Mitt Romney Flip-Flops on His Own Name at GOP Debate

Matt Cherette · 11/22/11 08:32PM

The CNN Republican national security debate is currently underway in Washington, DC. At its onset, moderator Wolf Blitzer invited the candidates to introduce themselves after providing them with a sample: "I'm Wolf Blitzer, and yes, that's my real name." When it was Mitt Romney's turn, the former Massachusetts governor said, "I'm Mitt Romney, and, uh, yes, Wolf, that's also my first name." Except that Romney's first name is actually Willard?

Why Steve Jobs's Widow Should Dump Her Apple Stock

Ryan Tate · 11/22/11 08:09PM

As if grief were not enough, Laurene Powell Jobs has had other issues to handle in the wake of husband Steve Jobs's death: A frank, often-unflattering, bestselling biography of the Apple founder; two highly public memorial services; and now advice that she rush to sell her husband's Apple and Disney shares.

Awesome U.S. College Kids Arrested in Cairo Protests

Max Read · 11/22/11 07:53PM

"College is such a joke," 21-year-old Indiana University student Luke Gates wrote on Twitter on Monday. Less of a joke: Egyptian jail, where Gates and two other American college kids are after being arrested for allegedly throwing firebombs on police during yesterday's protests.

Oh, Good: The Groupon Bubble Is Already Popping

Ryan Tate · 11/22/11 06:14PM

There was a flurry of interest in Groupon's stock just before the IPO, driving up the price a bit. But Wall Street's crush on the online discounter was short-lived: Its stock plummeted today, for the second time in a month. Maybe reason will actually prevail in tech investing, just this once.

Someone Filmed a Gay Porn Movie During Occupy Oakland

Brian Moylan · 11/22/11 05:38PM

I know this has been kicking around the gay internet for the past few days, but it's the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and there's not much going on and you need to look at porn before you go back to mom's house, right? Right! Here's a gay porn movie that was filmed during the Occupy Oakland protests.

Angelina Jolie Just Can't Seem to Remember to Eat

Leah Beckmann · 11/22/11 05:25PM

Angelina Jolie is a frail, skeletal wisp of a woman. A beautiful skeletal wisp, but a wisp nonetheless. And now it appears that she is getting wispier, on account of the fact that, well, she just plum "forgets to eat."

Sick Frogs, Scared Sharks, and Other Messed Up Science Things

Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 05:12PM

Mars rover! Disease frog! Shark protection! Wheezing baby! Explaining nothingness! Fire turkey! Excess antimatter! Tricky evidence! And your holiday outer space weather report! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch science—fishily!

The 99 Percent Passes Obama a Note

Adrian Chen · 11/22/11 04:59PM

Here's a note an Occupy Wall Street protester handed President Obama in New Hampshire today—it's apparently a transcript of what protesters shouted during the middle of his speech. Obama should consider a manicure if he's gonna be reading more tiny notes in front of cameras.

Michele Bachmann Has No Plans to Really Run for President

John Cook · 11/22/11 04:49PM

If you had any doubt that Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign is little more than a vanity effort designed to snag camera time and sell copies of her hastily written memoir, add this to the evidence locker: According to internal campaign documents, her own treasurer says she has no plans to field employees or volunteers in Florida, Texas, Michigan, or California, and the campaign hopes at best to raise just $30 million—a lot less than it generally takes to win a national primary.

Guess How Many Venture Capitalists Are Black or Latino

Ryan Tate · 11/22/11 04:31PM

The National Venture Capital Association has completed its 2011 census. Now we all know the business of doling out money to tech startups is a pasty one—right? we're all clear on this, yes?—but the association this year trumpets "signs of increasing ethnic diversity." So, take a wild guess at the combined percentage of blacks and Latinos among venture capitalists.

How Are These Indian Talent Show Contestants Not Dead?

Adrian Chen · 11/22/11 03:53PM

It's time to depose our weakling President Obama and replace him with our new leaders, The Warriors of Goja. Judging from their performance on an Indian talent show they are invincible gods who will conquer the world, eventually.

How to Get Fired From the Washington Post

Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 03:17PM

In your tricky Tuesday media column: how to get fired at the Washington Post, NPR listeners are just so ugh, Lane Brown to New York mag, Michelangelo Signorile to HuffPo, and a shocking report about women in media.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Showdown at the Not OK Corral

Brian Moylan · 11/22/11 03:14PM

Last night was a good old-fashioned Western in the rolling hills of Beverly. There were cowboys and showdowns and horses and homes on the range and even some wenches in fancy corsets. But when high noon came none of the little dogies could get along.