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How to Harass Union Members in Incredibly Petty Ways
Hamilton Nolan · 02/26/16 02:12PMFormer Professional Propagandist for White Supremacist and Torture Regime Decries Nazi Comparisons in Politics
Alex Pareene · 11/30/15 02:06PMMarc Thiessen would like everyone in politics to please stop comparing their opponents to Nazis. Or rather, he would like everyone to stop evoking comparisons to Nazis, as the two politicians he calls out in his latest Washington Post column never actually said “Nazi” or “Hitler.” It’s not a very surprising or notable argument, really, especially from Marc Thiessen, whose continued participation in public life is dependent on enforcing a particular standard of “civility” in our political discourse.
Creepy Utah Family Court Judge Recuses Himself from Lesbian Foster-Care Case
Chris Thompson · 11/16/15 07:55PMUtah Family Court Judge Removes Baby From Foster Parents Because They're Lesbians
Chris Thompson · 11/11/15 10:50PMAhmed Chalabi Now Convincing Christopher Hitchens That He Will Be Iraq's George Washington In Hell
Alex Pareene · 11/03/15 06:13PMAhmed Chalabi, a con artist who spent a decade convincing America’s foreign policy establishment to topple a dictator so the Chalabi family could resume extracting their home nation’s wealth, died of a heart attack today, about 15 years too late. If you haven’t read it in a while (or at all), now is a good time to revisit Jane Mayer’s 2004 account of how long and how hard Chalabi worked to make regime change in Iraq the main foreign policy priority of a bunch of deeply stupid but powerful people, who grew to believe, despite of the overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary, that the deeply unscrupulous exile could be a credible leader of a secular and democratic Iraq.
Pharmaceutical Price Gouger Lasted Two Whole Days Before Backing Down On Pill Price
Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/23/15 08:05AMMartin Shkreli, the 32-year-old Turing Pharmaceutical CEO who this week jacked up the price on a life-saving drug by an astounding 5,000 percent, apparently doesn’t have the stomach for his own racket: he announced Tuesday night he’ll decrease the price of the drug in the face of intense public scrutiny.
Are Motorcycles in Constant Need of Repair or Are People Who Ride Motorcycles Just Assholes?
Kelly Conaboy · 08/11/15 03:45PMDo Not Text in the Presence of Patti LuPone If You Value Your Life
Jay Hathaway · 07/09/15 01:45PMKylie Jenner to Chris Brown: Transphobic Instagram "Not Very Nice"
Hudson Hongo · 06/06/15 06:00PMWatch Jon Krakauer Silence an Idiot Man
Leah Finnegan · 05/07/15 07:18PMPolish Prince Hopes to Strike Down Asshole Politician With Dad's Sword
Jay Hathaway · 04/13/15 01:20PMU.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage seems to spend half of his time asserting that Ukip is "not a racist party" and the other half apologizing for his party's racism. Ukip's anti-immigrant rhetoric has many critics, but one of the most vocal and most sword-owning of them is Yanek Zylinski, a self-described Polish prince who literally challenged Farage to a duel over the weekend.
ISIS Is Still the Worst, New ISIS Video Demonstrates
Hudson Hongo · 04/12/15 04:00PMDemon of the Sky Allegedly Kicks an Owl's Butt, Refuses to Apologize
Jay Hathaway · 04/10/15 04:55PMHow Gamergate Radicals Seized Sci-Fi's Most Prestigious Awards
Jay Hathaway · 04/10/15 03:00PMFoie Gras Is For Assholes
Hamilton Nolan · 01/08/15 09:54AM"King of Instagram" Dan Bilzerian Arrested, Held Without Bail
Jay Hathaway · 12/10/14 10:50AMDan Bilzerian, a millionaire and avowed asshole with more than 5 million Instagram followers, was arrested at LAX Tuesday, and was being held without bail as of late Tuesday night. It's not yet clear whether his arrest has anything to do with the model he allegedly kicked in the face at a Miami club over the weekend.
Miserly Harvard Professor Harasses Chinese Restaurant Over $4
Taylor Berman · 12/09/14 05:20PMIf a restaurant overcharges you by $4, there are two reasonable options: You could 1) not worry about it—it's only four dollars, after all, or 2) politely ask for your money back. If you're a huge asshole, there's a third option: You could write five emails—totaling hundreds of words—over three days demanding a refund of $12, a price increase you calculated using your dick-ish understanding of obscure Massachusetts law.
America's Worst Couple Mocks Eric Garner's Chokehold Killing on Live TV
Aleksander Chan · 12/04/14 10:09AMAs thousands marched on Midtown Manhattan last night in protest of a Staten Island grand jury's decision to not indict the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner, two compassionate Americans walked into WPIX's live broadcast, noticed the camera, and mimed Daniel Pantaleo's chokehold that killed Garner.