Who’s Afraid of Hillary Clinton?
A recent Forbes online character poll has shown that "Hillary Clinton is the creepiest candidate":http://www.nypost.com/seven/06192007/news/nationalnews/hilly_gives_folks_willies_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm. Th...
Bloomberg Declares Independence
Just in case you love "NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg":http://www.mikebloomberg.com/ but have always felt a little guilty about it because of his Republican-ness, Mayor Mike has just "officially changed his par...
A Cut Above The Rest
The "dropping circumcision rate":http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/18/circumcision.decline.ap/index.html in the U.S. has made the news and has once again sparked debate over the age old question: Which do you p...
RIP Gertel’s Bakery
"Gertel's Bakery":http://nymag.com/listings/stores/gertels_bakery/ is "closing this Friday":http://racked.com/archives/2007/06/18/breaking_gertels_bakery_closin.php, June 22nd. So hurry up and make your pilgrim...
Goodbye CBGBs, Hello vLES
If you haven't heard about this ridiculousness yet, check out _Vice_ Magazine's new site, the "Virtual Lower East Side":http://www.vles.com/ (vLES). As if Second Life weren't creepy enough, now you can sit at y...
Eugenics is For the Dogs
Dog eugenics is becoming huge in dog breeding and racing circles. "Says":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/science/12dog.html?_r=1&oref=slogin the _New York Times_, it's "free of most of the ethical concerns......
Here, Piggy, Piggy
Frank Bruni, the _New York Times_' beloved (and "hated":http://www.slate.com/id/2160474/) restaurant critic "reveled in the fatty deliciousness that is pork":http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/pi...
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back to the Pasture
Time will tell whether "_Eagle Vs Shark_":http://www.eaglevsshark.net/ (hitting theaters today) and "_Flight of the Conchords_,":http://www.hbo.com/conchords/ (premiering on HBO this Sunday) end up doing for Ne...
Two Rabbis Walk Into a Reception Hall
To show their support for same-sex couples, a straight rabbi couple (one of whom works at New York's LGBT synagogue Congregation Beth Simchat) are planning an all-out Conservative Jewish wedding "without the ma...
They’re Grrrreaaat!
The _NY Times_ "reports":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/business/media/14kellogg-web.html that The Kellogg Company announced today that it will phase out advertising its products to children under age 12 unl...
…But They’ll Never Take Our Freedom
At last night's New York premiere of _A Mighty Heart_ Angelina Jolie's lawyer made all reporters sign an agreement stating that they would not ask any personal questions.
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