A priceless shot sure to disappear soon from the IMF Flickr photostream. Yeah, that’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn on the left. Via Andrew Sullivan.
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Two Very Different Kinds of Terror
Shark Night 3D, in which a bunch of idiot kids who’ve never seen Jaws and therefore don’t know NEVER TO GO INTO ANY BODY OF WATER FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER go into a big body of water and—SURPRISE, SURPRISE—get eaten by sharks: ~ and ~ The Smurfs, in which some magical woodland Smurfs appear to […]
Posted inReligion
So… About that Apocalypse…
Red dots would indicate the start of the Apocalypse. Earthquakes meant to sort (finally!) the heathen chaff from the Christian wheat—and end life on Earth as we know it—were supposed to have started tonight in New Zealand, according to a very old California radio preacher. And then the death would have kept rolling through the […]
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Things to Do On Judgment Day
What are you guys doing this Saturday? Ascending to Heaven? No? Okay, then here are some things you can busy yourself with. Celebrate Non-Judgment Day: Portland’s most fabulous gay face-painters, the Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, are celebrating Non-Judgment Day with a Fatalicious Fashion Show at Crush Bar. You can commit so many deadly sins in […]
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Translating Ben Stein
Hello, friends! In case you’re having trouble deciphering Ben Stein’s extremely erudite American Spectator editorial defending Dominique Strauss-Kahn, allow me to interpret his words for you: 1.) If he is such a womanizer and violent guy with women, why didn’t he ever get charged until now? If he has a long history of sexual abuse, […]
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New Machete Maidens Unleashed Trailer!
Okay, peek your head out over your cubicle and see if your boss is around. No? Good! Now check out this extended red band trailer for the upcoming documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed—coming to DVD in July! It’s a hilarious, gorey and absolutely filthy tip o’ the hat to the Filipino exploitation flicks of the ’70s, […]
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Tonight’s Nightmare Today!
I think we can all agree that in the olden days people just weren’t as scared of stuff as we are now. However, that’s probably because they were dumber. Take threshers, for example. WHAT THE FUCK. People today are mostly smart enough to never get near those things. And while “being terrified of clowns” has […]
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How May We Help You Kill Us Today?
It probably doesn’t surprise you that the Mercury office is built like Fort Knox. We need this extreme level of protection to safeguard us from people like you (or Navy SEALS) who have no qualms about murdering us in increasingly creative and gory ways. OR MAYBE I’M WRONG. Maybe we’re just being overly paranoid, and […]
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Ah-ha! The Old “Japanese Ghost in a Mirror” Prank
G-dammit!! Right when I was at the height of my jingoistic “AMERICA IS BETTER THAN EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY” fervor, Japan had to come along and kick our asses in the “countries that produce the best practical jokes” arena. Seriously, I’m not exactly sure how this dude stopped his heart from leaping out of his throat […]
Posted inBooks
Sexually Repressed Mermaids! Also Wolf-on-Baby Grossness.
Wake up, Uncle Jacob, it’s time to imprint. This io9 blog post gives me ADD. There is too much juicy Twilight-related grossness to chew on. It should be noted that because I’m the only Mercury staffer who has read all the Twilight books (I hate myself), I’m on the Stephenie Meyer beat. Turns out she’s […]
Posted inMusic
“Who Tried to Murder Debbie Harry?”: Another Blogtown Mystery
Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis From an interview with Blondie’s Debbie Harry via The Selvedge Yard: “It was in the early ’70s and I was trying to get across town at two or three o’clock in the morning. This little car kept coming around and offering me a ride. I kept saying ‘No’ but finally […]
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RE: The Easter Bunny Is Frightening as Hell
I think I know where this photo was taken… Both pics courtesy of WOW!