Florida Mom Allegedly Plotted to Murder Homeless Man for Giving Her Grandkids...
From the Daytona Beach News-Journal comes this very strange, highly concentrated dose of pure Florida: A New Smyrna Beach woman was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against her daughter’s...
View ArticleAll I Need to Know About Pregnancy I Learned From Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is currently pregnant with her second child. This is great for Kim and Kanye West and also me personally, because Kim likes to share. While more guarded celebrities have gone to great...
View ArticleTerrible Writing About Hurricane Katrina: A Scourge Unto Itself
Shortly after 8 AM on Sunday, August 29, 2005, the levees protecting New Orleans from the water that surrounds it failed. By 9 AM, the city’s Lower Ninth Ward was underneath six to eight feet of water....
View ArticleOhio Cop Pulls Black Man Over for "Making Direct Eye Contact"
Former Ohio resident John Felton was pulled over by Dayton police in front of his mom’s house after he allegedly activated his turn signal less than 100 feet before making a right turn. Unable to...
View ArticleStaten Island Stinks So Badly Today That People Are Calling the Cops
New York City’s forgotten borough smelled very bad this morning. From St. George to Westerleigh to Dongan Hills, people are complaining about a stench that has been variously compared to fish, shit,...
View ArticleWhat to Do When You Find Out a Coworker Makes More Than You Do
Aaargh. You just found out that your coworker makes more than you do, even though you both do the same kind of work, you’ve been there longer, and you do a better job. You feel demoralized, insulted by...
View ArticlePrep School Rape Trial: Owen Labrie Acquitted of Felony Rape, Guilty of...
A jury Friday acquitted 19-year-old Owen Labrie, a graduate of elite St. Paul’s prep school in New Hampshire, of felony sexual assault charges, but found him guilty of misdemeanor sex assault. Labrie...
View ArticleHere's the Philosophy Essay Vox Found Too Upsetting to Publish
Vox.com recently commissioned an essay from Torbjörn Tännsjö, a professor of practical philosophy at Stockholm University, on the “the repugnant conclusion,” a belief that asserts our moral duty to...
View ArticleI Love These Goddamn Stock Video Baboons and So Will You
A solid meme for a Friday afternoon: Stock footage of baboons doing human things, paired with silly one-liner captions. They talk on the phone, they throw their computers, they gaze dewy-eyed into the...
View Article500 Days of Kristin, Day 215: It's So Easy
This week, Kristin Cavallari posted a recipe for “homemade coconut kefir”—something you eat—on Instagram. “It’s so easy,” Kristin says. She writes,Homemade coconut kefir with pure maple syrup for a...
View ArticleReport: No-Longer-Disgraced Rebekah Brooks Will Return to News Corp As UK CEO
In 2011, Rebekah Brooks resigned as CEO of the United Kingdom division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, amid the fallout from the company’s phone-hacking scandal. Today, London’s Financial Times reports...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush Knows New Orleans Is a Great Place to Dance
New Orleans, Louisiana: It’s a city that’s been through a lot, but in good times or bad, it’s a fantastic place to dance. Former President George W. Bush knows that whenever you visit, you’ll be...
View ArticleTropical Storm Erika Prompts State of Emergency in Florida: Here's What You...
Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in Florida this morning in anticipation of Tropical Storm Erika’s arrival this weekend and early next week. The storm’s disorganized nature and erratic...
View ArticlePolice Officers Leave Reporter Accidental Voicemail About Her 'Fucking Giant'...
A reporter in Colorado was treated to a delightful voicemail this week from a sheriff’s deputy, who has thoughts on her breasts, face, body, and accent. The one thing he lacks — the only thing, really...
View ArticleTwist-Ending Philly Bro Fight Is The Broiest Bro Fight Ever
Click for the drunken stumbling and the incredibly inaccurate flurry of fists, stick around for the heart-warming finale.[Philly.com]
View ArticleBritish Music Festival Locks DJ in Cage After Mistaking Him For Rogue Fan
Evian Christ is a British producer and DJ who is perhaps most well-known for co-producing a song on Kanye West’s Yeezus. Today, he played a set at Leeds Festival in England, which is roughly equivalent...
View ArticleTen Years On: George W. Bush's Hair
George W. Bush’s decision to mark the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a celebratory speech in New Orleans has raised a lot of questions. One of those questions is, “what the shit happened...
View Article3,000 Upstaters Want to Commit Economic Suicide by Seceding From New York
That attractive graphic up there represents a plan put forth by a group of liberty lovers who’d like to see New York state split into two “autonomous regions”: New York, below, composed of the city...
View ArticleDeadspin Wait, Floyd Mayweather Made How Much Money Last Year?
Deadspin Wait, Floyd Mayweather Made How Much Money Last Year? | Gizmodo The Sweetest Guide to Sour Beers | io9 Every Single Part of the New Star Wars Canon, in Chronological Order | Lifehacker What to...
View ArticleLoser Interviews Hater
In one of the most simultaneously bleak and fawning ten minutes of television I have ever seen, former candidate for Vice President of the United States and current off-brand Fox News (OAN) personality...
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