Let’s Talk About House of Cards
J.K. Trotter · 02/17/14 02:30PMWhite Tiger Mauls Man Who Offered Himself as Food in "Support"
Sarah Hedgecock · 02/17/14 02:12PMHere's Why This Viral TV Pastor Thinks Interracial Marriage Is Wrong
Adam Weinstein · 02/17/14 01:46PMDonny Reagan runs the Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ in Johnson City, Tennessee. This weekend, he was marked as "the most racist pastor in America" for the video sermon above. But Reagan's teaching is serious business, and it can teach the uninitiated a lot about American evangelicalism's dirtiest laundry.
Watch the Amazing Story of a Disabled Boy and His Three-Legged Dog
Sarah Hedgecock · 02/17/14 01:27PMMeet Owen and Haatchi, the stars of the most adorable short film you'll see all day. Eight-year-old Owen Hopkins has Schwartz-Jamel syndrome, which causes his muscles to be permanently tense. It's a painful condition, and when Owen grew old enough to be aware of his disability he became afraid to go outside. Then came Haatchi.
Man Pursues, Shoots Teenage Girl Dead Over a Silly Teenage Prank
Adam Weinstein · 02/17/14 01:10PMAn Arkansas man has been charged with first degree murder and a host of other counts after tracking a carload of teens that planned to egg his house and shooting into it, killing one girl.
Don't Forget to Raise Taxes
Hamilton Nolan · 02/17/14 01:08PMEight Die in South Korea Building Collapse
Sarah Hedgecock · 02/17/14 01:00PMBalloon Boy's Father Cries, Maintains "It Was Never a Hoax"
Rich Juzwiak · 02/17/14 12:22PMDonald Trump Staffer Fires Self Over BuzzFeed Profile
J.K. Trotter · 02/17/14 12:10PM
It’s not easy working for Donald Trump. Following BuzzFeed’s lengthy evisceration of the real estate titan’s presidential ambitions, one of Trump’s aides, Sam Nunberg, resigned from Trump’s full-time staff. Nunberg confirmed the resignation to Brian Stelter in an email, later obtained by Betsy Rothstein of The Daily Caller, in which he responds to BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins, whom Nunberg allowed to interview his former boss:
In Wealth, Washington Was a Winner and Lincoln a Loser
Ken Layne · 02/17/14 12:00PM
The presidents we celebrate today were very different men. Abraham Lincoln loved to talk and debate and write and read books and be boring. George Washington was quiet and dignified, never wasting words. Abraham Lincoln led the United States into war over slavery. George Washington actually owned slaves. And in finances—the most important aspect of American life—Abraham Lincoln was a loser, while George Washington was the richest president ever.
I Can't Stop Watching the New Game of Thrones Trailer
Sarah Hedgecock · 02/17/14 11:54AMThe new Game of Thrones trailer is out, and it's everything you hoped it would be: just over a minute and a half crammed with swordfights, dragons, backstabbing, and sex. The new season starts April 6. Get hype.
For the Tenth Day in a Row, Johnny Weir Woke Up Flawless
Max Read · 02/17/14 11:16AMZimmerman Regrets How Hard Life Is Since He Killed Unarmed Black Kid
Adam Weinstein · 02/17/14 10:55AMRupert Murdoch’s $800 Million Tax Break Kneecapped Australia’s Budget
J.K. Trotter · 02/17/14 10:35AMThatz Not Okay: I Like to Lie. Can I Keep Doing It?
Caity Weaver · 02/17/14 10:11AM
Recently I've invented a hobby whereby I invent factoids that are close enough to the truth to be believable, or just so totally random that they're difficult to prove/disprove (e.g. "Professional hurdlers run faster and make fewer mistakes when forced to jump over animals of the exact same height as a hurdle.") I tell these facts to friends and acquaintances in such a manner that they believe to them be irrefutable truth.
Vice Seeks Copy Editor "for it’s upcoming Vice News website"
Hamilton Nolan · 02/17/14 10:09AMHamilton Nolan · 02/17/14 09:08AM
Uncomfortable Post-Race Interview Drives Skier Bode Miller to Tears
Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/17/14 12:18AMBode Miller won a bronze medal in the Super G today, making him both the most medaled skier in history and the oldest person to win an alpine medal at the Games. But during his post-race interview, NBC correspondent Christin Cooper asked him so many questions about his dead brother that he eventually broke down crying and walked away.








