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more about #top lawyergay: I love the fact that the Times, which held the warrantless wiretapping story until after the 2004 election at the request of the Bush administration, ... more » triplethreat: @Fosterkamer: "Working in print" wouldn't help you, as the rules explicitly say you can't have reading materials. That includes books and magazines. more » i'm a bottle: "The sterile period?" Did DeLillo come up with that? more » heartbreakturnip: I'd do her. Wait, who? What the hell are we talking about? Autograph this! This is all a lot of kvetching at the end of the world. You will know t... more » snugbug: On a positive personal note, this brings up the number of (living) famous Dutch people I'm aware of to a grand total of five: Filmmakers Paul Verhoeve... more » lalie (apologetic mess): This guy is the incarnation of what it means to be American. more » D2theMatthews: As silly as this all is, the TSA has no control over who gets onto a plane in Lagos and gets his connection in Amsterdam. The blame lies with the airl... more » bitch_pleaze: Why is it ok for the news agencies to profit from this story (e.g. newspapers sold, advertising sold, page hits, etc, etc) but not the newsmaker? News... more » Unsolicited Advice: What, don't you want to be safe? more » pinkteapot: It's a good thing they confiscated my nail file and Nars lipgloss on my last flight. I could've killed someone, Macgyver style. more » fatmonalisa: Thank god I only fly internationally on Virgin. They treat me so well I almost want to give Richard Branson a handjob. more » twoeightnine: I can't wait until someone tries to blow up a plane with sunglasses and the TSA bans cell phones. more » Matt Cherette: Also, I'm flying to NYC tomorrow and can't wait for bullshit like this. Although, my flight is at 6:40 AM so I'll probably just sleep the whole time, ... more » D2theMatthews: Tuesday morning is going to be that much more enjoyable, thanks terrorist. more » blackeyedsue: Gross. Did you see how he said the flight attendants were "also heros"? He doesn't mind tooting his own horn, does he? more » belltolls: They still haven't paid me for the 37 Bic lighters they confiscated (now you can carry them) and my 12 mini-Swiss Army knives you attach to your key r... more » Paul_Is_Drunk: Punish everyone else. Great system. I can't wait for my flight to Europe tomorrow. How would television systems be used by terrorists? What about ... more » Lysergic Asset: So the international airline regulatory geniuses respond to a huge security breach and profound failure on their part with a 'solution' that does abso... more » friend_of_a_friend: I flew Delta today -- no mention of new security procedures and our seat back TVs worked right through landing. Perhaps the pilots were too busy looki... more » Preppy Bastard: Wheres, uh, the transcript? I don't hear so great. :-( more » -
#videuhoh
JetBlue Pilot's Agonized Announcement: The TSA's Draconian Reactionary Rules
Ever since the TesticleTerrorist succeeded in nothing but scorching his balls, word spread of the TSA issuing reactionary regulations. Proof: this flight announcement recorded by none other than Vimeo's founder and DOTD-nominee Jakob Lodwick, which he posted to his blog. More » -
#journalismism
Will the Times Fire a Harvard Prof. Who Broke Their Freelancer Rules?
Remember Mike Albo? He's the freelancer who broke The New York Times' convoluted travel writer rules and had his column axed. Now, Mary Tripsas, who pens the Times' "Prototype" column, has made a similar misstep. Will she be fired, too?
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#exclusive
The Shady Mainstream Media Payday of Flight 253 Hero Jasper Schuringa
Jasper Schuringa probably didn't think twice before dismantling Northwest Airlines Flight 253's would-be bomber. But before telling his story, he wanted money, and he got it. From major news outlets who pay up and lie about it. Here's the proof: More » -
#popcultureaneurysm
John Mayer Earns Blogger Stripes Defending James Cameron from TMZ's Smear Campaign
Battle Studies, indeed! TMZ recently ran video of someone harassing James Cameron to sign an Avatar poster, the highlight of which: Cameron calling his "fan" a "fucking asshole." Typical TMZ. But Cameron's surprising public advocate nailed the story.
