News, Shit Going On In The World, Trailers, Video
Lion’s Mane Jellyfish Stings 150 From The Grave, Whale Body Slams Boat — Are The Oceans Getting Revenge? (VIDEOS)
Travis Walter Donovan :: Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 6:36 pm
At a state park beach in New Hampshire, a 13-foot-long, 50-pound jellyfish stung 150 people. If that isn’t crazy enough, the menacing jelly-villain executed its evil plan while already dead.
In another part of the world, a whale with an extreme distaste for khaki pants and fancy cocktails belly-flopped onto a yacht. Apparently, you should never deny a cetacean membership in your prestigious boating club.
Are these mere fortuitous events? Or is this the beginning of something much bigger? Are the oceans, fed up with oil spills, overfishing and plastic pollution, fighting back!? MORE »
News, Political Stuff, Politics, Shit Going On In The World
Julia Gillard Loves Clothes, Hates God: A Rundown of Australia’s New PM
Elisabeth Dickson :: Thursday, June 24th, 2010 4:26 pm
Julia Gillard was elected prime minister of Australia on June 24 at 9:00 AEST, twelve hours after leading a party revolt that ousted former PM Kevin Rudd from office. Gillard, 48, is the first female prime minister, as well as the first unmarried PM, in Australian history. As prime minister, Gillard pledges to cancel advertising campaigns for mining companies that are funded by taxpayers’ money, as well as pursue a shelved carbon emission trading plan that would require Australian polluters to buy permits for every ton of gas produced. MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
New Jersey Up In Arms Over Murder (?) Of State Trooper
Amy Rose Spiegel :: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 5:00 pm
This is what a part of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey looked like earlier today after police discovered a state trooper, Scott Graham, 35, who had been shot and killed in his car. MORE »
Porn, Shit Going On In The World
Japanese Porn Star Giving WWII Reparations (AKA Blow Jobs) to Chinese Men
Amy Rose Spiegel :: Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 1:45 pm
Apparently, Japanese adult-film star Anri Suzuki was very affected after writing a college term paper on the Japanese invasion of China during World War II. So affected, in fact, that she decided to give back the best way she knew how: having sex with Chinese students. I think I can best sum up her moral decision as “Peace (of Ass) on Earth.” MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Mars500 Study: Better As A TV Show?
Nick Nicoludis :: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 5:00 pm
First let me say, the Mars500 study sounds like the worst idea since my dad decided to invest in Amway when I was a kid. Furthermore, does anyone else think the mission would make for a great reality TV show? It may be a little boring at first, but they could pull some Truman Show-esque twists to bump up the ratings. All I’m saying is: Americans love watching other people on TV do pretty much nothing (see: all VH1 reality shows). MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Baltimore Grows Vegetables At City Hall To Feed Those In Need
Gray Hurlburt :: Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 1:15 pm
Baltimore has the right idea on how to care for its hungry citizens. Using the large gardens at city hall, master gardeners and volunteers have uprooted decorative flowers and replaced them with a variety of nutritious vegetables: lettuce, broccoli, kale, mustard greens, et cetera. The harvests are delivered to Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen that feeds around 500 people of the capital each day, and last year over 1,000 lbs. of grown goods from city hall were served to patrons. This year marks the second season of the community service program, with plants growing more robustly this spring than before, and goes to show just how popular the urban farming movement has become in American cities. MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Lost Phone Leads To Child Porn Ring
Nick Nicoludis :: Thursday, May 27th, 2010 3:30 pm
Apparently child pornographers aren’t just an abhorrent breed of filth lower than the smallest single-celled organisms; they are incredibly stupid as well. After 50-year-old Michael Fraser left his cell phone on a bus in the UK, police were able to crack a child pornography ring allegedly 70-men deep. The bus driver discovered dozens of pictures of naked children after a passenger handed him the phone, and he subsequently turned it over to the police. Even though it was a prepaid phone, cops were still able to track down the supermarket Fraser had purchased credit from. The wheel-chair bound Fraser was sentenced yesterday, and is the fifth person sentenced in connection to the cross-country network. MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Fuck Atkins, I’m On The Clinton Diet
Nick Nicoludis :: Thursday, May 27th, 2010 2:40 pm
In a move not seen since Father Of The Bride, Chelsea Clinton instructed her father, Bill “Slick Willy” Clinton, to lose 15 pounds before her wedding sometime this summer. Apparently Chelsea’s only request for her father is that he “look good” walking down the aisle, and that means drop the flab. Kind of a bitchy request if you ask me, but that’s beside the point. As all men of great integrity do, Clinton stepped up to the plate and is now about “2 pounds” away from his goal. Good for you Bill, now I’m just wondering what his weight loss secret is. MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Safe Sex, Bro! Ed Hardy Launches Line Of Condoms
Amy Rose Spiegel :: Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 2:40 pm
Making fun of Ed Hardy bothers me in the same way that skewering hipsters and Juggalos does. It’s like shooting poorly-dressed fish in a barrel. I think the brand is actively encouraging the hate, because nothing else could really explain the energy drinks, the exhaustive line of car accessories, and now, the condoms. We might as well give Christian Audiger what he wants and indulge in what has become the fast-food of mockery, which is to say, thank God we’ll be seeing a lot less orange babies! Am I right, or am I right?! LOL!
