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Billionaire: Fat Cats Are People, Too
John Cook · 11/22/11 12:52PMHey! Billionaires have feelings, too, you know. Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone took to CNBC this morning to defend their honor from that bully Barack Obama, who is killing the economy by refusing to literally dance for them while holding pom-poms made of shredded cash: "We need leadership, we need cheerleading, we need encouragement. Businessmen and fat cats need to feel like they're doing something good not that they're villains and not that their criminals."
GZA Finally Makes it to Harvard
Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 12:34PMGZA, the man who becomes the head when Wu-Tang Clan forms like Voltron, will be giving a guest lecture at Harvard next month. Better than a mountain climber who plays an electric guitar, amirite? This "Ivy League lecture as album promo tour trend" is the coolest thing to happen to the Ivy League since the Dartmouth meth lab.
We Are All Separated By 4.74 Meaningless Facebook Friends
Adrian Chen · 11/22/11 12:17PMKim Kardashian Scraps Christmas Cards Featuring Her Wedding Photo
Brian Moylan · 11/22/11 12:11PM
Just like everything else about her nuptials, it seems like Kim Kardashian jumped the gun ordering her holiday cards with her wedding photo on them. Kristen Wiig is hanging out in her undies. Katy Perry is not pregnant. Paz de la Huerta ruined the ending of Boardwalk Empire. Tuesday's gossip has been known to make mistakes.
Eating Nonstop Crap All Day 'The New Normal'
Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 11:35AMWhich Actress Was Secretly Pregnant When She Got Married?
Brian Moylan · 11/22/11 10:49AMHigh School Newspaper Scoops New York Times on Hot Planking Story
Adrian Chen · 11/22/11 10:31AMThere's One Less Way to Get Cheap Smokes
Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 10:27AM
Cigarette taxes here in New York stand at four hundred and eleven dollars per pack, approximately, a burden to which New York smokers have reacted by grumbling slightly more than usual before heading out to turn tricks in order to score enough cash to buy three American Spirit loosies. "Rolling your own?" Don't try it, smart guy!
Ancient 'Sex-Pistol Man' Culture Being Studied by Archaeologists
Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 10:25AMRegulators Do Not Care About Bank of America's Self-Esteem
Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 09:43AMThe Single Most Dumbfounding Sentence About Occupy Wall Street Ever Published
Hamilton Nolan · 11/22/11 09:28AM
Fascist comedy rag the New York Post has consistently produced more Occupy Wall Street-related works of fiction than any other New York-area performance artist. Remember how they essentially tried to pin all of the world's evils on one woman because she had dreadlocks? Really, really advanced stuff, people.
Did Police Crackdown Lead to Occupy Seattle Protester's Miscarriage?
Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 08:00AMA homeless, teenage Occupy Seattle protester claims that, during a recent demonstration, police officers kicked her in the stomach and pepper-sprayed her. She was pregnant at the time, and miscarried several days later. Was there a cause/effect relationship?
Groping Ghost Won't Let This Poor Grandma Sleep
Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 06:40AMThe Best Four Minutes of Mariah Carey's Return to HSN
Matt Cherette · 11/22/11 06:00AMBack in July, Mariah Carey made an insane two-hour live appearance on the Home Shopping Network, which I distilled down to the most entertaining four minutes. So when I found out that Carey would kick off another round of HSN hawking early this morning, I couldn't help but tune in (and not just because she challenged Gawker to do so).
'UC Davis Pepper Spray Cop' Will Answer Your Burning Questions
Lauri Apple · 11/22/11 04:46AMPoll: Fox News Viewers Less Informed Than Those Who Read No News
TPM · 11/22/11 02:54AMWhere Is the Pilot Who Landed a Weed-Filled Plane in Houston?
Max Read · 11/22/11 02:21AMRomney's First TV Ad Is, Like Romney, Boring and Wrong
Max Read · 11/21/11 11:37PMHere's Mitt Romney's first television ad! It is fantastic, in the sense that it manages to encapsulate, in the span of one minute, the entire Romney "brand": boring, wrong, nonspecific and slightly dishonest. (It's not so fantastic in the "at all engaging to watch" sense.)
Bob Costas on Jerry Sandusky: 'There Will Be More'
Matt Cherette · 11/21/11 11:24PMOne week after conducting an unbearable telephone interview with accused Penn State child rapist Jerry Sandusky on NBC's Rock Center, Bob Costas returned to the program tonight to talk about what's coming next. "There has to be more," said Costas, speculating on both the breadth of the accusations against Sandusky, as well as how much former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew about them without ever taking action. "There will be more."