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#civilliberties
ACLU Now an Exponentially Less Hardcore Lobby Than Previously Considered
You'll be disappointed to find out that the ACLU's executive director doesn't spend Sundays burning anarchy signs into American flags while singing pre-abolition slave spirituals to the tune of "Poker Face." Per an NYT profile: he feeds horses grass. [NYT] -
#videuhoh
Expensive, Blurry Photo of Flight 253 Terrorist Given Ken Burns Treatment by CNN
So! CNN paid a bunch of money for this blurry photo of authorities restraining Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab—hereby known as The Testicle Bomber—and you can watch Brooke Baldwin and T.J. Holmes talk over it. Fun! More » -
#popcultureaneurysm
John Mayer Earns Blogger Stripes Defending James Cameron from TMZ's Smear Campaign
Battle Studies, indeed! TMZ recently ran video of someone harassing James Cameron to sign an Avatar poster, the highlight of which: Cameron calling his "fan" a "fucking asshole." Typical TMZ. But Cameron's surprising public advocate nailed the story. More » -
#monsters
Long Island's Area 51? Presented without comment: The Montauk Monster U.F.O. Balls Conspiracy.
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#fashion
I Hereby Declare The Fashion Bloggers' "Front Row" Status Trend Piece Over
Remember the days when the world of fashion used to be a scary place run by thin people in big sunglasses screechier, bitchier, thinner, and just better than you? Those days: gone. Fashion's now being run by bloggers. It's official/awful. More » -
#maritaldisquiet
The Invincible Charlie Sheen's Old-School Christmas: Chokin' Ladies Out
Damn, Charlie Sheen: the slate was clean for what? Two years? Does it matter anymore? Charlie Sheen choked his wife out for Christmas. He got arrested, she's not talking to cops, he's still the highest paid actor in television. More » -
#travel
NWA Flight 253: Winners, Losers, Heroes, and The Schadenfreude of Burning Balls
Some guy tried to light an explosive devise, ended up producing a mediocre fireworks show inside of an airplane. So, he failed, ended up with burned balls. Now we have heroes and tighter air travel regulations. Also: he was Al-Qaeda. More »
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#decadeflashback
Your Boyfriend Sucks: The Worst Fictional Dudes Of The Decade
While the 90s fictional boyfriend spectrum included everyone from the "rebellious" Dylan McKay to the "aloof and tortured" Jordan Catalano, the 00s presented a different type of romantic lead, and often enough, he was a complete and total idiot. [Jezebel] -
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#revelations
Jersey Shore castmember The Situation used to be a male stripper. "Surprise," right?
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#gossiproundup
The Forgivable Loins of Jude Law Have Found Their Way Back Into Sienna Miller's Heart
Sienna and Jude's balls: Barbados-bound. Together they'll make domestic reconciliation layer cake. Lady Gagadong's moneyballs will drop on New Years. William Hurt is your new existential bicycle. Gene Simmons is still trying to rock. Presenting your Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup: More » -
#breaking
AP: Possible Al Qaeda Terror Attack on Transatlantic Flight
There were reports that 'firecrackers' had gone off on a flight from Holland to Detroit on Friday. Several people were slightly hurt. US Intelligence sources have now told the Associated Press the suspect said he was acting for Al-Qaeda. More » -
#foodfight
Facebook Basically Rubbing Google's Face In Their Delicious Free Meals
A string of cutbacks have threatened Google's status as a veritable Shangri-la of free gourmet food. Meanwhile, Facebook is ramping up the dining perks. Today the Times suggests Facebook might be "the new standard-bearer for corporate-sponsored dining." Food fight! More » -
#theonion
Old Onion Article Saves Christmas
World events have screeched to a halt. Here is a funny article from the Onion: "Weed Delivery Guy Saves Christmas." You guys like the Onion, right? If anyone comments with "slow news day, huh?" You will be sorry. [Onion] -
#creativewriting
Seems that an undergraduate creative writing class took over the Times' editorial page today.
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#scrooged
Bloomberg Quietly Scraps General News Department
A tipster says that the 22 Bloomberg News journalists who made up its non-business, or 'World News', team were told the section was being scrapped last week, just before Christmas. As of today they have still not been reassigned. More » -
#sad
Some People Wait Until the Holidays To Do Mean Things
Two examples of downright, calculating festive nefariousness have happened today in Afghanistan and China. One set of media-savvy people wanted to hide their cruelty and the other wanted to show it off. See if you can guess which is which. More » -
#stalkerdeluxe
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
There's that fable, "The Lion and the Mouse," where a hungry lion spares a mouse, and the mouse eventually repays him by freeing him from a trap. Tim Robbins saved some guy's life and was repaid with this Gawker Stalker. More » -
#popetackling
Woman Who Tackled Pope Has Pope-Charging Past
That woman who tackled the Pope before he gave his Christmas Eve Mass last night? She's the same person who ran at him last Christmas. She even wore the same sweatshirt. (It's her "pope-tacklin' sweatshirt.") [NYDN] -
#warishell
Merry Christmas Soldiers! You Can Now Knock Each Other Up!
Soldiers in Iraq were, until today, likely to face disciplinary action for getting pregnant or getting another soldier pregnant. Not any more! More » -
#hazard
What Would Tiger Woods Do?
Either Accenture didn't get all the Tiger Woods ads down in time for the holidays, or they're starting a clever new campaign. The intrepid Foster Kamer spotted this seven-foot-tall backlit message next to the security line at LaGuardia Airport today. More » -
#waronchristmas
Chestnuts Roasting On... An Efficient Burner That Meets Emissions Standards
Christmas is a time for trees. Stockings. The crackling of logs on a fire. Except that the last one causes emissions and ruins the planet! You bastards! In towns around the country, the government is battling this menace. With spies. More » -
#leiinglow
Obama Starts Vacation, Has Actual Red Phone in Case of Emergency
While you may be hoping that something happens today to break any familial tension and give you something to talk about with aging relatives, the President is essentially crossing his fingers for an incredibly uneventful holiday in Hawaii. -
#hohoho
Police searched a car in Missouri — and found 20lbs of Marijuana wrapped as gifts.
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#culturalanthropology
Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat Chinese Food On Christmas?
December: when people who aren't Christopher Hitchens consider God, and the Miracles of the Universe He/She/It/RuPaul bestow upon us. But there's one question every year that humanity has yet to find a sufficient answer for. More » -
#madpsychology
Will The Recession Scar You For Life? Economists Say Yes.
People who grew up during the Great Depression often turned into compulsive penny-pinchers, unable to spend money without anxiety. Will recent recessions leave similar psychological scars on people growing up today? A new study by economists suggests they will. -
#christmas
If You Lived in Sweden You'd Be Watching Donald Duck Cartoons Right Now
Swedes are sort of like Earth's benevolent alien overlords, right? They just are so different than us, gazing down from their icy zone! For one thing, they have a strange tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons each Christmas Eve. More » -
#potpsychology
A Very Pot Psychology Christmas
It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. [Jezebel] -
#breaking
Pope Tackled During Christmas Eve Mass (Now with Video)
The Vatican's Christmas Eve mass had an NFL quality tonight. A mentally unstable woman knocked over Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the aisle at St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope is OK. Thank God. (Seriously, do it.) [AP]Update: More » -
#merrychristmas
Presenting The Gawker Internet Yule Log™
From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold! -
#architecture
Underground Five-Star Hotel Fit For a Mole King
This proposed subterranean London hotel is going to put all 200 guest rooms beneath the surface of a former golf course. Sorry, CHUDs: it's time to gentrify the soil. More »
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