Brooks Ayers, the slime ball (ex) boyfriend of “Real Housewives of Orange County”‘s Vicki Gunvalson, has ‘fessed up to falsifying medical records he said proved he had received chemotherapy for stage-4 cancer. Doubts about Ayers’ condition made up the bulk of plot for this most recent season of “RHOC,” with Vicki shrieking “HE’S FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE!!!” during every goddamn […]
Last night’s CNBC GOP Debate was supposed to focus on economics and policy. And yet, somehow, even though the candidates didn’t get around to discussing the coming rapture or their feelings on slutty women who had abortions, there was still a lot of weird, delusional bullshit being tossed about like so much confetti. Let’s take a […]
Earlier today, a 20-year-old as yet unnamed man walked into Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, and began firing. So far, at least 15 people are dead and 20 are injured. The shooter is also dead after exchanging gunfire with police. As if this man’s actions were not horrific enough, it looks as though he may […]
Earlier this year, the state of Vermont became the first state to no longer allow “philosophical” exemptions to their mandate that all public school children be vaccinated. Which is a pretty smart thing to do! They did, however, decide to continue to allow religious exemptions to the mandate — and now some anti-vaxxers are considering starting a new religion in […]
Yesterday, the country collectively dropped its jaw when Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals dropped the news that his company would be raising the price of a very important drug that cures toxoplasmosis, Daraprim, from $13.50 to $750. One thing not mentioned nearly enough, other than the fact that this happens all the time–that’s only […]
When you work at a site that also happens to have a name very close to what my vet has called the McDonald’s of cat food, there are bound to be some mix-ups every now and then. “OH COOL DO YOU GUYS SELL CAT FOOD?” asks some cool human who’s sidling up to you at a […]
On a day where we remember heroes, it’s also important to remember that they come in all forms. Bretagne, who was a part of the search and rescue efforts at ground zero with her handler Denise Corliss, is one of them. She served as a member of the Texas Task Force 1 and is the last known […]
El Paso Police Officer Kenneth Lee Sheka, 28, was arrested on Tuesday after firing off his gun in the middle of a law enforcement convention at the Chase Suites Hotel. Sheka had started talking to one of the servers working the event, eventually making some rather explicit comments towards her, and “inappropriately touching her.” The server told […]
Welcome to part two of Amelia Summarizes Explosive Legal Bombshells In Terms Us Plebes Can Understand! Yesterday, I broke down the Undisclosed podcast’s revelation of a massive Brady violation in the case against Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. That Brady violation involved the Baltimore police and […]
