Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Still Talking About Being a Bad, Bad Man
Louis Peitzman · 10/01/12 10:19PMLouis Peitzman · 10/01/12 09:30PM
The Taiwanese Animation of Justin Bieber Vomiting Is Amazing
Louis Peitzman · 10/01/12 09:01PMA Westboro Baptist Church Member Is Running for a Seat on the Kansas Board of Education
Louis Peitzman · 10/01/12 08:34PMLouis Peitzman · 10/01/12 08:01PM
Oregon Man Gets Devoured by Hogs
Louis Peitzman · 10/01/12 07:19PMKelsey Grammer Doesn't Give a Crap About Piers Morgan's Lifetime Ban
Louis Peitzman · 10/01/12 06:33PMOver 47 Percent of Voters Think Media Over-Covered Mitt Romney's '47 Percent' Remarks
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/01/12 05:50PM
Following the release of secretly recorded footage from a $50,000-a-plate Mitt Romney fundraiser, in which the GOP's presidential nominee can be heard blasting 47 percent of all voters for believing "they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it," subsequent media coverage may have given a casual observer the impression that Romney had all but forfeited the race.
The Etiquette of Drowning: Greet Your Rescuer by Name
Caity Weaver · 10/01/12 05:34PMGuy Shoots Czech President With Pellet Gun, Walks Away, Gives TV Interview
Adrian Chen · 10/01/12 05:27PMThe Czechs take their presidential security a bit less seriously than we do in the U.S. Above is a video of some dude just walking up to Czech President Vaclav Klaus at a public event this past Friday and shooting in the arm a half-dozen times with a toy gun. What's more, Klaus' security entourage let him walk away, arresting him only after he gave an interview about why he shot the president.
Saudi Arabia's Alternative to Photoshopping Women Out of Ads: Scribbling All Over Cleavage
Cord Jefferson · 10/01/12 05:20PM
The Swedish Metro newspaper reported today that expendable furniture behemoth Ikea had Photoshopped its Saudi Arabian catalogues to completely exclude women from the pages. Scenes that included a mother, a father, and a child in other catalogues, for instance, had been touched up to be just a father and a kid. Other settings eliminated people altogether rather than include a woman in the image. Naturally, many people were furious about the perceived misogyny, especially when Ikea, through its charitable donations, attempts to put on a very pro-woman stance.
No Nut is Safe: Peanut Butter Recall Expanded to Include Almond, Cashew Butters
Robert Kessler · 10/01/12 05:10PM
Sunland Inc., based in New Mexico, has expanded a recall of its products to include peanut, almond and cashew butters, as well as tahini and "blanched and roasted peanut products." The initial recall began last month, after several people became sick with salmonella from peanut butter bought at Trader Joe's and made by Sunland.
A List of the Things Whiny Rich People Have Compared Themselves (and Obama) To
Max Read · 10/01/12 05:00PM
Maybe the most exciting story of the last few years is the increasingly prominent voice of a traditionally powerless and voiceless group: the super-rich. No longer content to stand by the wayside as the president begs them to contribute a slightly higher percentage of their massive incomes while they enjoy record-breaking profits, the super-rich have finally stood up to the middle-class and, with the typically astute metaphorical skill of the Wall Street billionaire, compared themselves to violently oppressed and abused people. And piñatas.
Aurora Massacre Victim Films Gun Control PSA in Movie Theater
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/01/12 04:46PMEx-Gay Therapist Wants to Sue California for Reparative Therapy Ban
Kate Bennert · 10/01/12 04:35PMNoted homophobe and ex-gay who "was never gay-identified" David Pickup made an appearance on CNN this afternoon to mansplain to everyone that reparative therapy—designed to "cure" gays of their homosexuality—is still valid because it totally "worked" on him. Pickup (his real name, by the way) is the newest spokesman for National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) after their previous leader George Rekers was caught vacationing with male prostitutes.
Taylor Swift Calls John Mayer 'Presumptuous' for Saying Dear John, A Song She Wrote About Him, Is About Him
Caity Weaver · 10/01/12 04:28PMHere Are The Craziest Moments from Lou Dobbs' 25–Year Too Late 'Piss Christ' Discussion
Robert Kessler · 10/01/12 04:03PMLast night on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" an entire segment was dedicated to the 1987 photograph taken by Andres Serrano of a crucifix submerged in his own piss, otherwise known as "Piss Christ." Dobbs invited former Komen VP Karen Handel and Catholic League President Bill Donahue along for the ride. Handel and Donahue, who are clearly not art critics, proceeded to list the reasons they do not like "Piss Christ" and the whole thing climaxed when Donahue revealed his "opus."
Today's Song: Death Grips "Lock Your Doors"
Rich Juzwiak · 10/01/12 03:50PMToday's bit of Internet musical theater came courtesy of Sacramento's Death Grips, the electrocore/hip-hop hybridists who weirdly signed to Epic based on their caustic-as-fuck, not-at-all-commercial 2011 mixtape Exmilitary. It seemed a bizarre match at the time and, surprise, surprise, it turned into turmoil today when the group leaked its new album NO LOVE DEEP WEB not only without its label's permission, but before its label had even heard it.
Yes, Mitt Romney Is Getting a Raw Deal From the Press
John Cook · 10/01/12 03:35PM
First off—there is no such thing as "the media." The people and entities who shape our political coverage represent a fractured, disaggregated, chaotic mass of divergent agendas and interests. While they often display pack behavior, they do not operate as a coordinated monolith. But that doesn't mean they're being fair to Mitt Romney. They're not.





