Is This a Brilliant Recruiting Ad or a Freaky Zombie Movie Trailer?
Adam Weinstein · 07/03/14 11:35AMThe answer is: yes. "ROYAL MARINES: WE'RE FUCKING UNDEAD AND WE'LL GET YA, MAN."
Can Publicly Financed Journalism Ever Be Honest?
Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/14 11:25AMNice Guy Paul Rudd Stars in Couple's Pregnancy Announcement
Jay Hathaway · 07/03/14 11:03AMFallout From Miss. Senate Race Reaches New Level of Absurdity
Adam Weinstein · 07/03/14 10:55AM
This was predictable. The war between a Tea Party conservative and the sitting senator he challenged in Mississippi's GOP primary last month is intensifying, with name-calling, Baba Booey-style gonzo tactics, and pearl-clutching accusations of voter fraud involving black Democrats. Deep South, y'all!
Cop Keeps Job After Violently Shoving Paraplegic Man From Wheelchair
Andy Cush · 07/03/14 10:37AMIn the video above, we see several Lafayette, Ind. police officers surrounding a man in a wheelchair. Nicholas Kincade slowly rolls forward and over the foot of one of the officers, and the cop reacts swiftly, thrusting an arm into Kincade's neck and sending him toppling.
Jailed Woman Says She Was Just Buying Meth for a Birthday Gift
Allie Jones · 07/03/14 10:05AMLittle Girl Disfigured by Pit Bulls Now Turning Down KFC's Money
Jay Hathaway · 07/03/14 09:55AMAdam Weinstein · 07/03/14 09:50AM
Five Good Candidates to Succeed Jamie Dimon
Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/14 09:34AMChristian Rappers Sue Katy Perry for Tainting Song With "Black Magic"
Andy Cush · 07/03/14 09:05AMFox News Takes Some Liberties with the BioShock Infinite Logo
Jay Hathaway · 07/03/14 08:50AM
BioShock Infinite creator Ken Levine describes the game as a Rorshach test. What you make of Columbia—a sort of alternate-history America with more flying islands and killer George Washington robots—probably says more about you than it does about BioShock Infinite. Do you read the imagery as patriotism or propaganda?
Dutch Court Finally Rules Racist "Black Pete" Character Is Racist
Allie Jones · 07/03/14 08:40AMWriter Colum McCann Assaulted After Reportedly Trying to Help Woman
Michelle Dean · 07/03/14 08:20AMThe "Nanny From Hell" Is an American Hero
Tom Scocca · 07/03/14 08:00AM
As the story of the so-called "Nanny From Hell" continues to unfold, it becomes clearer and clearer that America is a nation of cringing dupes and shameless predators, and that most of the predators are also dupes. The coverage, very much including this site's own coverage, has been dedicated to the peculiar notion that the villain in the story is Diane Stretton, the so-called "nanny" who has been refusing to leave the house of her employers.
Colorado Teen Arrested After Falling in Love With ISIS Militant Online
Allie Jones · 07/03/14 07:23AM
Plenty of teens fall in love on the internet, but Shannon Maureen Conley, 19, fell in love with a man who says he's an ISIS militant in Syria. She was arrested in April for trying to board a plane to meet him in Turkey. According to court documents unsealed yesterday, Conley was committed to supporting ISIS and waging jihad against non-believers.
Aleksander Chan · 07/02/14 10:30PM
SiriusXM Host Claims "Cuntrag" Assaulted Him in Racist Twitter Rant
Aleksander Chan · 07/02/14 09:43PM
Anthony Cumia, one half of the SiriusXM's comedy show The Opie & Anthony Show, claims to have been assaulted by a woman in Times Square Tuesday. According to his Twitter feed, he was apparently trying to take photos of the area when the woman was caught in the frame. When she objected to being in the photos, she allegedly starting punching him. He responded by calling her a cunt. Cumia then took to Twitter—for hours—for a racist, violent tirade.
The U.S. Has Had a Secret Military Presence in Somalia Since 2007
Aleksander Chan · 07/02/14 08:35PM
According to a new report by Reuters, the U.S. has maintained a secret military presence in Somalia since 2007, deploying up to 120 troops to aid the country as it combats extremist Muslim group al Shabaab. Per Obama administration officials, American military in Somalia are there in advisory roles.









