Archive
February 21, 2013
6 Easy Steps To Totally Dominate Your Oscar Pool
Using math and science to fleece your friends and coworkers. Nate Silver would be proud.
25 Heartwarming Ben And Leslie Moments From "Parks & Recreation"
To get you PUMPED for tonight's episode (that will for sure make you cry).
TSA Makes A Little Girl In A Wheelchair Cry
UPDATE: The TSA has commented on the incident, wherein agents "detained" a three-year-old girl and "confiscated" her stuffed animal because she was in a wheelchair. She and her family were on their way to Disney World.
18 Local News Front Pages On How Looming Budget Cuts Will Hit Their Communities
Communities that would be hit hard by the sequestration are talking notice as Americans wait to hear if a deal will be reached or they will furloughed from work.
Chuck Grassley Thinks Meeting With Jack Lew Is A Waste Of Time
An unwillingness by nominees like Lew to discuss specifics makes the meetings meaningless, spokesman says.
23 Signs You Went To An All-Girls School
Because seeing a male was the most exciting thing that could happen.
7 Classical Masterpieces Surreally Infused With Pop Culture
Art history just took a turn for the bizarre. Artist Hillary White excels at turning classic art on its head.
38 Maps You Never Knew You Needed
Some prime examples of map porn for all my fellow amateur cartographers to get lost in. Get it?
Joe The Plumber Is Giving Away A Free Assault Rifle On His Website
And it's the same model rifle that Adam Lanza used in Newtown.
28 Fashionable Haircuts The North Korean Government Wants You To Get
"Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle!"
The NBA's Least Creative Heckler
He's loud. He's mean. He may be a goat.
The 15 Most Absurd Ways The Pentagon Is Spending Money
Flying Dinosaurs and Klingons.
The Site That Wants To Kill The Credit Score
A little-known lending program skirts financial institutions — and the credit agencies that police them.
High School Student Suspended For Tweeting About Teacher's Horrible Parking Job
Curtis High School in Staten Island is now learning a good lesson about teenagers on Twitter.
What Are Our Butts Trying To Say?
"It was a butt tweet" is the cool new explainer for things you tweeted but probably shouldn't have. But what if it really WAS a butt tweet? What if our butts have something to tell us?
Rush Limbaugh Is "Ashamed" Of His Country For The First Time In His Life
The conservative radio star blames insults to his intelligence and a "fear and panic" strategy rolled out by Democrats, Republicans and the media in response to proposed spending cuts.
Police Contact Mother About Her Son's Death Through Facebook, Delays Notification By 20 Days
Georgia police used an unoffical Facebook account to inform a woman of her son's death 20 days after he was killed.
5 Cookies That Could Change The World
These wonderful bakeries donate some of their profits to charities. All you need to do to help is eat cookies.
Oklahoma Man Swears He's Taken A Photo Of The Chupacabra
Strangely enough, this story doesn't have anything to do with Florida.
Jack Lew Has Answered More Questions Than Every Treasury Nominee Since 1995 Combined
Under fire from conservatives, Lew fields a whopping 444 written questions from lawmakers.
Obama Enthusiastically Endorsing Chicken Offends Whole Foods Customers
"There are certain things that have been used to put down black people — watermelon, fried chicken." The chalk board ad has since been removed.
The Wizards Just Traded For A Player With A Torn ACL
That is how much they value Jordan Crawford: they gave him away basically for free.
21 Things We Miss About Kim Kardashian And Paris Hilton's Best Friendship
Between Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton's My New BFF there was Kim. These are the things we miss about them most.
Obama Talks Black History Month, Republicans With Rev. Al Sharpton
In an interview from the Oval Office, Obama tells Rev. Al Sharpton Republicans can't see "obvious answer right in front of them."
Anne Hathaway Should Throw Her HATaway
This hat. This HAT!
RNC's New Ad Takes Obama Wildly Out Of Context
The short clip makes it appear as if Obama is pledging his support for the sequester rather calling on Congress to come up with a broad approach to avoid it, using his veto as part of a threat to force a plan.