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#fashion
I Hereby Declare The Fashion Bloggers' "Front Row" Status Trend Piece Over
Remember the days when the world of fashion used to be a scary place run by thin people in big sunglasses screechier, bitchier, thinner, and just better than you? Those days: gone. Fashion's now being run by bloggers. It's official/awful. More » -
#maritaldisquiet
The Invincible Charlie Sheen's Old-School Christmas: Chokin' Ladies Out
Damn, Charlie Sheen: the slate was clean for what? Two years? Does it matter anymore? Charlie Sheen choked his wife out for Christmas. He got arrested, she's not talking to cops, he's still the highest paid actor in television. More » -
#travel
NWA Flight 253: Winners, Losers, Heroes, and The Schadenfreude of Burning Balls
Some guy tried to light an explosive devise, ended up producing a mediocre fireworks show inside of an airplane. So, he failed, ended up with burned balls. Now we have heroes and tighter air travel regulations. Also: he was Al-Qaeda. More »
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#merrychristmas
Presenting The Gawker Internet Yule Log™
From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold! -
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#rumormonger
Did Susan Sarandon Dump Tim Robbins for a Ping Pong Entrepreneur?
For 23 years Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins seemed a singularly stable Hollywood couple—until they split this summer. (A fact they announced yesterday.) What caused the breakup? A theory: Sarandon wanted to pursue ping pong entrepreneur Jonathan Bricklin.
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#whoops
Nuclear Bomb Researchers Accidentally Blow Up Building
Don't worry, it wasn't with a nuclear bomb! Last week, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory accidentally blew up part of a building with "a gun which acts like a Civil War Cannon". Even crazier, in a way.
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#holidayofhorrors
Stuff Our Stockings with Christmas Horror Stories
Now that we have safely arrived at our destinations the real fun begins. It's time to terrify with your tales of holidays gone horribly awry. The tree is up, let's set it on fire with a candle from the Menorah! More » -
#brightpaperpackages
Our Favorite Things About 2009: These People Are Gone
Dana Perino's 9 Favorite Things reminded me that my favorite thing about 2009 has been that we don't have to care about Dana Perino anymore. Or any other Bush people! Let us list 7 of them we do not miss.
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#christmascrash
The Travel Horror Story Winner Is Now Boarding at Gate 1A
We have chosen the king of the Holiday Travel Horror Stories and the winner of a $50 MetroCard. Looks like you're going to have to save your fresh tales of woe for next year's contest. Here are your winners.
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#thedecade
The Fake Decade
The years from 2000 to 2009 were unified by fakeness — high-profile charlatans penetrated virtually every area of life (as Frank Rich also pointed out). From fake celebrities to fake journalists, here's a top ten of our favourite* frauds. More » -
#decadefromhell
The Top 13 People Politicians Should Not Have Had Sex with in the 2000s
They never learn, do they? Not to have sex with people you are not married to, that is. That is what they (elected officials) did not learn, in the 2000s. Who were they trying to have sex with? Literally everyone.
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#howto
White House Party Crashers: A History
The Washington Post dispatched dozens of writers and researchers to investigate Tareq and Michaele Salahi, and discover their motivations for gatecrashing the White House. Here's a de facto guide on how to live like a billionaire for no money. More » -
#hitlist
The Four Bloggers Sarah Palin Bans from Her Events
Remember the Alaska kindergarten teacher Palin threatened to serve libel papers in front of his class? He went to a Going Rogue event and discovered he is one of Palin's four worst enemies, banned from events via headshot dossier. UPDATED
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#idiots
Teabagger Worried His Magic Prayers Made God Kill Sen. Inhofe
Jesus. A panicked teabagger called up C-SPAN in tears today, worried that he accidentally killed Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe by praying for Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd to die. This is one of the saddest things ever to appear on C-SPAN. More » -
#documents
Michael Jackson's FBI File: The Highlights
The files released by the FBI today relating to Michael Jackson don't appear to contain too much new information, but they do reveal the extent to which the feds helped Santa Barbara prosecutors go after him for child molestation. More »
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#polls
Joe Francis: Gawker's Douche of the Decade
With, let's say, 140% of the vote reporting, we are deeply ashamed to announce that Girls Gone Wild impresario Joe Francis is Gawker's Douche of the Decade. More » -
#oped
Malcolm Gladwell's Stickiness Problem
It's tough out there for science writers following in Malcolm Gladwell's footsteps. Not because he's so good, but because he's so wrong. Here's a rant by author Jeff Wise, republished from Psychology Today, on undoing Gladwell's damage to the facts.
