This Video of NYPD Arresting a Woman at Citibank Certainly Doesn't Look Good
Max Read · 10/16/11 08:48AMLet's not jump to conclusions about this video, which (at about a minute in) shows a woman dressed in a business suit, carrying her Citibank checkbook, trying to leave her bank only to be dragged back inside and arrested by a plainclothes NYPD officer.
U.S. Reportedly Ditching Iraq Entirely in January
Max Read · 10/16/11 08:07AMAirlift Hand Sanitizer to Occupy Wall Streeters Posthaste!
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 04:46PM
The New York Daily News reports that the Occupy Wall Street protesters of New York City—the most hygienically sound municipality in all of North America—need to start using hand sanitizer if they wish to avoid succumbing to infection and disease-death. (The same paper once reported that hand sanitizer is a lie, but don't let that stop you from using it.)
Two Men Charged With Stealing Entire Bridge
Max Read · 10/15/11 04:14PMMeet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD
Adrian Chen · 10/15/11 03:47PM
The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month. And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters' moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert who gained access to one of the group's internal mailing lists, and then handed over information on the group's plans to authorities and corporations targeted by protesters.
Woman Arrested for Being Black Gets to Keep Settlement Cash
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 02:35PMWatch Rupert Murdoch Get Heckled by 'Occupy Sesame Street'
Max Read · 10/15/11 01:46PMHere's Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp, giving a speech at an education forum in San Francisco—and getting heckled by a group of education activists yelling "Occupy Sesame Street," which is, we guess, a slogan for education reform? (It's also a jokey meme.) According to the write-ups, the hecklers were dressed as Sesame Street characters, but we couldn't really tell; their beef with Murdoch originates from his ownership of education software company Wireless Generation.
Right-Wing Rabble-Rouser Leaks Thousands of Occupy Wall Street Emails
Adrian Chen · 10/15/11 01:20PMPastor's Wife Wrong About Mainstream Sperm-Swallowing Habits
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 01:18PMZebras Escape from Zoo Enclosure to Terrify Boston
Max Read · 10/15/11 01:10PMViolence Erupts in Rome as Occupy Wall Street Goes Global
Max Read · 10/15/11 12:11PMForlorn Teens' Memorable First Date: TGI Friday's, Then Getting Arrested
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 11:58AM
Couples that get arrested together stay together—though not literally, because jails separate people by sex, and don't offer couples' cells. But still: Teenage casual dining enthusiasts Devin Norling, 18, and Sydney Sanders, 19, probably have some sort of future, because they gave themselves a memorable first-date experience and now have plenty to discuss during their second date.
The Best Videos of the Week
Matt Cherette · 10/15/11 11:41AMWhen Punching Yourself in the Face is Dumb
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 11:13AM
There's no concrete "right" or "wrong" time or place for punching yourself in the face, it's said. Everyone has different preferences. But doing so while sitting in the back of a cop car in order to fake a police brutality claim, while a camera's filming your whole scheme, probably qualifies as a "wrong time." In this video, a man from one of those consonant-saturated European countries punching himself in the face to get out of a speeding ticket. The cop's nonchalance is endearing:
Sonic Youth Super-Couple Splitting
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 10:17AM'Liberal Extremist' Court Says Alabama Can't Track Students' Immigration Info
Max Read · 10/15/11 10:09AM
All Alabama wants to do is stop the Mexicans from coming to its state and taking "the jobs nobody wants to do," by forcing visible minorities to carry proof of legal immigration status on them at all times, and also tracking the immigration status of schoolchildren (who are literally stealing education), but will the "liberal extremists" of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals let them? Noooo!
What English Sounds Like to People Who Don't Speak It
Max Read · 10/15/11 08:40AMIf you've ever wanted to know what English sounds like when you don't speak it, here's a short film from Australian director Brian Fairbairn that might help you get an idea. Think of it as the dramatic version of Italian singer Adriano Celentano's classic English-sounding gibberish song "Prisencolinensinainciusol."










