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more about #kids more comments → Wannabeer: You know, Andrew Carnegie was a philanthropist so that his kids wouldn't get it. Not that he hated them, just that he thought they had already had ev... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: If people still think he's just rich old burger, coke, and candy man, Manny Maroun has a bridge in Detroit he will sell you. (Eh, incidentally, anyon... more » MrInBetween: So that's what a Billion Dollar Soup Line looks like. #warrenbuffett more » yourfriendandneighbor: And that's why cool adults call this their favorite childrens tale. more » miss_msry: Maurice, isn't telling a four-year-old to go to hell a little harsh? Now five and older, go for it. more » Mike Jahn: Jonz's big mistake was not casting Megan Fox. more » SpyMagician: Awesome. I'm personally convinced the reason you have 30 year olds playing video games like nuts and generally extending their sophomore year into the... more » m4ximusprim3: Thank you Maurice. The problem with kids these days is that nobody scares the shit out of them. How else are they supposed to learn humility? more » momof3wildkids: I love Maurice Sendak. I told you once, I told you twice, eating chicken soup w/ rice. more » kookla: Their parents look pretty cool about it. The times, they are a-changing. And it's about damned time. more » mstryphnos: Those crazy Visigoths. more » squeakel: Is that a popular goth pose? The arms stick straight at the sides while leaning forward slightly? Don't get me wrong, I totally love them. I just th... more » Island of Misfit Toys: I just think that photo is adorable. Those girls have clearly had no media training and that's exactly the way it should be. more » AndalucÃa: I love this man. He has goth kids that he seems totally chill with, he supports Barca, and he's an unapologetic liberal in Spain. more » Swordfish: p.s. their mother is kind of middle-age post-punk/goth and bow-legged to boot. more » -
#rich
Did Warren Buffett's Philanthropy Cost His Kids?
Considering their billion dollar charitable trusts, the answer points to "No." More » -
#quoteoftheday
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#conspiracytheory
The Best Way To Get The Press Off Your Kids: Abortion Legislation
You're the Prime Minister of Spain. Your rarely seen daughters are tabloid sensations after an embargo on posting photographs of them is broken when pictures of them dressed as badass goths leak everywhere. So: what do you do? Run interference. More » -
#kidstoday
Spain's Goth First Daughters Embarrass, Embarrassed By Dad
Here's Barack and Michelle Obama with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero and his family. The State Department uploaded it to Flickr. (What an unlikely sentence!) Whoops—no one in Spain has ever seen Zapatero's Goth daughters before! More » -
#summerinthecity
New York City Rules Enforcement Getting A Little Uppity
Maybe angry nightlife people do have something to be pissed about: rules! A little girl and her dad were surrounded, yelled at, and fined $50 by Parks Department officials in Riverside Park. For having a lemonade stand. [NYP via Gothamist] -
#pundits
Bill O'Reilly Loves Kids, Obama
Oh, look, a picture of Bill O'Reilly's Valentine to Obama. Look at that hilarious multiculti group of kids he is with! Is this a college admissions brochure? FreeRepublic commenters are making loofah jokes! (Adorable, guys, but it's "falafel.") [Mediaite] -
#parenting
Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays
Question: How can the children be the future of America when they, the children, yearn to be naked, and their liberal, Obama-loving parents allow them to run around with their little wee-wees and va-jay-jays hanging out all over the place? More » -
#celebrityscience
Handicapping the Jon and Kate Announcement Thing
What is today, America? Lo, it's the day when Jon and Kate Gosselin make their big announcement on the reality show they have, with their kids, on the TV. This could save gossip magazines! We rank the possibilities, below. More » -
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#hehatesyourkids
Bill O'Reilly Wishes Youtube Lived Up to a Higher Standard Than Fox News
Not that it's news, but jesus, O'Reilly, you're a dick. It's Friday night, everyone's about to enjoy their weekend, and what do you do? You bring on the parent of some cute YouTube sensation kid, and skewer him. More » -
#advertising
Donate or Watch Your Children Fight Gladiator-Style
The logical conclusion of this Reporters Without Borders ad is "Journalists support ubiquitous government security cameras, everywhere." Sub-conclusion: Don't let your kids be in a Reporters Without Borders ad unless you want them bodyslammed. [Copyranter] -
#neverforget
What Is Your Favorite Page of the 9/11 Coloring Book?
The "Crisis Response Team" of a tiny little Minnesota town put together a book to help children deal with disasters. Let's learn and grow together.
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#trendwatch
Laid-Off Finance Guys Bringing Some Order to This Whole 'Homemaking' Thing
Men who were problem-solving machines in finance have been laid off, and are now forced to do "family" activities. Silver lining: finally some dudes with real smarts to clean up these "PTA meetings" and shit! More » -
#scandals
Is Slumdog Star's Dad a Child-Seller, or a Tabloid Victim?
The father of nine-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has been arrested for allegedly trying to sell her to an undercover reporter—but he says he's innocent, and it's all a setup. What's going on? More » -
#piratewar
'The Pirates Could Only Lament Their Littleness Before the Vast Number of Dolphins'
The US vs. Pirate war drums are beating. So what if the latest crop of pirates were ragged teenagers who died in qat withdrawal? The anti-piracy brigade of highly trained dolphins will destroy them! More » -
#heartwarming
People With Fourth Grade Education Support AIG
Some crazy fourth grade teacher in Texas (*Texas joke*) allowed her young charges to write sympathy notes to AIG, of all places, which made AIG execs absolutely weepy. Public education fails again: More » -
#advertising
Your Selfish Desire to Stop Smoking Makes Child Cry
We're happy to report that there's a BIG CONTROVERSY over whether this anti-smoking ad featuring a weeping little boy goes too far. The answer is yes. Probably because Australians are involved. More » -
#health
Giving Kids Speed: Perhaps, In Retrospect, a Bad Idea?
"And rather than saying the growth of children on medication was stunted, the release said children who were not on medication 'grew somewhat larger.'" Science! [WaPo] -
#sad
Child Conservative Superstar's Parents Still Not in Jail
Good work, liberal media, in helping make Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and a little kid the standard-bearers of the conservative movement. The little kid was on Today today! More » -
#sad
The GOP's Little Superstar
Conservative wunderkind Jonathan Krohn was interviewed by CBS's Bob Schieffer today, in case you want to feel sad. More »
