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 ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]

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 ... [Read More]