Monthly Archives: August 2011

Shirtless Hurricane Hockey

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Rivers Breach Manhattan Seawall

The Hudson and East rivers have breached the seawalls in lower Manhattan, stalling cars and flooding buildings. The tide has begun going out and this relatively light damage may be the worst of Irene for New York City. About 100,000 outer borough residents have lost power due to high winds. Con Ed officials are considering a “preemptive” power cut to …

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Crazy Eyes: As Your President I Will Abolish The EPA & Destroy Environment

Speaking to an audience of wealthy retirees at an “upscale Florida retirement community,” Michele Bachmann yesterday vowed to dismantle the “jobs killing” EPA and allow energy companies to ravage pristine federally-protected lands. With untapped oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off the nation’s coasts, shale oil in Western states, and rich natural gas and coal deposits, she …

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NYC’s Sunday Tabloids

It appears that the photographer sold both papers the same image.

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Glenn Beck On Irene

“This hurricane is a blessing. It is a blessing. It is God reminding you, as was the earthquake last week, it’s God reminding you you’re not in control.” – Glenn Beck, saying that Hurricane Irene is a warning that Americans should be following his advice to start hoarding food in advance of the coming global economic collapse.

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Streaker Flashes Live Weather Report

I only use the word “streaker” because that’s what the media is calling this. But as anyone around during the 70’s knows, streaking actually means leaving 100% of your clothes behind.

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Buff Boys Love Bollywood

Apparently! According to YouTube comments, this clip has gone viral and is “much beloved” among Indians.

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Bloomberg Updates Irene Plan

Just in case something terrible does happen, I’m trying not to be a douche about how overhyped this all this drama feels. We’ll all know very soon.

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Photo Of The Day

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NYC To Begin Zone Rates For Taxis

With all of mass transit out of service, today New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission ordered livery cabs and taxis to switch to a zoned fare system. Zoned fares begin tomorrow morning and metered rides will continue until then. Twitter users have already begun reporting major cab fare ripoffs since the subways closed down at noon. As in “$50 …

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New From Ron Paul

“Ron Paul, the one who can restore liberty. Ron Paul, the one who can beat Obama. Ron Paul, the one who can restore America NOW!”

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Linda Harvey: Nobody Is Gay

“There’s one big fact that’s not backed up. There is no proof that there’s ever anything like a gay, lesbian or bisexual or transgendered child, or teen or human. One of the other things you’re gonna see as I mentioned is a big campaign GLSEN’s gonna roll out this year calling for ‘respect,’ respect! Not just for people, but for …

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Come On, Irene

Listen if you dare, but remember that if the power goes out you’ll be stuck with an earworm and nothing to drive it out.

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The Four Year-Old Preacher

Horrifying.

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Rick Perry Signs NOM’s Hate Pledge

Rick Perry has joined Frothy Mix, Crazy Eyes, and Magic Underpants in signing NOM’s five-part vow to crush the civil rights of LGBT Americans if elected president. “Kudos to Gov. Rick Perry for making it clear: he’s a marriage champion!” cheered Brian Brown, president of NOM, in a statement. “The purpose of NOM’s Marriage Pledge is to move from vague …

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Maddow Rips FL Gov. Rick Scott

Remember when FL Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott mandated that all welfare applicants pass a drug test before receiving benefits? It turns out that so few applicants are failing the test, the entire program will cost much more than it saves. That’s probably no concern for Scott’s wife, who has a financial interest in one of the companies doing the …

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This Is Why We Have Copy Editors

The Friendly Atheist chortles: “Bravo, McElroy Road Church of Christ. I know what you were getting at, but you inadvertently did our work for us. (Thanks for the free ad!) Not only are they telling us that god doesn’t exist (in a large font, no less), they’re also telling us to be skeptical of what we hear! I couldn’t have …

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And The Altar Boys Sighed In Relief

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has granted the city’s Catholics permission to miss Mass tomorrow. “With all of our friends and neighbors here in the community we love, we in the Catholic family are united in prayer for protection from the impending storm, and eager to offer refuge and help to those who may be endangered or harmed. Catholics take …

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Hinckle: We Just Talked About Baseball

Indiana state GOP Rep. Phillip Hinkle now claims that all his did was talk about baseball with the 18 year-old male hooker he hired “for a good time” via Craigslist. And he totally never got naked and made a grab for the kid’s ass. “These people,” Hinkle said, “are lying through their teeth.” Hinkle said that when Gibson got there …

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Quote Of The Day – Sinead O’Connor

“I’ve been repeatedly asked will I ‘do anal sex’. Let me make it very clear. Any man I contemplate has to be into anal sex. It was a family paper so they wudnt have printed it but let me now take time to make VERY clear that yes I ‘do anal’ and in fact I would be deeply unhappy if …

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