Californians Prefer ‘Devil’ To ‘Reagan’

A California man was unsuccessful in his attempt to have a historic mountain renamed after the right wing’s master of the universe and former president Ronald Reagan. Arthur Mijares argued that Mount Diablo (Spanish word for “devil”) is way too evil sounding. Ya see, he’s a Christian and every time he hears or sees the name, it makes his palms bleed or as he puts it: “To me and millions of other followers of the Christian faith, the devil is derogatory, pejorative, offensive, obscene, blasphemous and profane.” |SFGate|

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Fairly Attractive “Socialite” Is Cramping My Style

People are always asking me why, when shit hit the fan, people cared. My parents had this idea that I was boning down with the Emperor of New York (Eliot Spitzer), and that I was carrying his mutt-baby; because they just could not comprehend why anyone would make such a big deal about my exploits, otherwise. While incarcerated people wanted to know what I really did to garner all of this attention; surely a few presidents worth of bad checks wouldn’t be worth international infamy, would they? Read more »

Billion Dollar U.S. Embassy Looks Like A Giant Apple Store

You almost can’t blame the America-hating Brits for criticizing the newly unveiled designs for a billion dollar U.S. Embassy in London. The 12-story glass stump of a building with a medieval-like moat on one side has been described as a “fortress” and a design adviser to the UK government (they have those?) said it lacks civility. |Guardian|

Spencer Tunick Lost His Pants

Spencer Tunick’s upcoming installation in Sydney has hit its first hitch: Hawaiian Airlines lost his luggage and the “depressed” artist is vehemently whining, equally upset about losing the camera equipment and his clothes. “I am truly the emperor with no clothes,” he says (hopefully jokingly, otherwise, aside from an ego curbing mechanism he’s also lacking some reading comprehension skills). Read more »

Liquid O Is the New Black (Tar Heroin)

While killjoys in Missouri are busy worrying about fake weed, authorities in a Texas suburb have their hands full with a real drug problem: “Liquid O.” That’s the “street name” for liquefied black tar heroin that is currently all the rage and often gets packaged in Visine bottles according to police. Like crack, it’s cheap, fast, and one drop in the nose only costs $5. |GDN|