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Red Tails: Another War Story
Richard Lawson · 07/29/11 04:37PMHere's a trailer for Red Tails, a George Lucas-produced action drama about the famous Tuskegee Airmen, the black fighter pilots who battled not only Nazis, but racism within the American military.
Denver Will Only Hold County Fair If It's Ironic
Hamilton Nolan · 07/29/11 04:23PMAll Your White Supremacist Yale Classmates Say Hi
John Cook · 07/29/11 03:59PM'Barack Obama' Is Tweeting Like a Monster
Jim Newell · 07/29/11 03:53PM
President Obama still wants you, the citizen in a Republican district, to get in touch with your congressional representative and relay the White House's fierce warrior cry of "compromise!" And today, his campaign Twitter account has been tweeting the handle of each Republican every few minutes for many hours.
Every Rich Freak Has a Private Island Now
Hamilton Nolan · 07/29/11 03:28PM
Have you been "laboring" under the impression that our economy is bad right now. Not so! The WSJ points out that the super high-end real estate market, at least, is doing just fine, which is a relief. There's never been a better time to purchase a luxurious private island that could hypothetically be used as a terrifying sex dungeon!
The Mystery of the Giant Subway Fridge
Adrian Chen · 07/29/11 03:22PMFox News Broadcasts Photo of Covert CIA Agent
John Cook · 07/29/11 03:15PM
Fox & Friends hopped into the wayback machine this morning to summon outrage about a post we published 23 days ago. They're angry—like a lot of people—that we pointed to a man in photos distributed by the White House and AP as the likely head of the operation to kill bin Laden. In expressing that anger, they published a photo of a covert CIA agent. Way to go, Doocy.
Congressman Andy Harris Is Terrible
Jim Newell · 07/29/11 02:21PMReality TV Is Manipulating You More Than You Think
Brian Moylan · 07/29/11 01:01PMAirbnb Pillage Victim Says Company Tried to Keep Her Quiet
Adrian Chen · 07/29/11 12:41PM
The Airbnb customer whose home was destroyed by a stranger who'd used the service to rent her apartment says a co-founder of the company tried to convince her to delete her blog post about her nightmare because of the "negative impact it could have on his company's growth and current round of funding." So considerate.
James Murdoch Will Likely Be Called Back to Parliament for More Lying
John Cook · 07/29/11 12:31PM
James Murdoch, whose claim to Parliament last week that he had no idea there was rampant phone hacking going on at News International when he approved a $1.1 million settlement for a phone hacking case has since been contradicted by two of his executives, will probably be called back to explain the discrepancy.
Casey Anthony Offered $500,000 for Nude Hustler Spread
Richard Lawson · 07/29/11 12:08PMThe Trillion Dollar Coins That Could Save America
Jim Newell · 07/29/11 12:03PM
Looking across the vast debt ceiling hellscape today, it appears that Speaker John Boehner will finally, finally get House Republicans to pass his two-tiered debt limit hike by tossing in modest balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution. Let's just say that that doesn't improve the chances of getting out of this pickle with a bipartisan solution, with only four days remaining. What is to be done, instead? Just have Timmy Geithner mint a trillion dollar coin, obviously.
Rapping Celebukids Just Don't Listen
Hamilton Nolan · 07/29/11 11:40AMRachel Weisz and Daniel Craig Step Out
Richard Lawson · 07/29/11 10:58AMOur 'Economic Recovery' Has Been Downgraded to an 'Uncontrolled Death Spiral'
John Cook · 07/29/11 10:21AM
This jobless recovery of ours is now officially just joblessness. According to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP grew by just 1.3% last quarter. Worse, the growth we thought we've been seeing since 2003 has been more anemic than we thought: According to the revised numbers, the economy grew a lousy .4 percent of the first quarter of 2011—or almost a fifth of what we thought it had grown.
Which Celebrity Couple Should Really Just Break Up?
Richard Lawson · 07/29/11 09:35AMSay Bonjour to the McBaguette
Seth Abramovitch · 07/29/11 03:13AMFabio Will Seduce You with His Local Weather Forecast
Matt Cherette · 07/29/11 02:36AMThanks to his quest to become the new Old Spice guy, Fabio has spent the past several days at America's pop culture forefront. And while all of the Old Spice talk is getting... well, old, a recent weather forecast he did for Portland, Oregon's CBS affiliate is strangely entertaining. Watch Fabio undress you with his eyes in the video above. [KOIN]