unknowing person wrongfully to be identified as the person in an...
View ArticleFetish Porn Mogul Arrested for Cocaine Possession By Cops Investigating...
Peter Acworth, CEO of San Francisco fetish-porn giant Kink.com, has made a fortune from BDSM and maintained a surprising respectability while doing it. Just last month brought the Sundance premier of...
View ArticleDespite Esquire Story's Claims, the SEAL Who Shot Osama Has Access to Health...
A popular Esquire story released today that claims the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden is ineligible for health care is apparently wrong about that, according to the military publication Stars...
View ArticlePassengers Stranded on Disabled Cruise Ship Describe Power Outages and...
Things aren't sounding so great for the 4,200 passengers stranded aboard the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship, which is currently being towed by two boats through the Gulf of Mexico to Mobile,...
View ArticleNorth Korea Reportedly Just Tested a Nuclear Bomb (UPDATE: North and South...
According to reports from the U.S. Geological Survey, there was a small, 4.9 magnitude earthquake in North Korea late on Monday. The tremor's epicenter was reportedly near North Korea's previous...
View ArticleCops Accused of Starting Fire as Charred Body Found in 'Dorner' Cabin
After hours of confusion and misreporting as police waited for fire to dissipate and temperatures to cool, authorities confirmed that a charred body was found in the smoldering cabin where a suspect...
View ArticleHere's a Hypnotic GIF of Chuck Schumer Nodding Creepily at the State of the...
You ask: why do I need a GIF of New York Senator Chuck Schumer nodding creepily at last night's State of the Union address? But you misunderstand: it is not the need that creates the GIF, but the GIF...
View ArticleCutest Dog with Cutest Name Wins Cutest In Show at Westminster
Variably referred to as an "Ewok," a "teddy bear," and a "monkey dog," an impossibly adorable black affenpinscher named Banana Joe brought home the Best In Show title at last night's 137th annual...
View ArticleFinally: The Very Last Harlem Shake Video Ever
YouTube superstar Freddie Wong finally gets around to making his own Harlem Shake video — and in traditional Freddie Wong fashion, he brings the whole Harlem Shake house down with him. (And if there...
View ArticleHere's a Supercut of All the Dry Mouth Noises Marco Rubio Made During Last...
No one will remember a single word from Sen. Marco Rubio's response to the State of the Union last night, lost as they were inside his desert mouth cave. When we think back on Rubio's words, we will...
View ArticleTerrifying Video of 'Killer Cop' Gun Battle Caught by Reporter
The gun battle and standoff between San Bernadino sheriff's deputies and alleged "killer cop" Christopher Jordan Dorner that dominated yesterday's news was captured by CBS reporter Carter Evans, who...
View ArticleState of the Union Seating Planners Troll Ted Nugent, Put Him Next to Gay...
After all that brouhaha over Ted Nugent — you know, the guy who threatened to kill President Obama — getting invited to the State of the Union by Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), the hard-talking,...
View ArticleHarry Potter Goes Hollywood, Gets a Facelift
Though it's been years since the last book's release, Harry Potter is getting itself a little makeover. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the publication of the first book, Harry Potter and the...
View ArticleTurnstile Jumper Who Wanted to Save Two Bucks Ends Up with Seven Years in Prison
A man who sought to avoid paying the $2.25 fare a a Manhattan PATH station ended up with some serious prison time after he was caught carrying an illegal weapon. 37-year-old Ruben Sanabria was stopped...
View ArticleMarco Rubio: The State of the Union Is Glurge
Last night, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) got cottonmouthed, wiped and licked his lips and finally interrupted his delivery of the GOP response to the State of the Union to bend over and drink some water....
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