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#canonfire
The Unpaid Photo-Intern Backlash
Fancy-schmancy award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey put up a demanding ad for an unpaid lackey (pretty much specifying rich kids only). Instead of lapping it up like starved dogs, New York's photographic community lashed out.
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#thingsweactuallylike
The Jersey Shore Kids Are Now in on the Joke, and That Joke Is Hysterical
The Situation, Snooki, and DJ Paulie Dialogue took time out from Jersey Shore's global domination to make a video. The fiction is just as good as the real thing, but the beast has awoken. Updated. More » -
#conspiracy
The Goldman Sachs Coffee Conspiracy
Workers at Goldman Sachs' buildings across New York and New Jersey are grumbling about a conspiracy. A conspiracy by the company to squeeze profit even from its own staff.
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#counting
The 2010 Census' Existential Crisis
If only it were as simple to count everyone in America as "One, two... three hundred million." Nope. It's still about four months away, but the 2010 Census is already under attack by people wracked with existential angst.
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#polls
Who Is the Hipster of the Decade?
Yea, we know the word "hipster" is played out. That's exactly why we need to pick a Hipster Champ of the past decade. So we can lay the whole damn thing to rest. Your candidates, below. Vote. If you want. -
#shutup
News of First Major Progressive Legislation in 30 Years Enrages Liberals
Ugh. Shut up, bill-killing liberals. You know who has more liberal cred than all of you? Bernie Sanders, who secured $10 billion for community health and then voted for cloture.
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#christmascrash
Give Us Your Best Holiday Travel Horror Stories
There are plenty of stressful things during the holidays—office parties, shopping, family—but there is nothing worse than travel. We want to hear your worst holiday travel stories, and we want them now. All aboard!
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#exclusive
The Actual New Beatrice
Since Beatrice Inn closed last April it feels like hundreds — thousands — of clubs and lounges have tried to claim succession. Today we have big news on the actual new Beatrice — Paul Sevigny's imminent new place. More » -
#friggonomics
Economists Discover Source of New Yorkers' Misery
Research Question: Why are New Yorkers miserable? Hypothesis: Because New York is not a pleasant place to live.
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#questions
Who Is Simon Monjack?
Brittany Murphy's life was cut short at 32 when she passed away this morning. The latest piece of news is that her husband, Simon Monjack, reportedly told Cedars-Sinai staffers that he didn't want there to be an autopsy. Who?
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#altarcations
Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: In Which Will Ferrell Photobombs the NYT's Weddings
Once it hits your lips, Altarcations are so good. Phyllis Nefler will drink the NYT's Weddings & Celebrations milkshake beerbong like it's nobody's business, especially when it's got good guest stars like this week's. Tell 'em what's up, Nef: More » -
#vintagegawker
2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Vintage Gawker Collection, where we'll roll out old posts from the vault in full to provide perspective on the present. Tonight: Jessica Coen's 2005 post, 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now. More » -
#awesomethings
Climate Change's Bad Lieutenants, Barack and Hillary: Bustin' Down Doors
Wow. Talk about burying the lede. Obama and Clinton went BAD. ASS on some sucka climate change opposition. The two've been chipping away at this Copenhagen summit, but it took them busting down a door to get things "handled." Observe: More » -
#justice
Fun with Guns: Vigilante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
Well, as it turns out, Washington DC residents know exactly how much of a joke 911 is in their own town, after a cop. Pulled a gun. On kids. Throwing snowballs. Yeah, and they're reading this cop the riot act. More »
