December 2010
38 posts
Christine O’Donnell Under Investigation for... →
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Probably just a witchhunt.
The Justice Department is investigating whether former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell violated federal law by using campaign funds for rent,…
See a Colorful Chart of the 2010 U.S. Box-Office... →
See the full interactive map here — it’s very pretty, but there are also some surprises for anyone who can’t remember past July. (Alice in Wonderland? Huh.) [Xach via /Film] Read…
Finding a Use for Tumblr →
Trying to find a reason to use the highly popular social service Tumblr.
Read a Scientific Breakdown of the Best Way to Win... →
Deadspin has a detailed analysis from a reader and Tulane engineering student, based on each property’s probability of being landed on. There’s also some stuff about long-term return and other fancy…
World's Most Confusing Map Says There Is A... →
Full size map here
When you say “bad” and “had,” do they rhyme? If they do, you don’t have a Greater New York accent, according to this map of North American English Dialects. But…
Snowy Conditions Proving Hazardous For Nation's... →
If you know an idiot, please make sure they’re safe and not standing naked in a snow embankment on a dare. Onion News Network is coming to IFC on January 21 at 10pm.
Is Lindsey Graham About to Get Outed? →
Gay rights activist Mike Rogers, the professional outer of closeted, hypocritical gay politicians, claims to have “pictures of a man who spent the night” with Sen. Lindsey Graham. He’s supposedly…
A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I'm An... →
Comedian Ricky Gervais explains why he doesn’t believe in God and fires the question right back: Why does anyone believe in God?
Basement Dwellers Get Last Laugh in Nuclear Attack →
Having perused today’s Times article about the government’s push for nuclear preparedness, we’ve got our weekend plans locked in: curling up with some Elliott Smith records and this 135…
"Whatever" voted most irritating word in poll →
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it’s actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
Voyager 1 Arrives at the Outward Reaches of the... →
It is the furthest-flung manmade object ever
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, now in its 33rd year on the job, has reached the very edge of our solar system and is nearing the cusp of interstellar…
Legalizing That Which You Can't Prevent →
Christopher Beam defends Reid’s bill to legalize online poker. Given the gambling money behind Reid’s re-election, the bill smells like a quid pro quo. But, as Beam points out, legalizing online…
Aaron Sorkin: In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose... →
I eat meat, chicken and fish, have shoes and furniture made of leather, and for these reasons Sarah Palin thinks it’s hypocritical of me to find what she did on her show heart-stoppingly disgusting….
Court Ordered Cover Up →
This is accused murderer John Ditullio and he has a very clever attorney. When Mr. Ditullio goes on trial this Monday, jurors will not see his tattoos which include a swastika. If they…
How Secure Is Julian Assange's "Thermonuclear"... →
Julian Assange New Media Days/ Peter Erichsen
Could Wikileaks’s most damaging files be hacked too early?
Once your leader has been compared to a Bond villain, you might as well go all the…
Quote For The Day →
“In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble,” - Ron Paul.
M42 crawls at 3.6 mph pace, slowest bus in NYC →
The M42 Manhattan crosstown was rated the most snail-like in the five boroughs in 2009, with an average speed of 3.7 mph.
Partying In The East Village →
Sarah Lascow looks at nightlife as industry:
Academics have a word for what the neighborhood has become: a nightscape. Bars and restaurants were once peripheral to the main drag’s…
Researchers Call For 'Physical Internet' To Ferry... →
Foodtube Stop A series of tubes could connect grocery stores to homes and businesses, providing a food and freight pipeline modeled after water, sewer and oil pipelines. via YouTube
Hungry?…
New START debate: John Kerry responds to Mitt... →
Assange: Bond villain -- or Bourne? - Film Salon -... →
The WikiLeaks mastermind’s cultural persona is far more complicated than pundit wits care to think
Talk Box: O’Reilly ‘Stokes’ Class War and Ed... →
Cable news stepped into Bizarro World last night as bombastic progressive talker Ed Schultz told his viewers not to count on “turncoat” President Obama to “move the liberal agenda forward” when…
Pentagon To Withhold Budget Figures Out Of Respect... →
ARLINGTON, VA—Officials at the Pentagon announced Monday that they would no longer make the budget of the Defense Department public, explaining that the information would be “extremely disrespectful”…
Do You Have the Slutty Gene? →
Do you have a lot of one-night stands? Affairs? Well, I bet your mom does too. No, really! I bet she does, because scientists say they’ve found a gene that’s linked to promiscuity and uncommitted…
Jehovah or J-Hova? →
Video: The "Amazing Strangers" of Union Square →
Last week, graphic artist and Union Square anthropologist Normal Bob was put under the NY Times microscope for a closer look at the weird and woozy world of Union Square Park which he…
An Actual War on Christmas Is Happening at the... →
There are plenty of supposed attacks on Christmas each year that are, in reality, just governments or corporations acknowledging that, in addition to Christmas, which is great and all, some…
The Walking Dead Fires Its Writers →
Boom! Deadline reports that, despite the show’s high ratings, Frank Darabont has canned the entire writing staff of his AMC zombie-apocalypse drama, The Walking Dead, and plans to have…
Bewitched →
Remember former Tea Party candidate from Delaware, Christine O’Donnell? Apparently she has not returned to her chaste coven and is still yammering. This time she says she thinks Hillary…
Can WikiLeaks tame Wall Street? →
Forbes magazine is making a very big deal of a declaration by WikiLeaks maestro Julian Assange that sometime early next year, “a major American bank will suddenly find itself turned inside out.”