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Google Maps Catches Chicago Kid About To Shoot Someone
Spotted on Google Maps: a kid pointing a gun at a younger kid. (Okay, it's probably a toy gun.) What is it about Chicago? We've already seen a drug deal on the South Side and a girl flashing the camera in Homewood. More »
whoops
Mike Huckabee's Hilarious Joke About Assassinating Barack Obama
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is a slick, smooth, charming guy. He would've been a dangerous nominee, because he's TV-friendly and quick-witted in a folksy, unthreatening way. But he's actually a rar-right nutcase. And sometimes his jokes fall flat. As in the clip above. If you can't get a laugh from telling a "someone is going to shoot Barack Obama" joke in a talk at the NRA then your delivery needs work, we say. Oh, also we say: wtf.
branding
Ethiopia's Problems Solved By New Logo
Ethiopia doesn't have the world's most sterling reputation. Many people think of "famine" and "drought" when the country's name is mentioned. But the Ethiopians are lucky, in the sense that Starbucks has forged a connection between the parched and war-torn nation in northern Africa and yuppie coffee swillers across America who just adore the subtle fruity undertones of the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe blend. So the country went to a branding firm to come up with a logo to stick on all of its coffee, to make people think of it as more of a luxury item. The logo is pictured. It looks like it should be in lime green on the side of can of a new and exotic type of energy drink. Instead, it's on the oldest energy drink ever. The kind that comes from Ethiopia (and is not qat)! We wish the country well in its yuppie-swindling mission, but we would have gone with a logo that's a little more cutting edge, with both hipster appeal and a strong connection to Ethiopian history. Like this: More »
fashion
Perez Hilton's Clothing Line Unveiled
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has revealed his inevitable-in-hindsight line of t-shirts and bags and shit. It's no surprise that he likes pink. Oh, and look! Edgy things like pistols and the words "Gossip Gangster" emblazoned on hoodies and t-shirts! Also, some sort of death kitten rainbow. Plus, of course, his name. Who doesn't want to tell the world, loud and proud, that they read Perez Hilton?? The line, to be sold at upscale Hot Topic stores across the nation, will surely be popular among angry anime girls and flood victims. Click after the jump for close-ups of some of the precious garments. More »
the olds
If Letting Grandma Shoot A Gun Is Elder Abuse, I Don't Want To Be Non-Abusive
Palm Beach cops arrested 18-year-old Michael Alfinez for elder abuse after he filmed his possibly senile grandmother brandishing a pistol and saying things like "Palm Beach County, bitch." But where he really went wrong is not posting that comedy gold on YouTube (cops found the video during a traffic stop; she's pictured left in the ski mask). After all, if it's a funny web video it's not elder abuse! At least according to the six happy gun-shooting grannies below. More »
murder
New York Will Kill You
Here's something else for you to do this weekend: avoid getting murdered. New York City's murder rate this year is up by 26% compared to last year [NYDN]—and just in time for the NYPD to cut 1,000 officers! Far be it from us to advocate for more cops, but this seems like it might be a problem. The police department argues that regardless of the increase, it's still the second-lowest murder rate in the city's recorded history. Okay fine, but that might not last long with all those Michael Bloomberg-branded firearms for sale now. Below, a handy NYC crime report with weekly, monthly, and yearly perspectives. Now go buy your gun. More »
All Is Well
TMZ has video of the dunderhead who was waving a rifle on Kate Hudson's roof being arrested. Now you can stop sending us ALARMED EMAILS about the SNIPER.
TMZ has video of the dunderhead who was waving a rifle on Kate Hudson's roof being arrested. Now you can stop sending us ALARMED EMAILS about the SNIPER.
revolving doors
BusinessWeek Loses An Editor, WSJ Gains A Reporter
Paul Barrett, Assistant Managing Editor for investigative projects at BusinessWeek, will be "returning to The Wall Street Journal to write on non-business topics for the front page," according an email from Businessweek EIC Stephen Adler. A former WSJ editor himself Adler brought Barrett to the magazine in 2006. Barrett's departure is reversing a trend wherein WSJ staffers, fearful of life under Murdoch jumped ship. Now it seems at least one of them is clamoring to get back on board. [Romenesko]
tiny balls, big guns
Roid Rage Cops Roam In Brooklyn
One Brooklyn pharmacy has filled 19 prescriptions for human growth hormone or steroids for firefighters—and 29 cops have gotten prescriptions for steroids. Thanks to the craziness of baseball-land, the Village Voice finds a timely peg to run its NYPD steroids story! Just think: A bunch of macho guys with guns are bulking up. Frightening! Also, unsurprising! Now, the Voice claims that steroids and, particularly, human growth hormone are rarely prescribed, saying that HGH is usually only prescribed for people with a rare malady or "in the advanced stages of AIDS." This isn't really the case—for years now, doctors hand out prescriptions for Serostim and the like (testosterone patches, etc.) to people with HIV like it was candy. But we're probably safe in assuming there isn't a cluster of HIV-positive Brooklyn cops.
Cops On Steroids [VV]
The New York Police Department is issuing video iPods to members of its Police Academy to help them study for final exams. Might we also suggest a brief course in how to tell the difference, at 50 yards, between a shiny 80GB MP3 player and a shiny 9mm Glock? Friendly fire is so much less friendly than it sounds. [WNBC]Related: New York Politicians Blast Proposed Counterterrorism Cuts [WNYC]
One of our new favorite blogs, Ephemerist, notes that "Guns & Ammo, 'the nation's leading gun and ammunition magazine,' also has a blog"! And it's amazing! It makes me want to shoot people right now! [Fully Loaded]
"'I may be jumping the gun," [Harvey] Weinstein said, "but if Cate Blanchett doesn't get nominated, I'll shoot myself.'" [NYT]
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