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Sarah Palin Challenges Anyone Not in Arizona to a Fight

Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/10 10:12AM

Sarah Palin, America's squeakiest wheel, took a bold public stand against tolerance yesterday, berating a group of high school girls for refusing to patronize the Great White State of Arizona. Sarah Palin vows to fight anyone who disagrees with racism.

Tea Party Turns on Roger Ebert, Mocks His Cancer (Updated)

Ravi Somaiya · 05/09/10 01:05PM

The esteemed film critic and prolific tweeter criticized five kids who wore American flag T-shirts and bandannas to school on Cinco de Mayo. The Tea Party beast was awakened, and mocked his recent cancer and the disfigurement it left him.

Obama Calls Out Arizona Immigration Law

Ravi Somaiya · 04/23/10 03:56PM

Lawmakers in Arizona approved a fun immigration bill that would oblige cops to stop anyone swarthy and ask them to prove their legality. Everyone, bar some right-wingers, thinks this is a bad idea. Including, as of today, the President.

"Visionary" Eric Leebow Thinks He Invented the Social Network

Matt Cherette · 04/13/10 02:43PM

Eric Leebow is a self-proclaimed "Internet visionary" and the CEO of Freezecrowd. According to Leebow, Freezecrowd is like an online college yearbook, where one can "tag" people in photos and view their friends list. Sound familiar? Inside, Leebow is exposed.

Town Outlaws Poor People Staying Alive

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/10 09:56AM

Florida news: a Fort Lauderdale suburb has passed an ordinance that makes it a crime to sell anything on the street—or to buy anything from someone on the street. Nice work, "City Atty. Donald J. Doody." [LAT. Pic: Flickr]

Westboro Baptist Church Says God Was Punishing Killed Miners

Ravi Somaiya · 04/09/10 01:10PM

The church, the same one that pickets the funerals of killed soldiers, arguing that their deaths are a way of punishing America for tolerating homosexuality, have decided the miners who died in an explosion this week were sinners.

Meet the Obama Death Tweeter Who Will Be Arrested Today

Adrian Chen · 03/22/10 12:17AM

Maybe not today, but very soon! His name is Jay Martin and he has spent the evening making sure everyone on Twitter knows he is "dead fucking serious" about wishing death upon Barack Obama. Updated with comment from Martin

Nothing Right About Criminal's Plan

Hamilton Nolan · 03/17/10 05:07PM

Twenty year-old Jennifer Mercado was a juror on a credit card thief's case. So she stole a fellow juror's credit card. And used it on her lunch hour. And came back to court with the stuff she bought. Winner. [NYDN]