Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 01:11PM

Asked Sunday if he thinks he's ready to be president, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) replies: "I do." Asked Sunday if he believes in human-caused climate change, Rubio replies: "I do not."

Tyrion's Trial by Combat on Game of Thrones Has a Precedent

Max Read · 05/12/14 01:02PM

Tyrion Lannister's dramatic demand for "trial by combat" at the end of last night's Game of Thrones has precedent. Not just in the annals of ancient Germanic law: 12 years ago, an "unemployed mechanic" demanded trial by combat over a motor-vehicle fine.

South Carolina's Jim Crow-Era Law Leads to an Insane Military Election

Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 12:20PM

There are fifty states in our blessed union. There is only one state that holds an open election for the general who will command its National Guard forces. The reason is to keep black people from being too powerful. The result is that a convicted stalker may end up with all the tanks and guns.

Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 12:18PM

Will transgender Americans get to serve openly in the military soon? Very possibly, yeah.

Four Firefighters Injured After "Fuck Truck" Overturns on Highway

Jay Hathaway · 05/12/14 11:45AM

Alison Bologna, an anchor for Providence, Rhode Island's NBC 10, earned a spot in every future YouTube news blooper compilation for her coverage of a fuck truck—er, a fire truck—that overturned near Charlotte, N.C., last Thursday, injuring four.

Here Is a Collection of Twitter Trolls Teaching Photoshop to Ann Coulter

Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 11:20AM

Ann Coulter's bullshit conservative troll game is slipping. In her zeal to land a jab against... Twitter? Michelle Obama? Nigerian schoolgirls?... she opened a door for her detractors, and they jumped through it with a two-leg flying kick of Photoshop fury.

Sarah Hedgecock · 05/12/14 10:47AM

A boy walks past Indian Muslim brides sitting during a mass marriage. Thirty-five couples participated in the ceremony in Mumbai on Sunday. Image via Rajanish Kakade/AP.

Game of Thrones' Translator Snuck in a Monty Python Joke in Valyrian

Jay Hathaway · 05/12/14 10:27AM

You probably won't be shocked to learn that the showrunners of Game of Thrones are big Monty Python geeks, but the Holy Grail easter egg they slipped into a scene earlier this season might surprise you. Unless you speak Low Valyrian, anyway.

George Zimmerman's Best Racist Friend Now Says He Was Guilty of Murder

Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 10:05AM

He stood up for Trayvon Martin's killer at trial and on all the talk shows. He fine-tuned the narrative of Martin as a thug. He concealed his own criminal history and conducted white supremacist podcasts. But Frank Taaffe has had a change of heart, and now says Zimmerman is a racist murderer.

Justin Timberlake: "I Am America"

Rich Juzwiak · 05/12/14 08:58AM

Justin Timberlake appeared on last night's season premiere of Oprah Presents Master Class. By asking celebrities to discuss their success and the reasons for it in what amounts to a 40+ minute monologue, the show is basically a setup for failure or at least rambling self-indulgence. The brags, be they of the humble variety or original recipe, abound.