During his show on Friday, MSNBC host Martin Bashir correctly noted the idiocy of Sarah Palin comparing the federal debt to slavery. And then he suggested that someone should shit in her mouth.

The brothers of Dartmouth College’s Alpha Delta have a had a rough year. They had to apologize for throwing a “Crips and Bloods”-themed party in July, and one of them was arrested, earlier that month, for peeing on a woman standing beneath the house’s balcony. Such hardships truly test brothers’ loyalty to each other. So does drinking enormous quantities of beer.

You've got a bunch of permanent markers, five lines, and a serious craving for drawing a great butt. Now what?

The "man bun" fake trend story has been going strong for at least 22 months now, making it the longest-running fake trend story since "cougars."

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, an unstoppable force powered entirely by crack and the disdain of the rest of North America, just knocked over Toronto City Councillor Pam McConnell. "Oh my god, he's attacked somebody," the TV commentators say, but really the vibe is less "violent madman" and more "big excited dog chasing a ball."

The University of Texas-Austin’s Young Conservatives chapter, which “has been fighting for conservative values for more than a quarter century,” boasts of alumni like Senator Rand Paul and Congressmen Jeb Hensarling and Steve Stockman. We wonder what they think of the group’s latest stunt: A campus-wide game, called “Catch an Illegal Immigrant,” which rewards students who tackle designated Longhorns wearing “Illegal Immigrant” signs. Because they’re illegal immigrants. Get it?

A mom who thought she was properly parenting by sending her two young kids to school with a homemade, whole-food lunch was shocked to find a penalty note from school officials informing her that the lunch of roast beef, potatoes, carrots, oranges and milk she provided was "unbalanced" and therefore had to be supplemented with Ritz crackers.

The cognitive dissonance of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson arguing that internet gambling is a "danger to society" will not stop the legions of Republican politicians in his pocket from loudly agreeing with him.

George Zimmerman was arrested this afternoon and is being held in the Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel and TMZ. Charges have not yet been announced, but Karla Ray of Eyewitness News 9 is reporting that Zimmerman was arrested after a domestic disturbance involving his new girlfriend and a gun.

[Mt. Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava as smoke billows during an eruption Saturday, as seen from Acireale, near the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy. Photo by Carmelo Imbesi via AP]

In the aftermath of the shuttering of the notorious black market Silk Road, the race has been on to fill the multi-million dollar hole left in the underground online drug trade. One of the most established of these sites is Black Market Reloaded, where thousands of users trade drugs anonymously—they think. But here's some bad news for Black Market buyers and sellers: Black Market Reloaded has experienced a serious security breach, which allowed BBC journalists to easily identity a number of buyers and sellers on the site.

This may very well be the first Craigslist Missed Connection that not only seeks a happy ending — it both deserves and demands one.

On last night's episode of Oprah Where Are They Now, comedy's red-headed stepchild, the prop-schticked Carrot Top, ran us through his upkeep regime, and in the process asked us to excuse his beauty.

The wave of hipness that has lately washed over Washington, DC has bathed the city's new residents in a glorious young, hip vibe. But it has also washed away the once sedate lives of the city's elderly, who now cower in their apartments, fearing that the next tidal wave of coolness may drown them for good.

Rapper George Watsky, who gained Internet fame for his quick-spitting style, was wrapping up his set at the London leg of the Vans Warped Tour, when he suddenly decided it would be a good idea to scale the stage's 40-foot lighting rig and jump off onto the crowd below.

A manhunt is underway in Paris for a gunman who wounded one person inside the offices of a French newspaper before taking a hostage and opening fire outside of a bank.

Celebrate the International Press Freedom Awards next week at a ceremony chaired by Bloomberg CEO Daniel Doctoroff, whose news organization reportedly spiked a major investigation into the finances of the Chinese oligarchy and suspended a reporter suspected of complaining about it, for fear of offending China's rulers.

Kenny Powers fooled us twice.

When a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses showed up at YouTuber hitmn92's front door carrying copies of the New World Translation, he knew "clean the house day" was about to be rudely interrupted.

No one cares more about poor Americans than the Wal-Mart corporation does. That's why Wal-Mart is speaking up to say: The government must stop forcing Americans to waste money on health care, when that money could be spent buying crap at Wal-Mart.