Alex Schaefer, an artist in Los Angeles, just sold this painting of a burning Chase bank branch on eBay for a cool $25,000. Great imagery! It helped that he got a shitload of publicity, from two(!) police investigations.

When you type the letters "j-e-s" into Google, the first suggestion to come up as part of its new "instant search" feature is 11-year-old viral video star and internet punching bag Jessi Slaughter. The second name on the list: "Jesus."

The Somali government is teaming up with Somali pirates. Anti-government insurgents are teaming up with Somali pirates. And we'd love to team up with Somali pirates on some sort of t-shirt licensing deal. Pirates: awesome, till they kill you. [NYT]

Bill Clinton is finally loved! By 61% of "national adults," at least, according to a new Gallup favorability poll. Meanwhile, 52% think favorably of Barack Obama, which is pretty good for someone currently managing America's broke, apocalyptic hellscape. [Image: AP]

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg was invited to 1,963 events over the last two months. He only accepted 45. Full disclosure: Most of the invitations were from me, just to hang out or something. [NYP]