Meet Robert Halper, a retired trader and former vice chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Like a lot of wealthy Wall Street-connected 52-year-olds, Halper gave the maximum contribution of $2,500 to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. But this guy also wrote a $20,000 check to help launch Occupy Wall Street.

Playboy's published its entire correspondence with the late journalist Hunter S. Thompson, and while most of it's not quite as fascinatingly deranged as the various letters (and other documents) from Thompson that have surfaced over the years, the cache does contain this amazing hangover cure, undated and scrawled on the stationery of the Beverly Hills Hotel:

For the first time, more Americans support legalizing marijuana than oppose it. (Talk about a record "high"! Am I right?) The greatest support comes from liberals and people 18-29; the strongest opposition from the 65-and-up crowd. So just wait!

Last week, we showed you this heartbreaking video from the WE DO Campaign, an effort to draw attention to the battle for marriage equality in North Carolina by having gay couples request—and get denied—marriage licenses from the state.

Following the discovery of charred human remains beside a campfire in French Polynesia, European rumormongers fretted that Stefan Ramin—a German tourist who went missing while vacationing on the island of Nuku Hiva—had been eaten by cannibals.

Reddit administrators shut down the popular message board's controversial "Jailbait" section last week after a user used it to distribute child porn. Jailbait's thousands of subscribers were devastated. But, rejoice, pedophiles: Jailbait's back!

Denise Darbeau, the woman seen being beaten by a McDonald's employee in the West Village, may have permanent brain damage, according to her mother. She's still hospitalized and suffers from memory loss. Doctors say her prognosis is still unclear.

Looks like it's over between Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, the alt-rock power couple of Sonic Youth. With the future of the band uncertain, a number of artists, young and old, have already stepped forward to fill the void. Let's listen in.

Candy medicine! Preemie autism! Medical marijuana! Shy teens! Sick Americans! Aggressive kids! Down's fetus! Coyote cloning! And kids these days can't seem to do a god damn thing healthily! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—nurturingly!

Kevin Strahle is a self-proclaimed rich person, "meathead," "YouTube inspirational public figure," and resident of New Jersey. He is an amateur competitive eater, with a handful of meat-eating victories in the suburbs.

Dan Kloeffler, one of the anchors of ABC's World News Now, the zany 3am news program that most people only see when they wake up on the couch to shut off the TV, came out on the air early this morning. And it's all because of Zachary Quinto.

Single twenty-somethings have found the occupied Zuccotti Park a prime spot to cruise for love. But couples are bringing the romance too: Here a guy uses the protest's hallmark "people's microphone" to propose to his girlfriend. Awww. The couple that gets pepper-sprayed together, stays together. [via Gothamist]

The concerned swamp monsters over at Fox & Friends did a little profile in courage this morning, focusing on a young woman named Hannah Lucas who is saying NO to B. H. Obama's healthier school food initiatives.

Rick Santorum, who is constitutionally incapable of not whining whenever he opens his mouth, had a whiny response to being made fun of on Saturday Night Live this weekend.

The Occupy Wall Street protests turned a month old yesterday, which means it's time to pick a side: Are you part of the downtrodden 99%? The filthy rich 1%? The conservative 53%? Find out, with our helpful quiz.

For people whose job it is to turn unsuspecting suckers into corporate-advertising zombies, there's no better sight than a bunch of fresh-faced 18 year-olds moving boxes into a dorm room, ready to take on the world. Yeah, take on the world's debt. Don't forget your college-branded credit card and whatnot, suckers young adults!

Last night 11 million people watched the second season premiere of AMC's zombiepallooza The Walking Dead. Yes, that's cumulative number of people who watched the show over its three broadcasts, but even the 9pm showing pulled in 7.3 million viewers, which is absolutely huge for cable. If those ratings were a person, they'd be the mom in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Hulu put up the first two seasons of The Only Way Is Essex yesterday, the best British export since the Cadbury Creme Egg. Just like the Creme Egg, it's tasty, sugary, ridiculous, completely fake, and leaves you feeling just a little bit sick when you're finished. It's like the best parts of Jersey Shore and The Hills all at once.

In your mandatory Monday media column: Michael Wolff is out for good, Tweet man stops tweeting to write about Twitter, McDonald's launches its own network, a PR man jokes for accuracy, and the NYT's paywall is a success.

An unnamed actress is suing IMDb for $1,075,000 for revealing her "real age."