Opinion, Shit Going On In The World
Olympic Mascot Or Giant Penis?
Nick Nicoludis :: Thursday, May 20th, 2010 12:15 pm
Olympic mascots may be as inconsequential as any equestrian event at the games, but London’s mascot choice for the 2012 Olympics is nothing short of a ill-advised marketing snafu. I don’t know if it’s just me or do they look like a couple of a giant penises? MORE »
News, Shit Going On In The World
Don’t Be Gay In Malawi
Gray Hurlburt :: Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 2:55 pm
In Malawi, the east-African country whose motto is oddly “Unity and Freedom,” a same-sex couple were convicted for having a criminal relationship yesterday and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Yikes. It appears that someone forgot to tell their government officials exactly what year it is and that this sort of punishment doesn’t really happen anymore in democracies. But this is Africa after all, where homophobia is not only wide-spread and being gay illegal in 37 countries, Uganda is considering the death penalty for those found to be homosexual. That makes the United States’ wrestling over Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and same-sex marriage petty in comparison. And so this African anti-gay sentiment played up last year, when Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, celebrated their engagement on December 27, and were jailed for proclaiming love for each other. They have been behind bars since then and now will serve more time for no good reason. MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Alert: More Hot, Hegemonic Action In The USA!
Gray Hurlburt :: Thursday, May 13th, 2010 2:55 pm
As the country continues to lash out against its impending pluralist future, we’ve seen ridiculous maneuvers by the white majority to patch up our border, arrest the brown skinned for being brown, and now to make English the language of our townships—all this in order save our threatened “Americuh” from extinction. (Just like we did with the bald eagle.) Woo! MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Students Sent Home for Wearing American Flags on Cinco de Mayo
Gray Hurlburt :: Thursday, May 6th, 2010 6:30 pm
As you probably know (after vowing never to drink tequila again), yesterday was Cinco de Mayo, the national holiday celebrated by Mexicans in the United States and Mexico. Many living north of the border take this day of the year to celebrate their heritage, just as every other minority does in our states, and as Americans are wont to do abroad. But to the chagrin of Fox News and some families in California, yesterday proved to be a fiesta too contentious for some patriotic souls. At Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, five teenagers sitting outside at a picnic table were brought to the principles office for wearing the American flag on their shirts and headbands. Not only was their choice of attire atrocious at best, the vice principal feared that the images could incite violence between these knuckleheads and Mexican-Americans, so the boys, refusing to turn their shirts inside out, had to go home in shame. For shame! But let’s be honest, when you were in high school, who were the ones that would wear Old Glory shirts and bandanas and huddle together on an the day of Mexican national heritage? The cretins, that’s who! You know them by their whispy Adam’s apple hair(s), love for all things diesel fueled, and their first name basis with the administrators. MORE »
Shit Going On In The World, technology
Cupidtino, The Awful New Dating Website For Lovers Of Apple Products
Amy Rose Spiegel :: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 3:00 pm
Do you base your entire personality on the fact that you own the same popular, expensive technology as most of the people around you? Well, luckily for you, there’s finally a dating website that can bring you together with singles just as bland as you are! Cupidtino, a dating website that will launch in June 2010, is a “beautiful new dating site created for fans of Apple products by fans of Apple products!” This raises a few interesting questions. What does this say about the extent to which Apple has invaded our culture? Could this website even work without quickly devolving into a gold-diggers’ paradise? How can a dating website even be “beautiful?” And last but not least, what? MORE »
Shit Going On In The World
Offshore Windfarm Given Green-Light in MA
Gray Hurlburt :: Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 2:25 pm
After nine years of contentious deliberation, Massachusetts will now be the first state in the Union to produce offshore wind energy. The project, called Cape Wind, will provide clean energy to the area surrounding Nantucket Sound, where construction on 130 turbines will begin within a year. This site is expected to produce energy equivalent to a medium-sized coal-fired power plant and will usher in a new age of green energy for the country, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who announced today his approval. Cape Wind Associates claim that their turbines will supply enough wind power to handle three-quarters of the electric needs of the Cape and Islands, which is huge. MORE »
