Davos Wants You To Know the Future Will Be As Stupid As Possible

Jordan Sargent · 01/26/16 03:50PM

If you couldn’t make it out to the Swiss resort town of Davos to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of rich people and the politicians that serve them—or if you were there but decided instead to hit the slopes—there is still some good news: The WEF made a series of image macros that allow you to experience Davos’ unique brand of terrifying futuristic delusion from a hemisphere away.

Cops: Manhattan Real Estate Developer Accused in Friend's Death Googled "How Do Fugitives Escape" After Indictment

Brendan O'Connor · 01/26/16 03:15PM

At a Tuesday hearing in State Supreme Court on Long Island, Sean Ludwick was remanded to jail with no possibility of bail. The New York City real estate developer, facing vehicular homicide charges, was arrested last week after attempting buy a boat in Puerto Rico to take him to South America. “When I set bail at $1 million, I never contemplated the possibilities heard here today,” State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho said. “There is no bail package to ensure his return to court.”

Allie Jones · 01/26/16 02:26PM

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, who is currently polling at one percent in Iowa, has a message for those who think she has zero chance of winning the election. “Polls don’t win elections,” she said at a campaign event in Iowa City today.

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the GOP Anger Morons

Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/16 02:16PM

Donald Trump winning an election? We’ve come to accept that bizarre possibility as plausible. But telling a pollster that you view Donald Trump as electable? Now that’s crazy.

Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/16 12:49PM

“‘As I’m looking for a job, spending this kind of money shocks me,’ Hansen says of her $14,000 annual fitness budget, ‘but it keeps me sane.’” Some people value fitness classes very highly.

Hillary Clinton Fails 7th Grade Civil War History

Sam Biddle · 01/26/16 11:09AM

At last night’s uneventful Iowa “town hall” discussion on CNN, Hillary Clinton was asked which president she most admires. Her answer: Abraham Lincoln. Her reason: a terrible muddled mess of Dixie revisionism that puts Reconstruction in the same dark bin as Jim Crow.

Oregon Militia Idiots Promise to Leave if Chris Christie Can Beat Them in a Sumo Match

Ashley Feinberg · 01/26/16 09:45AM

The nature trail warrior cosplayers are hitting day 25 of their exercise in extended squatting, and it looks like cabin fever has finally taken its toll. Because now, they’ve promised to leave if Chris Christie can beat the man you see above in a sumo match. In other words, Chris Christie is finally good for something.

Here Are Some of the Many Words Melania Trump Has Said

Allie Jones · 01/26/16 09:32AM

The future First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, does not give many interviews. She’s spoken out so little during her husband Donald’s campaign, in fact, that yesterday the Associated Press published an entire profile of the woman that hangs on a few words she once uttered on an episode of The Apprentice.