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Inescapable 'Free Mumia' Signs Finally Do Something Good
Max Read · 12/07/11 03:05PMAfter 30 years of "Free Mumia" signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers being omnipresent at every single even vaguely left-leaning rally, the state of Pennsylvania has announced that it will no longer seek the death penalty against the journalist and former Black Panther, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.
Sugary Breakfast Cereals Linked to Cool Parents
Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/11 02:55PMMythbusters Terrorizes Neighborhood with Flying Cannonball
Brian Moylan · 12/07/11 02:39PMMormon College's Skinny Jeans Ban Debated, Overturned
Maureen O'Connor · 12/07/11 02:10PMFollowing yesterday's report about BYU-Idaho had banned skinny jeans, officials at the Mormon university overturned the ban. But skinny-jeans-gate isn't over! Intrepid student journalists are on the case, reporting that rogue prudes within the University hierachy fought to keep skinny jeans out—possibly discriminating against the "curvy"—before they were overruled.
Horrible Christmas Gifts for the Children of People You Hate
John Cook · 12/07/11 02:00PMMovies Show Death By Lava All Wrong
Ryan Tate · 12/07/11 01:53PMHere's the thing about dying in lava, which everyone seems to fuck up: You do not sink into like you're in a swimming pool (looking at you, Gollum from Lord of the Rings). You do not instantly melt into goo on contact (Volcano subway guy). Density and viscosity doesn't work that way. Just let Wired explain to you the right way to die in lava.
Blago Is Bla-Going to Jail for 14 Years
Max Read · 12/07/11 01:33PMRich Republicans Are Still Trying to Field a Half-Decent Presidential Candidate
Jim Newell · 12/07/11 01:15PMThink about it, a little more: Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich. Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich. Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich. It wasn't the best year for recruiters of Republican presidential candidates. And now that the deadline has passed in most early states to get on the primary ballot, there's no chance for anyone else to jump in. Unless the incompetent rich Republican donors "pull some strings," or whatever it is that the rich do in emergencies.
The Top Online Stories of 2011 Are About Kim Kardashian and Other Rats
Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/11 01:05PM118 Questions About Last Night's Episode of Glee
Brian Moylan · 12/07/11 12:55PMIran Smacks Down Hillary Clinton's 'Virtual Embassy'
Ryan Tate · 12/07/11 12:30PMThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Is So Goddamn Embarrassing
Max Read · 12/07/11 12:20PMU.S. Outraged a Foreign Country Would Torture Someone
Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/11 11:50AMShohn Huckabee is a 24 year-old Texas man who was arrested during a trip to Mexico in 2009, charged with drug trafficking, and given a five year prison sentence. He says that he was innocent, tortured by police and set up. His case became a cause celebre for activists, and he's finally been released after serving more than two years in Mexican prison.
College Ruffians Expelled for Starring in Disturbing Shoe Attack Video
Lauri Apple · 12/07/11 11:15AMKatherine Heigl Just Wants 'Everyone to Like Me'
Maureen O'Connor · 12/07/11 11:10AMRight Wing Honors Pearl Harbor by Whining About Sasha and Malia's School Lunch
Max Read · 12/07/11 11:05AMRichie Rich Rich Boy Jared Kushner Hates Taxes on the Rich
Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/11 11:00AMThere is nothing more amusing on a Wednesday morning than to read some of the New York Observer's voluminous, fawning Occupy Wall Street coverage, and then immediately afterwards read the paper's invariably horrific in-house editorial of the week, which is dictated from on high by the paper's owner, millionaire real estate scion and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, whose silver spoon gives him divine guidance on the issues of the day.