A Rockland County teacher is catching flack for telling her second grade class that Santa Claus isn't real. According to the Post, the "evil educator" made the factually true statement during a geography lesson, after some of her students claimed to know where the North Pole was because "that's where Santa lives." Ah, kids. Everyone knows Santa lives in Boca Raton, and hasn't delivered toys since 1984, when he outsourced his business to a company in Taiwan. more ›

Peter Haskett and Raymond Huffman were two violent, alcoholic roommates living in a run-down apartment complex in San Francisco in the late '80s. Their near-constant drunken arguments kept two recent college graduates next door from getting any sleep. So the two friends, "Eddie Lee Sausage" and "Mitchell D.," began recording what would later be referred to as the "Shut Up, Little Man" recordings, named after Haskett's constant, boozy retort to his roommate's profane protestations. more ›

In a stunning blow to capitalist principles/principals this country was founded on, a Brooklyn high school principal who instilled the virtues of hard work and making an honest living by taking students on a furniture-moving field trip last month is no longer a principal. Altagracia Liciaga was removed from her post at Multicultural High School in Cypress Hills by the DOE a day before fall classes started, after it was revealed that Liciaga forced the students to ride unrestrained in the back of a U-Haul after an enlightening day of hauling filing cabinets. The Post reports that Liciaga even taught one student self-reliance, by letting them drive the U-Haul just a year after getting a driver's license. more ›

Last night, as most people in the neighborhood were dodging raindrops, a modest street party formed to protest the overly gentrifying East Village—a "LET EM EAT CAKE/EAT THE RICH/NO COMFORT ZONE street party," if you will. In lieu of making a cogent, forceful statement against a specific enemy, it was an opportunity to weird out the B&Ters pounding the pavement to make their 9:30 at Momofuku. more ›

NYC was a crazy place in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. While many of us were grieving or in shock, others scrambled to make a quick buck (and/or get laid) off the tragedy. Within two days of the towers' collapse, for instance, you could buy T-shirts emblazoned with the words, "I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT OUT!" But it wasn't just souvenir hawkers cashing in on 9/11; a former employee of FedEx claims managers created a system to blame their late deliveries on beefed-up security measures at government buildings. more ›

Osama bin Laden's death has New York "teeming with new life," according to Mayor Bloomberg. But do you know what's also thriving? Capitalism. Numerous businesses across America see today as a reason to offer discounts or new products based on the terrorist's death. Indianapolis laser tag center LaserFlash writes on Twitter, "We're celebrating America's victory over Osama bin Laden with free laser tag today. Call ahead for reservations." more ›

Washington Post blogger, Bloomberg View columnist, and MSNBC contributor Ezra Klein has made a name for himself as a trenchant analyst of economic issues and domestic policy. He's kind of a big deal, and he's only 26! You can bask in his warm cewebrity glow tonight (for free!) at the NYU Skirball Center (566 LaGuardia Place), where he'll be participating in a debate called "Capitalism: Is It Moral?" Tonight Klein will be locking horns with John A. Allison, who is affiliated with the Ayn Rand Center and is the former CEO of BB&T Bank. Spoiler: this guy loooves capitalism. Anyway, Klein recently gave us nine minutes of his time last Friday before he dumped us to cover Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's first formal press conference after an interest rate decision. So that just shows you what Klein's priorities are. more ›

Protester (though not as many as the reported 4,000 from yesterday) appeared for another day of criticizing world policies and promoting other messages as the Group of 20 leaders met again in London. The G20 just announced a trillion-dollar plan for the International Monetary Fund: The Wall Street Journal explains that the IMF's lending power is now tripled to $750 billion and another $250 billion will be added to the reserve currency "to boost liquidity in the global financial system by expanding member countries' foreign exchange reserves. [The leaders also] committed to selling IMF gold to help poor countries." more ›