Don't Piss on Your Best Friend 

Hamilton Nolan · 08/10/15 08:35AM

On Saturday, Bernie Sanders was scheduled to speak to a crowd of thousands of supporters in a Seattle park. He never did; the event was shut down after a handful of protesters disrupted it in the name of “Black Lives Matter.” This was remarkably dumb.

"Dude, Get Outta My House": Marmot Refuses to Obey Angry Cursing Man

Hudson Hongo · 08/09/15 07:45PM

When dealing with, say, a lingering party guest who puked in your toilet tank, it’s important to be forceful when expressing it’s time to leave. Unfortunately, while a drunk guy might eventually respond to your commands, a yellow-bellied marmot almost never will.

Hudson Hongo · 08/09/15 06:15PM

According to the BBC, six suspected tiger poachers were killed in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans forest on Sunday during a gunfight with police. Authorities reportedly began cracking down on poaching after a recent survey found just 106 tigers left in the forest, down from 440 animals 10 years ago.

Hudson Hongo · 08/09/15 12:30PM

49-year-old David Conley has been charged with three counts of capital murder in connection with five children and three adults found dead in a Houston-area home last night, the AP reports. One count is said to cover multiple deaths while another is for a person under 6 years of age.

Hudson Hongo · 08/08/15 01:30PM

According to AJC.com, holidays honoring Confederate soldiers and General Robert E. Lee have been removed from Georgia’s official state calendar and are now simply listed as “state holidays.” “Those so inclined can observe Confederate Memorial Day and remember those who died,” said a spokesperson for Gov. Nathan Deal.

Notes for a Film on Black Joy

Danez Smith · 08/08/15 01:10PM

D’Angelo’s “Untitled” is on BET, your forehead pressed against the screen trying to look down, praying there’s a few more inches of TV. you don’t know what drives you to press your skin to the screen filled with his skin but you let yourself be driven, be hungry, be whatever this is when no one is around. you don’t know what a faggot is but you know a faggot would probably be doing this. you don’t know what a faggot is but you know you might be one. You don’t know what you are but you know you shouldn’t be. but you know that when D’Angelo sings how he sings looking how he looks, inside you something breaks open & then that odd flood of yes, a storm you can’t call a storm but the wind sounds like your name.

Hudson Hongo · 08/08/15 12:00PM

“The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5,000 year-long history and culture,” said North Korean state news on Friday, announcing the country’s new “Pyongyang time” zone.