Lindsay Lohan Owes $94,000 in Back Taxes
Brian Moylan · 01/12/12 03:35PMAny Jokes About Starbucks' Blonde Roast Will Result in a 'Written Offense'
Hamilton Nolan · 01/12/12 03:18PM
How excited are we all about Starbucks™' new Blonde Roast™? Right? We don't even need to explicate that one. The real question is, how excited are the Starbucks™ team member associate partner barista family members, who have the privilege of handing over the bags of the new Blonde Roast™ to enthusiastic customers like us?
You're All Just Jealous of Mitt Romney
Jim Newell · 01/12/12 03:00PMMitt Romney has had five or six years to formulate his response to a full onslaught on his record as corporate efficiency dweeb at Bain Capital, and here's what he's come up with: YOU PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS. Stop it. Go away!
Classical Music Mob Goes Psycho Over iPhone
Ryan Tate · 01/12/12 02:50PM'I Hope You Get Hit By a Bus': Readers Respond to Our Guide to Tim Tebow
Max Read · 01/12/12 02:36PM
Our new editor A.J. Daulerio—who would know—tells me that every time you write about Broncos quarterback and Filipino mohel Tim Tebow, you get a big response. He's right: after yesterday's "A Non Sports Fan's Guide to Tim Tebow," a lot of people in Colorado and Florida (and one guy in Australia) responded to let me know in no uncertain terms that I am an "entry level writer" and a "whiny little bitch." I've got a selection here.
If You Don't Want the Government to Read Your Web Site, then Don't Publish a Web Site
John Cook · 01/12/12 02:10PM
Matt Drudge—who can usually be found boasting about all his mouth-breathing readers—has been taking umbrage today at the revelation that Department of Homeland Security officials "monitor" his web site, along with about 200 other news and social networking sites. Or as Glenn Beck's Blaze hilariously put it, "Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American Journalists." So what do you call reading a newspaper?
How to Win the Class War
Hamilton Nolan · 01/12/12 02:00PM
America has entered a bold new era of internal mistrust: a new Pew survey officially shows that class conflict has surpassed both racial conflict and immigrant-native conflict as "the greatest source of tension in American society." Well—are you just going to stand there and let them get away with that?
Real-Life The Hangover Destroys Horny Philadelphia Weather Man's Life
Maureen O'Connor · 01/12/12 01:51PMIdiot Who Outed Himself As FBI Snitch Is Still Working with the Feds
Adrian Chen · 01/12/12 01:46PMCitigroup Suddenly Has Grave Fears for the Constitution
Jim Newell · 01/12/12 01:13PM
Most of the big banks have kept quiet after President Obama controversially recess-appointed Richard Cordray to his throne atop Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We still don't know how much this new bureaucracy will annoy the banks, but one can assume they were just fine with the previous arrangement, in which congressional procedural gimmicks were used to block it from ever taking formation. But then yesterday, something wonderful happened: Citigroup's lobbyist chimed in with a passive-aggressive blog post about the whole issue!
Calvin Klein and His Gay Porn Star Boyfriend Are 'On a Break'
Brian Moylan · 01/12/12 11:44AMWhich Couple Split Up Because of Postpartum Depression?
Brian Moylan · 01/12/12 11:30AMIs North Korea Punishing People Who Didn't Mourn Hard Enough?
Max Read · 01/12/12 11:15AMRemember this disturbing video of North Koreans sobbing over Kim Jong-il's death? Shocking to think this, I know, but those people mayyyyy not have been entirely genuine in their mourning. Because, you know, the government reportedly sends people who don't weep or mourn publicly to labor-training camps.
Piss on War: Death, Desecration, and Afghanistan
Hamilton Nolan · 01/12/12 11:00AM
A video emerges showing US Marines pissing on three Taliban corpses in Afghanistan. The outrage machine grinds into motion. The media bestirs itself from its slumber. Americans momentarily pay attention to the war in Afghanistan again. Politicians rush to add their names to the chorus of identical statements. All inflamed over the least bad thing that soldiers do in war.
Mortified Japanese Department Store Cleans Up 'Fuckin Sale'
Adrian Chen · 01/12/12 10:47AMTim Cook Sleeps Near The Enemy
Ryan Tate · 01/12/12 10:17AMManhattan's New Gay Hotel Has Some Sexy Secrets It Wants Everyone to Know
Brian Moylan · 01/12/12 10:08AM
We all know that the horribly-named The Out NYC, Manhattan's soon-to-open gay hotel, is definitely going to be embarrassing and that it will probably be very sexxxy. Well, now we have confirmation that it's going to be dirty. Not only are they going to have a hot, young, all-male staff, but they're going to set up single guests together and offer discount rooms for hot guys.
Damn, This Is One Tiny Frog
Max Read · 01/12/12 09:45AM
Check out this frog. That is one small frog, huh? On a dime, all, daaaamn, what is this enormous metal disk I am on in his tiny high-pitched frog voice. The scientists who discovered this guy couldn't even hear his tiny voice. "It was particularly difficult to locate Paedophryne amauensis," says frog-discover Chris Austin of Louisiana State University, "due to its diminutive size and the males' high pitched insect-like mating call." I bet, man. This frog, Paedophryne amauensis, is 7.7 millimeters long and it is literally the tiniest veterbrate known to human beings. He's all, whatever, though. [Discovery; image via LSU]
Tax on Newspaper Sales Is America's Worst Tax Idea
Hamilton Nolan · 01/12/12 09:19AM
Oklahoma state senator Jim Wilson has a bright idea about how to raise $17 million for his state: put a sales tax back on newspapers and periodicals. Because levying taxes on an industry locked in an economic death spiral is always a good way... destroy that industry more quickly. Also a good way to get a newspaper to stop talking bad about a certain politician who may have an important vote on the state's tax policy. Everybody wins!








