Firefighter Catches End-of-Days-Esque "Firenado" on Video

Dayna Evans · 03/24/14 07:55PM

Rocky Mountain Arsenal firefighter Thomas Rogers knew exactly what to do when he caught a dangerous "dust devil" or "firenado" on camera. Without pause, he uploaded that clip to YouTube and paired it with some sick thrash metal, and now the fear begins.

Adam Weinstein · 03/24/14 04:56PM

Yale University graduate students invited to a special closed-door chat with war criminal and used-diplomacy salesman Henry Kissinger were told not to divulge the meeting publicly. In related news, graduate students don't keep secrets for shit.

Adam Weinstein · 03/24/14 03:45PM

Shockingly, 87 percent of consumers think awful banks are also awful at social media. There's only one way to change perceptions like that: Hire credit ratings agencies to lie to us that the banks' Twitters are doing great.

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/14 03:35PM

Five former aides to Bernie Madoff have been convicted of participating in his $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme. In their defense, he was a great boss.

Sarah Hedgecock · 03/24/14 03:29PM

Students protesting against a China-Taiwan trade pact are forced by riot police to leave the government Cabinet buildings in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, when hundreds of protesters opposed to a broad trade pact with China invaded the offices. Image via Wally Santana.

U. of Alabama Greeks Win Fight For Their Right to Be Racist Dicks

Adam Weinstein · 03/24/14 03:01PM

Last summer, the University of Alabama campus was rocked by allegations that the fabled Greek scene was racist. Well, not allegations: The school's all-white sororities rejected two women because they weren't white. The school's student Senate had a chance to fix things. But last week, they said "fuck it."

New Research: Nixon Wanted "Dirty Tricks" to Cover Up My Lai Massacre

Adam Weinstein · 03/24/14 02:21PM

Richard Nixon was a secretive paranoid bigoted sonofabitch. But we never knew the half of it: It turns out his administration waded neck-deep into efforts to sink a war-crimes investigation against U.S. soldiers who notoriously butchered an entire village in Vietnam.

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/14 01:17PM

"The World Health Organization reports that suicide rates have increased 60 percent over the past 50 years, most strikingly in the developing world." Thank god for modern pharmacology.