NYPD 'Loses' the Occupy Wall Street Wikileaks Truck

Adrian Chen · 11/22/11 02:24PM

Life can be difficult when your vehicle has a huge Wikileaks logo and "Top Secret Mobile Collection Unit" emblazoned on the side. An artist's Wikileaks-themed U-Haul truck is missing after being confiscated by the NYPD.

Netflix's Profits Are Gone

Ryan Tate · 11/22/11 02:17PM

This has been the year of Reed Hastings' fall, and it gets more dramatic by the month. The Netflix CEO just revealed his movie streaming company won't post a quarterly profit in all of 2012. His gruesome horror epic continues, grab the popcorn!

Jay-Z Becomes Symbol of the 1% in Awesome Scrooge McDuck Totem Pole Sculpture

James Apsimon · 11/22/11 01:29PM

Jay-Z's Man of the Year profile in the latest GQ extols the rapper's appreciation for art. Still, he probably won't want to add sculptor Daniel Edwards' latest work to his collection. As a response to Hova's recent Occupy Wall Street Rocawear T-shirt debacle, Edwards has created this rendering of Jay-Z with a big dollar-sign medallion around his neck and the heads of Mr. Burns, Scrooge McDuck, and Richie Rich stacked on top of him.

Vodka Billboard: 'Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing'

Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 01:01PM

An alert reader sends us this photo of a Wodka™ brand Vodka billboard located on the West side of Manhattan, overlooking Riverside Drive. "CHRISTMAS QUALITY. HANUKKAH PRICING," it says. And there's a Santa dog, representing Christian quality, and a Jew dog, representing Hanukkah pricing, because the Jews are cheap—like Wodka™!

Chris Brown Doesn't Deserve This Lovely House

Leah Beckmann · 11/22/11 12:58PM

Is it even worth introducing Chris Brown with an insult? He is just terrible! Well, Chris Brown, horrendous hatemonster and destroyer of all things good and pure in this world, has plunked down $1.5 million for this home in Hollyweird, CA.

Billionaire: Fat Cats Are People, Too

John Cook · 11/22/11 12:52PM

Hey! Billionaires have feelings, too, you know. Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone took to CNBC this morning to defend their honor from that bully Barack Obama, who is killing the economy by refusing to literally dance for them while holding pom-poms made of shredded cash: "We need leadership, we need cheerleading, we need encouragement. Businessmen and fat cats need to feel like they're doing something good not that they're villains and not that their criminals."

Kim Kardashian Scraps Christmas Cards Featuring Her Wedding Photo

Brian Moylan · 11/22/11 12:11PM

Just like everything else about her nuptials, it seems like Kim Kardashian jumped the gun ordering her holiday cards with her wedding photo on them. Kristen Wiig is hanging out in her undies. Katy Perry is not pregnant. Paz de la Huerta ruined the ending of Boardwalk Empire. Tuesday's gossip has been known to make mistakes.

Eating Nonstop Crap All Day 'The New Normal'

Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 11:35AM

In olden times, when Americans were forced to scavenge for food at "Supermarkets," people ate only three "meals" per day, that being the maximum number that the womenfolk could be goaded into preparing, no matter how much you beat them.

Which Actress Was Secretly Pregnant When She Got Married?

Brian Moylan · 11/22/11 10:49AM

This actress might have been carrying another man's baby when she walked down the aisle. This actress is screwing her director (that's original!) and this family is going to have a more complicated Thanksgiving than the Kardashians. Unless the family is the Kardashians. Hmmm...

There's One Less Way to Get Cheap Smokes

Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 10:27AM

Cigarette taxes here in New York stand at four hundred and eleven dollars per pack, approximately, a burden to which New York smokers have reacted by grumbling slightly more than usual before heading out to turn tricks in order to score enough cash to buy three American Spirit loosies. "Rolling your own?" Don't try it, smart guy!

Ancient 'Sex-Pistol Man' Culture Being Studied by Archaeologists

Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 10:25AM

Long, long ago (the 1970s), in a faraway and strange land (the 1970s), there existed a tiny anarchistic tribe called the Sex Pistols. Though noted mainly for their music, they also dabbled in the visual arts—decorating their London cave dwellings with whimsical pictures called "graffiti."

Regulators Do Not Care About Bank of America's Self-Esteem

Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 09:43AM

Regulators have been picking on Bank of America—telling the poor bank that it needs to get stronger, or else they'll enforce "intensified scrutiny" (monitor its Facebook use) and "greater restrictions" (no television after 9 PM, less hanging out with its cool friends). Or some bullshit.

Did Police Crackdown Lead to Occupy Seattle Protester's Miscarriage?

Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 08:00AM

A homeless, teenage Occupy Seattle protester claims that, during a recent demonstration, police officers kicked her in the stomach and pepper-sprayed her. She was pregnant at the time, and miscarried several days later. Was there a cause/effect relationship?