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Obama in Wanton Public Buttock-Caress
Hamilton Nolan · 01/04/10 11:04AM
Barack Obama, President of SEX. Where do various wingnut moralist pundits stand on this blatant exhibitionism? [Pic: Getty. Click to enlarge, for titillation.]
Not the Snow They Were Talking about on Craigslist
Gabriel Snyder · 12/31/09 10:44AM
[This was an unexpected surprise this morning. Nothing makes finding a cab on New Year's Eve more fun than a nice fresh layer of slush. Have fun kids! Pic via Ho0n's Flickr.]
Contradictions of Dubai Neatly Captured in a Single Image
Brian Moylan · 11/17/09 04:21PM
[A covered man ogling barely dressed women at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It's like the past, present, and the future having a sexy threeway before our very eyes. Image via Getty via Jezebel.]
Visualizing Media Overload
Hamilton Nolan · 11/16/09 03:57PM
Fast Company visualizes "The Biggest Stories of Our Time." Here, a graph of media mentions for panic-inducing stories like disease and the Y2K bug. See them all at Fast Company.
Bernie Kerik's Flickr Page
John Cook · 10/30/09 01:49PM
New York's former top cop languishes in jail, but you can revisit the highlights of his life and some private moments on his voluminous Flickr page, which for some reason exists. That's Kerik doing martial arts in Korea in 1975.
Broke Photographer Takes Official White House Family Portrait
John Cook · 10/23/09 09:28AM
The White House has released the official Obama family portrait, which was taken by Annie Leibovitz. What do you think that gig pays?
(Former) Top Cop's Mug Shot
John Cook · 10/21/09 11:37AM
The Westchester County jail housing Bernard Kerik—after a federal judge revoked his bail yesterday for allegedly plotting to leak sealed information about his case to the Washington Times—has released his mug shot.
Weapon of Mass Lactation
John Cook · 10/06/09 09:05AM
A farmer sprays milk on police forces during a protest against falling milk prices outside the European Union headquarters yesterday Brussels. [Via Cryptome; Photo by Georges Gobet, AFP/Getty Images.]
Times Reporters in Hirsute Deception Scandal
Hamilton Nolan · 09/22/09 03:35PM
"Mustache Day at the New York Times' media pod." We've done a little digging and we're now prepared to say that some of these "mustaches" are, in fact, fakes. Clark Hoyt will get to the bottom of this. [David Carr]
Fox & Friends Ruins Baseball
Hamilton Nolan · 09/14/09 09:32AM
Celebrating Yankee hero Derek Jeter's record-breaking hit last Friday in the family suite: His parents, sister, girlfriend, and...Fox & Friends blondebot Gretchen Carlson. She's married to Jeter's agent. God. Lou Gehrig is crying, from heaven. [Click to enlarge. Thanks, W!]
Monster Mash
Brian Moylan · 08/27/09 03:25PM
[An Venn diagram that shows the intersections of men and animals that create myth and legend. This still does not explain the Montauk Monster. Image via Flickr via Kottke]
Heat Wave
The Cajun Boy · 08/21/09 03:09AM
Steven Baldoni, a hair stylist from Paris, sunbathes in the oppressive heat yesterday in Bryant Park. [AP/Bebeto Matthews]
Flashing Light
The Cajun Boy · 08/18/09 03:58AM
An unnamed model wears designs by Jayson Brunsdon on the catwalk during the Sydney Fashion Festival 2009 Gala Opening in Sydney, Australia. [Getty/Lucas Dawson]
Singin' On The Roof
The Cajun Boy · 08/14/09 04:56AM
Justine Bennett performs last night at the Open A.I.R. Concert Series on the roof of the Atlas building on West 38th St. [Rob Loud/Getty]
Blue Australia
The Cajun Boy · 08/07/09 04:40AM
The Sydney Opera House is lit up in blue for "Jeans For Genes" day, an inititive by the Children's Medical Research Institute to raise money for kids with genetic abnormalities. [Brendon Thorne/Getty Images]
Blue Eye Crying in the Rain
The Cajun Boy · 08/03/09 03:47AM
Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform in front of a very large, watchful blue eye during the rain-soaked All Points West music festival in Jersey City over the weekend. [AP/Jason DeCrow]
Drunken Man-Beast Collapses on Wall Street
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/09 12:16PM40 Days
The Cajun Boy · 07/31/09 05:16AM
Crowds gathered in New York's Union Square last night to mark the religiously important 40th day since the death of Neda Agha Soltan in Iran. [Photo by Getty/Spencer Platt]
AARP Town Hall Models Set After Other Trusted Debate Program
Richard Lawson · 07/28/09 02:44PM
Doesn't the set at left, used for a retired person "Town Hall"-style meeting, look a bit like the set for the exhaustively sleazy Jerry Springer Show? Old people watch a lot of TV, so it was probably a comfort.