New Gossiping Twitter Account Puts Britain In a Tizzy

Adrian Chen · 05/31/11 11:53AM

Oh ho ho, what slander! What loathsome gossip! A new anonymous Twitter account has been publishing rumors about British celebs and everyone is freaking out, again. This proves England is not equipped to handle the internet.

Matt Drudge Launches Black Teen Crime News Service

John Cook · 05/31/11 11:30AM

Good afternoon! How's your Monday going? Curious about what "urban" teenagers were doing over the holiday weekend, and whether you should feel threatened by them and people who share their complexion? Then be sure to check in with the Drudge Report, which has conveniently rounded up a slew of run-of-the-mill summer crime stories that happen to involve black people and suggestively weaved them into a nationwide race riot.

Mitt Romney Is a 'Twilight' Fangirl

Jim Newell · 05/31/11 11:20AM

Mitt Romney had quite a scandalous revelation to share on this morning's Today show: He does, from time to time, and always while exercising great caution, participate in certain leisurely activities, like watching television and reading novels. Would Mother Mittens approve of this? Let's just say, doubtful.

Drunk Americans Display Patriotism by Buying Foreign Beer

Hamilton Nolan · 05/31/11 10:20AM

As an American, there is no greater service that you can perform for your country than to drink vast quantities of beer. Not pussy foreign "Heineken" or "Corona" beer, the purchase of which amounts to draining the faltering American economy in order to subsidize enemy (non-US) nations. We're talking about real god damn American beer. Budweiser. Miller. The shit that G.I. Joe would drink.

Which Musician Likes to Beat Up Gay Hustlers?

Brian Moylan · 05/31/11 09:49AM

This musical star isn't just hiding the fact he's gay, but also that he likes to get rough with the "hired help." These celebs were divas at Cannes, this actor likes women to beat him in bed, and this right-wing politician has a closeted spouse. It always comes back to gays and rough sex, doesn't it?

Hookahs Will Totally Kill You

Hamilton Nolan · 05/31/11 09:02AM

Are you partial to smoking hookahs, whitey? If you're not a college student you're like, "Fuck am I, a college student?" If you're a college student you're like "Totally, check mine out." Either way, you probably have cancer and herpes.

Goldman Sachs Once Lost $1.3 Billion of Muammar Qaddafi's Stash

Jeff Neumann · 05/31/11 07:27AM

Say you're in charge of a bloodthirsty dictator's stolen $1.3 billion sovereign-wealth fund. You make some risky investments with that money in the early days of the global financial meltdown, and end up losing 98% (!) of it. Then imagine you're Goldman Sachs dealing with Muammar Qaddafi's money!

New Zealand Is Run By a Dangerous Planking Promoter

Jeff Neumann · 05/31/11 06:25AM

New Zealand PM John Key apparently doesn't mind the deadly, coma-inducing Australasian internet craze called planking. In fact, he supports it. In a picture posted to the Facebook group Planking New Zealand over the weekend, his son Max is seen planking in the premier's residence under the watchful eyes of his father. Just what kind of message is John Key sending to the youth of his nation?

Osama Bin Laden Offered 'Excellent HR Benefits'

Jeff Neumann · 05/31/11 05:25AM

Osama bin Laden was many things: Terrorist, mass murderer, psychopath, sociopath, chronic masturbator, poon hound. But for all of his faults, bin Laden was a pretty decent employer, in jidahi terms, at least. Much of that stems from his degree in economics and public administration. From NPR, we have more tales of Osama bin Laden as micro-managing terrorist mastermind:

Alabama Mayor Finds FEMA Trailers Unsightly, Bans Them

Seth Abramovitch · 05/31/11 02:50AM

The tornado-ravaged citizens of Cordova, Alabama — about 35 miles northwest of Birmingham, pop. 2000 — have lost everything after a series of monster twisters tore through their town on April 27th. With nowhere to turn, scores of newly homeless residents were relieved when FEMA came along with a caravan of single-wide mobile homes they could use as shelter. Not so fast: Mayor Jack Scott has declared that single-wide mobile homes are illegal in Cordova.

Video Surfaces of 13-Year-Old Syrian Torture Victim

Seth Abramovitch · 05/31/11 02:21AM

The family of Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, a 13-year-old Syrian boy tortured and mutilated by President Bashar Assad's forces, has posted a video of his corpse online that shows "cuts, gashes...burns...bullet wounds...jaw and kneecaps shattered...and his penis chopped off." [NY Times]

How Far Would You Go To Save Your Dog?

Seth Abramovitch · 05/31/11 01:53AM

It's a question every pet owner asks themselves at one point or other: How far would I go to save the life of my furry little friend? In the case of Steve Porter, an Australian whose closest companion was a four-year-old Jack Russell named Jessie (pictured), the answer is "pretty damn far."

Boy Crowned Prom Queen in Virginia

Seth Abramovitch · 05/31/11 12:56AM

There was once a time where a boy being crowned prom queen, as per his wishes, would have been an exciting and subversive act. Now it just feels like yet another manifestation of the Gleeing of America. Still, congratulations to Jake Boyer, a openly gay senior from Blacksburg High School in Virginia, who actually had the prom queen balls to go through with it.

KKK Counter-Protests 'God Hates Fags' Church

Max Read · 05/30/11 10:49PM

Members of the delightfully quirky Westboro Baptist Church showed up at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day just to remind everyone, through the use of excessive signage, that God loves dead soldiers. But luckily for people who were hoped to visit the cemetery without encountering hateful bigotry, brave members of the Ku Klux Klan showed up to counter-protest.

Helicopter Cameras Catch 2,000-Foot Waterspout 'Tornado'

Max Read · 05/30/11 09:42PM

Being from New Jersey, I didn't even know waterspouts existed until today, and now, having seen this footage — captured from a helicopter by Australia's Channel 7 news — I don't think I'm ever going to go out onto the ocean again. These reportedly reached 2,000 feet, though they never touched land.