Texas Governor Rick Perry may be completely irrelevant, but he still has money and thus we should care about his opinion on the disturbing video released last week showing U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of recently killed combatants. "These kids made a mistake, there's not any doubt about it," he said. "[They] shouldn't have done it, it's bad—but to call it a criminal act, I think is over the top," Perry said on CNN today. "Obviously 18, 19-year-old kids make stupid mistakes all too often and that's what's occurred here." more ›

Won't someone think of the poor atheists? With no God to appeal to for mercy, they can only rely on the justice of our imperfect court system, where they're suing to stop the famous September 11 Cross from being included as part of the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site. Some see the cross, which consists of intersecting steel beams found in the Ground Zero rubble, as a symbol of perseverance and faith. But according to a lawsuit filed by American Atheists, the cross's side effects include "dyspepsia, symptoms of depression, headaches, anxiety, and mental pain and anguish from the knowledge that they are made to feel officially excluded from the ranks of citizens who were directly injured by the 9/11 attack." more ›

Yesterday, Brett Favre and his laser eyes got the Taiwanese CGI treatment, with banana penis and adorable keg stands to boot. So it's only natural that he gets the Bill Maher treatment next. Maher featured Favre, his alleged sexts and his Crocs during the "New Rules" segment of his HBO show, "Real Time with Bill Maher." He used Favre as a jumping off point to discuss the illogical, reactionary nature of white males who are "going a little crazy" now that they don't rule the world, and attacks conservative politicians of both genders. more ›

Delaware Senate Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell spent a lot of time in the 1990s as a guest on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect. Last night, he released a new clip—this one from October 15, 1998— where she says, "Evolution is a myth." To which Maher responded, "Evolution is a myth?!? Have you ever looked at a monkey!" But O'Donnell said, "Well then, why they — why aren’t monkeys still evolving into humans?" Yes, where is Dr. Zaius when we really need him? more ›

On Friday night, comedian Bill Maher released a clip showing everyone's favorite Tea Party candidate/doppelganger for Elaine Benes on a 1999 episode of his show, Politically Incorrect. Christine O'Donnell, surprise victor in the Delaware Republican Senate party, was then known as a Christian activist and appeared frequently on Maher's show. In this clip, O'Donnell confessed/bragged, "I dabbled into witchcraft — I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. … I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I’m not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do." more ›

Before going for the gold, French actress and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard made some remarks in a 2007 interview regarding 9/11, and some aren't as charmed by her words as they were by her Oscar speech. Nonetheless, Cotillard sides with the conspiracy theorists when it comes to 9/11...and the moon landing! BBC News has a partial transcript:

"We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes, are they burned?" she asks. "There was a tower, I believe it was in Spain, which burned for 24 hours. It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there [in New York], in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed." more ›

While hosting a live edition of "Real Time With Bill Maher," a number of 9/11 conspiracy theorists began to shout statements and questions at Bill Maher and guest Chris Matthews. When studio security was slow to respond, Maher left the set himself to remove the disruptive audience member. Other conspiracy theorists continued to interrupt the program by shouting from the audience. Maher yelled back, "This is not a debate. This is a debate between [him and his guests onstage]. You're in the audience. Audience comes from the Latin, 'to listen.'" more ›

A look at some noteworthy television this week: more ›

A look at some noteworthy television this week: more ›

The search is already on to replace Rosie O'Donnell on The View. Rumors are that Rosanne Barr may be first choice to fill the seat. Though Barr was on "Larry King Live" recently and said that she was "not looking for the job," on KVVU-TV in Las Vegas Monday, she seemed to have a change of heart. She told the station, "I'd love it. Yeah, definitely. I think I would do a real good job," adding that she would "stir up some real good controversy." And undoubtedly, some crotch-grabbing. more ›

John Fugelsang starts his one-man show, All the Wrong Reasons: A True Story of Neo-Nazis, Drug Smuggling, and Undying Love, by acknowledging that he isn’t performing a “proper piece of solo theatre. The stories here are not brave, the stakes are very low, my arc is flimsy at best, I’m not a heroic character; I don’t come out of the closet, go to Iraq or kick drugs; and the only time I mention Palestine is in this sentence.” Like everything else in All the Wrong Reasons, his disclaimer’s funny because it’s true. Although the autobiography that Fugelsang unfolds seems out of place in New York Theater Workshop’s voluminous space, it manages to stay aloft on the strength of his self-deprecating wit and warm personality. more ›

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Starting yesterday at the cavernous St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York City is getting its first chance to experience “Hell House”, an interactive spectacle that is fast becoming a Halloween tradition in churches across America. more ›

Marcia Baczynski and REiD MiHalko, Cuddle Party Founders more ›

Sam Seder, Director / Writer / Comedian / Co-Host, "The Majority Report" more ›

While we're on the subject of subway etiquette, can someone please do something once and for all about people who clip their fingernails on the MTA? Gothamist sat next to yet another morning manicurist on the way uptown yesterday and, with nowhere to go in the packed car, was forced to hear each click and was even hit by a stray piece of fingernail. To make matters worse, a man came through the car selling manicure sets for "the amazing low price of two dollars," thereby encouraging more of this behavior. more ›