Robowarden Patrols South Korean Prison At the forefront of robot technology and eyeballing lucrative export markets for their potentially world-conquering automatons, South Korea has...
Foreclosure Factory Halloween Pics Feature Costumes Mocking the Homeless As you’re trying to decide whether to wear that pimp costume this Halloween, be an “Indian brave,” a Bangkok...
The Coming of the Bath Salts Zombies I’m painfully aware that I’m at risk of becoming the blogosphere’s chief proponent for the re-legalization of bath salts,...
Al Jazeera Cancels Re-Airing of Bahrain Documentary Al Jazeera has cancelled plans to re-run its 50-minute documentary “Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark,” under pressure from Bahraini...
Brazil Building Nuclear Subs to Defend Oil Reserves Here’s a turn of South American politics that seems like reality straight-up shoplifting from a cyberpunk novel….or one of...
Radiation Soars at Fukushima — to 10 Sieverts Per Hour NHK English, and Al Jazeera (but, weirdly, not yet The Japan Times) are reporting that the damaged Fukushima...
What Happens When You Get Sucked Out Of A Plane I don’t know about you, but I fly a lot and I always have these emergency fantasy scenarios in...
Remake of “The Crow” May Be On the Way The übergothest of übergoth comic books may be the latest victim of remake fever. Variety reports that 28 Weeks...
Rand Paul’s Been Waiting 20 Years to Talk to You About Toilets and Liberty Freshman Senator Rand Paul has been waiting for 20 years to talk to you about toilets and liberty. He...
Fastest. Craigslist scandal. EVAR!!! Like an HOUR ago, CNN reported that New York Representative Christopher Lee (no, not Sauron or Dracula) resigned amid...