John Oliver Spotted a Crucial Flaw in This Anti-Gambling PSA

Jay Hathaway · 07/23/14 02:05PM

When Singapore legalized casinos back in 2005, it also established a National Council on Problem Gambling to produce educational messages about the devastation gambling addiction can cause to lives and families. Leading up to the World Cup, the Council released a heartbreaking PSA to discourage football fans from betting on the event.

Adam Weinstein · 07/23/14 01:52PM

Today is National Hot Dog Day! Unfortunately, the president of the National Pork Producers Council is unavailable to celebrate, since he was arrested this afternoon in Washington trying to enter a Capitol complex office with his unlicensed 9mm pistol. He's probably being grilled by police.

Nathan For You Figures Out How to Sell Alcohol to Minors

Jay Hathaway · 07/23/14 01:47PM

Ingeniously dumb comedian Nathan Fielder has returned with season 2 of Nathan For You, the show where he very awkwardly attempts to rehabilitate struggling local businesses, and it's off to a great start. He's already helped a liquor store reach a huge untapped market: Underage suckers.

Attorneys Ask Kid Rock to Bring Them Insane Clown Posse's Glass Dildo

Jordan Sargent · 07/23/14 01:40PM

Earlier this week, Kid Rock peered at his glass dildo and nodded solemnly, his eyes welling. He knew this day would one day come, but he was blindsided nonetheless. If the young blonde in his bed saw the tear roll down his cheek, she wouldn't have known why. Kid was keeping this secret deep inside: he had been notified via a subpoena that he must present the crystal clear sex toy, gifted to him by an employee of Insane Clown Posse, as evidence in a sexual harassment trial.

Hero Cyclist Somehow Lands on His Feet After High-Flying Car Collision

Andy Cush · 07/23/14 01:30PM

The cyclist in the video above was riding through a London suburb "to gain some fitness," he writes on YouTube, when a car going the opposite direction suddenly turned right into the bike lane. The head-on collision that ensued is the stuff of bike-riding nightmares.

Israel Should Be in Germany

Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/14 12:43PM

Israel and Palestine are warring again. Civilians are dying again. Families are losing their homes, and chaos persists. Again. This would not be happening if Israel were located somewhere that makes more sense: in Germany.

Adam Weinstein · 07/23/14 12:32PM

"We've come to Washington to ask our government to stop demanding for Israel to show restraint," the Christians United for Israel founding pastor told his audience. Later, an IDF veteran told the cheering, flag-waving Christians: "The soldiers of Israel must smash their skulls and break their spines."

Andrew Cuomo’s Ethics Panel Exposes Andrew Cuomo’s Shadiness

J.K. Trotter · 07/23/14 12:30PM

Last year, Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, assembled an independent ethics panel to expose the pernicious, deep-rooted culture of corruption in Albany. In its own way, it worked: Today’s New York Times has a big feature recounting how Cuomo sought to steer—and in some cases quash—the panel’s investigations when they got too close to his own turf.

John Travolta's Alleged Ex-Boyfriend Sues for Right To Kiss and Tell

Rich Juzwiak · 07/23/14 11:38AM

When pilot Doug Gotterba spilled the tea on his alleged six-year affair with alleged man who sleeps with men John Travolta to the National Enquirer in 2012, Travolta's camp slapped him with a cease and desist. That's about as revealing as Travolta himself walking right up to Gotterba, slapping him on the face with a lavender glove, and hissing, "Now hush, D'Artagnan."

J.K. Trotter · 07/23/14 11:31AM

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Adam Weinstein · 07/23/14 10:30AM

Congressional Republicans have a new plan to address unaccompanied minors crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. It deploys U.S. troops to the border and mandates "aggressive information campaigns" in Central American nations, as well as US-run "repatriation centers" on their soil.

The DC Police Invent Crimes to Arrest "Likely" Criminals

Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/14 09:50AM

In Washington, DC, undercover police are concocting elaborate fake robbery plots, and then arresting anyone they can convince to say they will join in. If you mixed the concepts of entrapment and Minority Report-style futurecrimes together, this is what would emerge.