A Minnesotan principal can kiss his job goodbye after organizing a provocative prank for the school’s pep rally. Students at Rosemount High School were blindfolded and told that they would receive a kiss from a “special someone.” Afterwards, they tried to guess who it was. One student said his kissing partner had “luscious lips.” When the blindfold was removed he discovered that those lips belonged to his mother. Principal John

Dutch designers MVRDV are being called “Al Qaeda lovers” for mocking 9/11 with what that looks like a freeze frame of the Twin Towers exploding. Dubbed “The Could,” the towers are connected halfway up by a 10-floor-tall pixelated cloud that houses common areas such as gardens, fitness center, pool, and shops. MVRDV initially feigned ignorance to any similarities between the buildings. “It was not our intention to create an image

Nothing quite sets the season like Christmas cards of Santa, or as he’s known in Japan “American Christmas Devil.” Brad McGinty received this unique card from his grandfather. “These aren’t personal Christmas cards, but rather leftover cards from my grandfather’s failed attempt at starting a greeting card company a few years after WWII,” claims McGinty. A few years after my Grandfather returned from the war he decided to start a

As part of its effort to become a world leader in robotics, South Korea will start using robot prison guards next spring. Unlike the deceptively cute Jailbot featured in Superjail!, these R2-D2s with smiley faces are genuinely benign. Creator Lee Baik-Chul programmed the robots to monitor inmates for abnormal behavior. “But the robots are not Terminators. Their job is not cracking down on violent prisoners. They are helpers. When an

Parents may want to dress down when visiting Santa this year. The world famous Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School is teaching students to size up parents in order to scale back expectations. Fred Honerkamp, a lecturer at the school, suggests that Santas blame mischievous elves for any possible shortcomings on Christmas day. “In the end, Santas have to be sure to never promise anything,” said Honerkamp. Other Santas are

If little Ralphie lived in Arizona, A Christmas Story might have had a very different ending. At the Scottsdale Gun Club kids can get their picture taken with Santa and his little friends: AK-47, AR-15 with an attached grenade launcher, M60, M249, M240, and an $80,000 Garwood mini-gun mounted on a tripod. Ron Kennedy, general manager of the Scottsdale Gun Club, says the event isn’t aimed at children but the

Way back in August, presidential candidate Herman Cain chose to close the Iowa debate by quoting a poet, who turned out to be disco queen Donna Summer singing the Pokémon: The Movie 2000 theme. As soon as this happened we should have known “Herman Cain is an Art Project” says Rachel Maddow. She points to other cultural references such as Cain’s 9-9-9 plan originating in the video game Sim City

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thinks child labor laws are “truly stupid.” While speaking at Harvard, Gingrich chided child labor laws for institutionalizing poverty. “It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in child laws which are truly stupid. Saying to people you shouldn’t go to work before you’re 14, 16. You’re totally poor, you’re in a school that’s failing with a teacher that’s failing,” said

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is once again using scantily-clad women to draw attention to animal abuse. The animal rights group has preregistered the domain www.Peta.xxx, a top-level domain intended for adult websites. “A lot of organizations were gun shy about the triple-x domain, but when PETA saw it we thought this would be triple-extra effective,” says Lindsay Rajt, director of campaigns for PETA. The website will

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is becoming quite adept at sticking things in her mouth, like her foot. On the Tonight Show, Jay Leno challenged her positions on everything from taxes to the gays. Leno asked, “If you become president, and you seem pretty strident in your views, could you comprise?” Bachmann interrupted “Convicted. I’m convicted.” The comedian corrected her, “Convicted? No, you don’t get convicted until after

9/11 conspiracies go mainstream in The Big Lie by Image Comics, a publisher better known for titles like Spawn and The Walking Dead. The Truther comic book, which features Uncle Sam as narrator, has no qualms about being propaganda. “It’s obviously more ‘propaganda’ than those other approaches [referring to titles like Catch 22, Doctor Strangelove, and Veitch's Army@Love]. Using comics to present a political point of view. My art is

The DC Universe has been rebooted and it all starts here: Action Comics #1. It takes place 5½ years before “The New 52″ line up, when Superman is just coming into his own. I had joked that Superman was slowing down in his old age, when he shot himself out of cannon in Action Comics #903, but it seems that a weaker Superman is now canon. No Tights No Flight

Ever since Abu Ghraib, the military has been walking on eggshells to be culturally sensitive. They’ve banned soldiers from cursing or talking about politics, religion or girls around Afghans for fear of offending them. But marines are crying foul on the latest addition to the military code of conduct. The Military Times Marine Corps blog, Battle Rattle, is reporting “audible farting has been banned for some Marines downrange because it

Hurricane Irene may have fizzled out but El Bloomito is still going strong with over 20,000 followerusos. New Yorker Rachel Figueroa-Levin created the Twitter account to parody the Mayor’s Spanish storm updates with humorous tweets like “Hola Newo Yorko! El stormo grande is mucho dangeroso!” Rachel promises “I’ll continue El Bloombito as long as it stays fun. I probably won’t comment on other things- I don’t want it to turn

Fans of Sesame Street have long speculated that roomies Bert and Ernie are gay but those rumors have been put to bed. In response to an online petition by Change.org to let Bert and Ernie get married, Sesame Workshop issued the following statement, “Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even