From Now On, If You Lose Your Job You Can't Blame the Recession

Hamilton Nolan · 03/15/12 10:42AM

Even before all of Wall Street collapsed in September of 2008, bringing the national and global economy down with it, there was unemployment. Unemployment has always been a feature of this world. But since the whole "collapse of the economy" thing, it's been clear that if you lost your job, it was probably due to the nefarious work of economic villains far outside of your control. Not any more, though!

Hypervirulent Poop Bacteria Is the Hot New Cause of Death

Hamilton Nolan · 03/15/12 09:13AM

A new study from the CDC finds that deaths from gastoenteritis—"inflammation of the stomach and intestines that causes vomiting and diarrhea"—more than doubled between 1999 and 2007, to more than 17,000 per year. The majority of those deaths were due to hypervirulent strains of Clostridium difficile.

Stephen Colbert Addresses Rick Santorum's Supposed Authenticity

Matt Toder · 03/14/12 10:57PM

In the midst of his big wins last night, Rick Santorum offered up the nugget that reading from a teleprompter should be illegal for someone running for President. On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert took that idea to its logical conclusion: that all book learnin' is evil, an idea to which Santorum is no stranger.

Jon Stewart: Fox News Is a Bunch of Cry Babies

Matt Toder · 03/14/12 10:45PM

As discussed on tonight's Daily Show, Fox News decided not to cover the primaries last night but instead chose to focus on their standard whining about the liberal elite and President Obama's poll numbers and NPR. Yet, they somehow managed to scoop CNN on the primary results, even though CNN was reporting the returns before they were official, making CNN the biggest loser of the night.

The Spy Who Divorced Me

Caity Weaver · 03/14/12 10:19PM

The Washington Post has served up a juicy story about the secrecy surrounding the divorces of CIA agents and their non-spook spouses. Hoo-boy, is it worth a read.

Deep Throat for President

Caity Weaver · 03/14/12 07:54PM

What if the results of the 2012 election hinge not on which candidate is the most non-crazy or has the least bad ideas but, rather, on whose voice most puts voters in the mood for sensual seduction?

Which Hip-Hop Mogul Is Not Very Discreet About His Gay Romps With Young Men?

gawker sources · 03/14/12 03:23PM

Three young men, to be exact, according to the source. They were all "summoned" to the mogul's apartment for some downlow fun. He was very enthusiastic about giving blow jobs and very effeminate, which is odd, considering his rep as a ladies' man. Our source says that he entertained his visitors "while his assistants typed on their laptops and waited for him to finish."

'These Are All White Men': Northern Ugandans Watch KONY 2012

Max Read · 03/14/12 02:22PM

Here's an al-Jazeera story about a public screening of the KONY 2012 video in northern Uganda. It doesn't go over very well. "As the film progresses, puzzlement turns to anger," says al-Jazeera's Malcolm Webb. The crowd is critical: "There are some kind of people who are trying to mobilize using the atrocities committed in northern Uganda," says one man. "We wanted to see our local people who were killed. These are all white men, different from northern Uganda," says another. It's worth checking out al-Jazeera's project "Uganda speaks," which is gathering text messages in support or opposition of the campaign from Ugandans.