Here we go again with the Ruben Diaz and the abortion and the Hitler! Remember back in 2005 when the State Senator argued that abortion is "the American Holocaust" and said, "I want to compare Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust to what is happening to abortion in America." No? Well, the Anti-Defamation League does remember, which is why they're not to surprised about Diaz's latest attempt to connect abortion to genocide. Not surprised, but outraged nonetheless. more ›

Most beauty queen contestants keep their pageant answers pretty boring (well, not everyone—remember Carrie Prejean?), but not us New Yorkers! Nope, at least one of the ladies vying for the Miss New York crown has some rather eyebrow-raising thoughts about who she'd like to dine with. Meet 21-year-old Washington Heights student Merlix Ventura, who's competing at this weekend's pageant. more ›

Pepper spray is all the rage these days, with law enforcers wielding it against protesters from downtown Manhattan to UC Davis, where video of a campus cop nonchalantly spraying a group of peaceful demonstrators has sparked widespread outrage. But one of the modern pepper spray's developers says it wasn't supposed to be this way, and he's rather appalled at his weapon's ubiquitous use against non-violent protesters. more ›

Famed political polymath Hank Williams, Jr., widely known for his thesis on Americana entitled Football: Are You Properly Prepared To View A Game On Television? has posted a written apology on his website for the statements he made Monday on FOX and Friends. Williams likened John Boehner and President Obama's golf game to a hypothetical match between Hitler and Benjamin Netanyahu, and generally sounded like he had no idea where he was. "I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best or Worst of me." Oh Hank, take a break from reading Dickens before you write! more ›

When will Kanye learn to keep his big trap shut? Apparently somewhere between "not anytime soon" and "never," if recent comments are any indication. more ›

Genghis Khan, King Leopold, Adolf Hitler…Chris Christie? At a rally outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, union leader Christopher Shelton compared the governor of New Jersey to the leader of Nazi Germany, telling a crowd of several thousand, "Welcome to Nazi Germany. The first thing that the Nazis and Adolf Hitler did was to go after the unions." Shelton, the head of the Communication Workers of America, was there with other union officials and politicians to protest legislation that would raise the cost of pension and health benefits for public employees. According to the Star-Ledger, Shelton went on to call two democrats who supported the bill "Adolf Christie's generals." He continued: "Any politician who stands up against collective bargaining, in this state or any other, is not a Democrat. They're Nazis, goddamn it." more ›

Through the confusing maelstrom of the Bin Laden news deluge, comes clarity. Taiwanese animation studio Next Media Animation has released a subtle account—if subtle involves a slow-motion, John Woo style shoot-out and U.S. forces urinating on a corpse—of Bin Laden's final moments, and the jingoistic reaction of the American people in its aftermath. more ›

The infamously botched Nazi infiltration of Long Island in 1942 is detailed in newly released documents (below) from Britain's National Archive. Instead of trying to establish a Third Reich beach head in East Hampton, their mission was to sabotage American factories and hinder the war effort. But hings did not go according to plan, and the German agents in this declassified report come off like a bunch of bumbling Sergeant Schultzes. more ›

By now, it's quite clear that the battle over charter schools inspires a lot of controversy, dissension, and bickering. Things have gotten particularly heated this week at Public School/Middle School 149 in Harlem, which shares space with the Harlem Success Academy charter. And someone just couldn't help but bring Hitler into this fight. more ›

Argentina fans packed into a Hell's Kitchen bar to watch the Germany-Argentina game yesterday were furious to find one fan dressed as what the Post calls "their opponent's biggest fan": Adolf Hitler. Fan Steve Staso allegedly walked into Café Andalucia with a taped-on mustache and a swastika armband, saluting fellow Germany supporters. One bar-goer said, "I said, 'Why are you doing this?' and he said it was funny. I said, 'Is genocide funny? Is history funny?'" History can be funny sometimes, but genocide is not. more ›

A New York Hasidic woman passed away last month leaving behind 15 children, over 200 grandchildren and enough great-grandchildren to bring her total number of living family members to around 2,000. Yitta Schwartz—who lived to the old age of 93 outlasting her husband by 34 years—was productive even among her community of Satmar Hasidic Jews for whom having kids is a tribute to God. So much so that she spent much of her time attending various events—brises, first haircuts, bar mitzvahs, etc., reports the Times. “She would appear like the Prophet Elijah,” said her eldest living daughter who is 64. “Everybody was fighting over her!” more ›

Last night, Our Hero Conan O'Brien delivered his monologue on NBC's Tonight Show just hours after sending out a statement questioning that same network's choice in reshuffling their late night hours. He was rightfully applauded by many yesterday for declaring he would not stay on as host if the legendary time slot was pushed, as well as for the class he exhibited in delivering that news. (He even broke down talking to his staff, who have been with him since the beginning.) more ›

The Daily News reports, "An upstate Republican who's eying a run for governor has compared Shelly Silver, the Orthodox Jewish speaker of the state Assembly, with Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ. And now Erie County Executive Chris Collins says he's really, really sorry." An attendee at Collins' fundraiser said there was no clapping or laughing, "I know I didn't. I thought it was a little harsh to be calling someone an anti-Christ." Psst—Collins, you can call Shelly a vampire or bloodsucker, because that's what Governor Paterson did last year. more ›

Mayor Bloomberg has been complaining about the State Senate's refusal to vote on the issue of mayoral control of the public school system—and the State Senate Democrats have been complaining about Bloomberg right back. And while the debate is not an Internet forum, we're going to say their dispute has officially hit Godwin's Law. more ›

Alan Spitalnik, a Jewish truck driver for the Parks Department on Staten Island, says he walked into a break room at Forestry Division headquarters last Wednesday to find three tree pruners performing an anti-Semitic skit for eight co-workers, who all "burst out laughing" when he entered. A source tells the Daily News that one worker wore a motorcycle helmet emblazoned with a swastika, another had a Hitler-style mustache, and the third comically brandished a flaming aerosol can. The trio then apologized, explaining that it was just a joke. more ›