"Douche" is having a moment, clearly. Last weekend, the New York Times devoted a front-page story to point out that the word has been used 76 times during primetime TV this fall (provoking a good deal of mockery online and off in the process). Now the infamous "douche" lawsuit from 2008 has popped back up in New York State Supreme Court.
Remember the time you flew off the swing set and smashed your head on the ground, only to find that no one was around to see it? Thanks to the internet, that has all changed.
It has taken about 30 years, but hip hop has finally reached the tobacco spitting "good ol' boys" audience! Watch as two turkey hunters show their tight beatboxing and fly turkey calling skills. Git-r-done, ya heard?
Do you remember the days when bands and music videos like this were considered cool? Neon color schemes, goatees, and smiles all around? Apparently this was considered hip in 1990.
The 10-year-old boy that refuses to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in Arkansas because of gay marriage has been all over the news recently. This brave kid is (predictably) being harassed at school. No more!
One way the White House and Senate Democrats plan to pay to overhaul the health care system? By imposing a five percent tax on cosmetic procedures like breast implants, face lifts, tummy tucks, and Botox. The provision, which is projected to raise $6 billion over the next 10 years, has plastic surgeons up in arms, not surprisingly. But considering a slightly disproportionate number of cosmetic surgery consumers are Republicans, it may be a clever political move for Democrats. Even if it wreaks havoc on Nancy Pelosi's personal budget in the process. [AP]
Researchers from the Mathematical Society of Traffic Flow in Japan conducted a real life experiment to show why some traffic jams appear for no apparent reason. The results are surprising.
The jokes at NBC's expense weren't very insidery this week, but as usual 30 Rock spent half the episode dissing their home network. Here's what happens when you make Tina & Co. play along with your dumb corporate green initiative.
Chickens are raised for their delicious eggs and thighs. If it is already giving its life for mankind's benefit, it doesn't need to be humiliated in the process.
It was once thing when politicians and members of the media were haranguing Goldman Sachs over its plans to pay out massive year-end bonuses. But now shareholders are getting into the act, too, a move that shows "how anger over its big-money culture is spilling into the ranks of investors who typically shy away from debates over Wall Street pay." Naturally, these giant mutual funds aren't speaking up on principle. (They'd like to benefit a bit more from the firm's record earnings.) And whether they really plan to do anything about it is up in the air. But there's an indication that all the PR troubles that the firm has faced this week—and this may go down as the worst week in the firm's history from a public relations standpoint—are about to vanish instantly.
Twitter wars: No good can ever come from them. Last week Kirstie Alley trashed Conan O'Brien and he fired back over the course of this week. His best jokes, after the jump.