15 Ways To Propose To Your Bridesmaids
Because your own engagement party, bridal shower, bachelorette party, and wedding aren't ritual enough.
Do You Believe In The Playstation 4?
Last night, Sony didn't announce a new console, it founded a new religion. And from what we saw, it's only for the true believers.
Should The Original WTC Bomber Be Released From Solitary Confinement?
His lawyer agrees the 1993 World Trade Center plotter should be imprisoned but thinks human contact would pose no threat.
James Carville And MSNBC Need To Hook Up ASAP
Acquiring the most available free agent in cable news could put a serious exclamation mark on MSNBC's recent hiring spree.
27 Neon Food And Drink Accessories
So bright! And they would like to be in your kitchen.
Fashion At The 2013 Brit Awards
Who invited Taylor Swift?
How Teens Are Taking Over The Tech World
After Snapchat took the app world by surprise, a new motto for tech: the teens are always right
41 Reasons Waffle House Is The One True Source Of Happiness In The Universe
In a strange world, Waffle House glows like a beacon of hope. A beacon of buttery, fluffy, pecan-and-syrup-topped hope.
Congressman Urges House Members To "Grab Free Donuts And Coffee Before Obama Grabs Your Gun!"
Ted Nugent's favorite lawmaker, Rep. Steve Stockman, produces best email subject line of the week.
Nike Suspends Its Endorsement Of Oscar Pistorius
Nike distances itself from an athlete facing premeditated murder charges in Africa.
Donald Trump Tweets Lil' Wayne Lyrics, Claims Account Was Hacked
The Donald tweeted -- and then quickly deleted -- some Lil' Wayne lyrics. (h/t Jared Keller)
So, How Do You Feel About Fur Faux Hawks?
Because they're happening. Blame Milan.
Exclusive: Kids Reenact 2013 Oscar Nominees
What Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Django Unchained would look like acted out by five and six year olds.
11 Problems People Had In The '00s
It's crazy that people actually lived like this.
Michigan Hospital Sued Over Patient's Request For No Black Nurses
"Please, No African American Nurses to care for [redacted] Baby per Dad’s request."
Finally, The Animal Awards Show We've All Been Waiting For
The PAWSCARS. It's put on by the American Humane Association and is exactly what it sounds like.
Solar Flare Bursts Into Fiery Rain Over The Sun Captured On Video
That globe of hot plasma could swallow the Earth whole. No big deal.
Keith Urban And Randy Jackson On Surviving The Nicki/Mariah "American Idol" Firestorm
"We got thrown on a dance floor, and with no choreography, and they just said, 'Dance together! And don't step on toes!'" recalls Urban.
The Sublime Storm On The Surface Of The Sun
NASA has captured perhaps the most beautiful footage of the sun ever recorded.
Three People Dead In Shootout And Explosion On Las Vegas Strip
A gun battle between moving vehicles resulted in a taxi catching on fire and exploding in a busy intersection of Las Vegas.
Amazing 101-Year-Old Marathon Runner Is Retiring
Fauja Singh will run his last race in Hong Kong this Sunday. "I fear that when I stop running, people will no longer love me."
Lindsey Graham Wasn't Citing The Government's Secret Drone Kill Tally
He picked it up on cable news, his office says.
Ed Markey Compares Campaign Finance Ruling To Decision Upholding Slavery
"The Dred Scott decision had to be repealed, we have to repeal Citizens United," Massachusetts Democrat says days after meeting with black clergy.
Oscar Pistorius Investigator Faces Attempted Murder Charge
Lead investigator, Detective Hilton Botha, faces seven counts of attempted murder in South Africa.
Obama On Golfing With Tiger Woods: "He's On Another Planet"
The President talked to ABC7 in San Francisco about golfing with Tiger in an interview tonight.
Bobby Jindal Backs Out Of Politico's Annual Governors Debate
A schedule released by Gov. Shumlin last Friday shows Jindal on the program, but the governor is no longer slated to attend. A spokesman says the Shumlin schedule was premature. [Updated]
The Only Post You Need To Read About The PlayStation 4
Sony's first new console in seven years.
