Taylor Berman · 07/22/14 03:12PM
Comcast Exec on Torturous Customer Call: "We Fell Short"
Andy Cush · 07/22/14 03:00PM
Listening to the customer call heard around the world, it's hard not to sympathize with both parties. Ryan Block, the caller, just wanted to disconnect his cable service, but the nameless Comcast rep on the other end was only doing what he was trained to do: break customers down, bit by bit, until they crawl back into the company's welcoming arms.
Another Appeals Court Rules: Nuh-uh, Red States Can Too Get Obamacare
Allie Jones · 07/22/14 02:52PM
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Richmond, Virginia, ruled today that the IRS has the power to grant subsidies to people who are enrolled in Obamacare through the federal health insurance exchange. This is the opposite of what the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled just hours before. Neither of these decisions is the final say on the issue.
Florida Couple Arrested After a Grandma Tapes Them Having Sex on Beach
Jay Hathaway · 07/22/14 02:45PMThe Calm After "Brooklyn Girls": Catey Shaw Comes Home
Jordan Sargent · 07/22/14 02:37PMDid Russian Officials Edit Wikipedia to Back Up a Bogus MH17 Theory?
Adam Weinstein · 07/22/14 01:57PM
Russian defense officials Monday argued that a Ukrainian warplane was near Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and may have been responsible for the commercial jet's deadly shootdown. And when the physics seemed to dispute that theory, Russian officials appear to have changed the physics—on Wikipedia, at least.
Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/14 01:49PM
Fashion Magazines Are Often Ridiculous (And That's Fine)
Michelle Dean · 07/22/14 01:47PMRich Juzwiak · 07/22/14 01:40PM
For the first time ever, researchers have successfully eliminated HIV from infected human cells. "This is one important step on the path toward a permanent cure for AIDS," said Kamel Khalili, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Temple University, where the discovery was made.
Snoop Dogg Got High as Fuck at the White House
Rich Juzwiak · 07/22/14 12:50PMOn the newest installment of Snoop Dogg's internet talk show, CGN, the rapper/weed icon claims to Jimmy Kimmel that he smoked weed at the White House. He clarifies that it was "in the bathroom...in the bathroom, not in the White House, but in the bathroom." (Note, he is smoking weed as he says this.)
Sean Bean Thinks This Huge Game of Thrones Spoiler Is Pretty Obvious
Jay Hathaway · 07/22/14 12:32PM
Tired of dying in practically every single film or TV show in which he appears, Sean Bean perked up when an interviewer mentioned he might be able to rejoin the cast of Game of Thrones through flashbacks that are (almost) certainly coming in season 5. But Bean got a little too excited, and may have confirmed a popular fan theory without meaning to.
Paying Taxes Is Patriotic. Dodging Taxes Is Unpatriotic.
Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/14 12:23PMMajor U.S. Airlines Cancel Flights to Tel Aviv After Rocket Scare
Allie Jones · 07/22/14 12:06PMRich Juzwiak · 07/22/14 11:55AM
Ken Ham: NASA Is Pointless Because Aliens Are Going to Hell Anyway
Jay Hathaway · 07/22/14 11:40AM
Ken Ham, the young-Earth creationist minister who had his ass gently-but-firmly handed to him in a debate with Bill Nye earlier this year, has had it with "the desperate and fruitless search for extraterrestrial life." Aliens can't be real, because the Bible says Earth is special. And if they are real, they're all going to hell.
Appeals Court Rules That Red States Will Get Even Less Obamacare
Allie Jones · 07/22/14 11:28AM
A federal appeals court ruled today that due to the wording of the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare subsidies are unauthorized in states that haven't set up their own insurance exchanges. In those states, which are mostly Republican-controlled, the IRS had been granting subsidies to customers who purchased insurance plans on the federal exchange.







