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Pickets, Lawsuits, Sex Ads, and Hard Times at the Village Voice

Hamilton Nolan · 11/16/11 12:42PM

The Village Voice has problems. The paper had yet another round of layoffs last month, as part of a nationwide cull by its parent company. (Not to be confused with the other layoffs earlier this year.) Like most alt-weeklies, the Voice depends on sex and drug ads for its very survival. The paper's so desperate for revenue that it's suing Time Out NY for using the phrase "Best in NYC." You know that belongs to the Village Voice, right?

Sarah Palin Is Prepared to Personally Lynch Jerry Sandusky

Jim Newell · 11/16/11 12:31PM

Former political person Sarah Palin, who's still performing her role as occasional whackadoodle on Fox News, went on last night to discuss the tragic case of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly raping young boys for decades. She had a nuanced reaction to the whole affair, specifically that Jerry Sandusky should be lynched.

Which Actress Likes to Use the N-Word?

Brian Moylan · 11/16/11 11:50AM

This actress dropped the N bomb at the Victoria's Secret fashion show. This other actress knows her husband is cheating. And this couple is really a gay man and his beard. Wonder what sort of names our actress would call him!

Starbucks Is Tired of Being Your Urinal

Hamilton Nolan · 11/16/11 11:20AM

We know what Starbucks is up to. First, they started clearing out all the laptop hobos who occupy tables for hours while nursing a single cup of coffee. And now, Starbucks is cutting back on its free public bathrooms. It's almost as if this multinational corporation only cares about money!

Job-Killing Plutocrat Loves Occupy Wall Street

Ryan Tate · 11/16/11 11:11AM

Here's a sick sight: Roger McNamee, the fabulously wealthy venture capitalist responsible for countless layoffs, wearing an "Occupy Wall Street" t-shirt at an invitation-only conference at a Ritz Carlton in Arizona. Silicon Valley's most obnoxious, sanctimonious caviar socialists have found their poster boy.

Andrea Peyser's No Good, Very Bad Day at Occupy Wall Street

Hamilton Nolan · 11/16/11 09:31AM

Yesterday morning, a tipster pointed us to this Twitter posting about our favorite New York Post sex and hatred columnist: "Just saw Andrea Peyser say "Fuck you!" to a man questioning her attempted ambushing of a man who dared to (gasp!) bring a child to #OWS." Then another tipster sent us this photo of Andrea looking positively despondent down at OWS. Why the sour face, Andrea? Perhaps her column today holds some clues!

Patti LaBelle Sued For Getting Into Screaming Match with Toddler

Seth Abramovitch · 11/16/11 03:43AM

Lady Marmalade, The Soul of Philadelphia, the one, the only, Miss Patti LaBelle: Get your kids the fuck away from her. That's the only reasonable takeaway, really, from a lawsuit filed against the singer by a family who lived in the same, Trump-owned tenement structure on the Upper West Side as LaBelle.

Secret Service Wondering Who Fired a Bullet Into the White House

Seth Abramovitch · 11/16/11 02:38AM

Hey guys, the Secret Service just wanted to know how a bullet wound up being fired through a White House window. No biggie! The bulletproof glass made sure the bullet didn't go inside the White House, but all the same, they'd really like to know how it got there.

Bill Maher: Elisabeth Hasselbeck 'Had Some Bug Up Her Ass'

Matt Cherette · 11/16/11 01:56AM

Elisabeth Hasselbeck had quite a bone to pick with Bill Maher on The View this morning about a joke he'd told about her months ago, and pick it she did. One would think he'd mind being attacked, but on tonight's Late Show, Maher told David Letterman he was actually pleased with how she reacted: "Thank you, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, for making me look good!"

Stephen Colbert Celebrates the Demise of Occupy Wall Street

Matt Cherette · 11/16/11 12:52AM

In an early morning raid on Tuesday, NYPD officers began removing Occupy Wall Street protesters from Manhattan's Zuccotti Park. The eviction drew negative reactions from many, but on tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert celebrated the cleanup: "The founders never intended indefinite free speech; they assumed that, after two weeks, any protest would be wiped out by smallpox."

Only Smart Kids Do Drugs

Max Read · 11/16/11 12:34AM

A new study indicates that young children with high IQs are significantly more likely to have done illegal drugs later in life, even when controlling for other factors. So you finally have a comeback when your dad says Why do you think they call it dope?!

Jon Stewart Goes Off on Jerry Sandusky

Matt Cherette · 11/15/11 11:37PM

In an unbearable phone interview with Bob Costas on last night's Rock Center, accused Penn State child rapist Jerry Sandusky kinda-sorta denied being sexually attracted to young boys. On tonight's Daily Show, an indignant Jon Stewart unloaded on Sandusky: "You can't even bring yourself to lie emphatically!"