Here's the poster for Beyoncé and Jay Z's upcoming HBO concert series. But what does it all meannnnn? » 8/13/14 1:50pm 8/13/14 1:50pm

Now that the nation has had a serious(ly fucking stupid) conversation about whether a woman can be both president and a grandmother, America can move on to more pressing matters: Was this pregnancy planned especially to boost Hillary's chances? » 4/22/14 2:30pm 4/22/14 2:30pm

"Sandy Hook Truthers" are getting a fair amount of press these days. These conspiracy theorists are from a cross section of crazy — a melting pot of first class nut jobs, all alleging the Sandy Hook shooting was the result of a myriad of shadowy and sinister reasons. From a vindictive Obama Administration, to… » 1/17/13 3:20pm 1/17/13 3:20pm

It was supposed to be the biggest, most important summit of great American minds since the Constitutional Convention. It was destined to make the Royal Swedish Academy of Science's Nobel Prize announcement look like the final day of Burning Man. But it wasn't meant to be. The world wasn't ready, our minds aren't… » 9/12/12 4:30pm 9/12/12 4:30pm

Someone call Michele Bachmann and let her know that she's finally obtained the ranking of Asshole Eagle Scout. Huma Abedin — the Pakistani-American Hillary Clinton aide whom Bachmann and several other nuttier-than-a-fruitcake Congressmen alleged had close ties with the Muslim Brotherhood — has begun receiving death… » 7/23/12 12:15pm 7/23/12 12:15pm

A paranoid series of Tweets from Fox News anchor Heather Childers yesterday introduced much of America to the newest, shiniest Our Black President Must Be Blackly Breaking the Law conspiracy theory: according to the deluded ramblings of a birther blog, while locked in a heated primary battle with Obama, Bill and… » 4/04/12 10:40am 4/04/12 10:40am

An interesting footnote has emerged to a theory that raged around the Internet during Sarah Palin's candidacy for Vice President. The theory is that Sarah Palin is actually the grandmother of her purported son Trig, not the mother, and that she staged a gigantic hoax during the campaign to cover up this fact. » 4/14/11 11:14am 4/14/11 11:14am

No advertisers or sponsors complained about The Kennedys miniseries, but sources say Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver lobbied executives to pull the series from the History Channel. Both are working on projects for the network's parent company. » 1/11/11 10:15am 1/11/11 10:15am

Michelle Malkin brought her own brand of potentially ghost-written crazy to the Today Show today, advancing wild conspiracy theories about race, nepotism and the Obamas. The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins and I parsed the insanity so you wouldn't have to. » 7/29/09 10:00am 7/29/09 10:00am

Earlier this week, America's biggest celebrities appeared on paleo-wingnut Alex Jones's radio show, talking "Obama deception," 9/11 conspiracies, evils of birth control, and the "New World Order Elite." (They followed a global warming skeptic.) If not an awesome hoax? Jaw-dropping. » 7/01/09 9:30am 7/01/09 9:30am

The secret is out: Brian Lynch has definitively proven that 30 Rock is a total ripoff of the Muppet Show. [New York] » 6/09/09 6:40pm 6/09/09 6:40pm

Let me say it once and for all: There is nothing "naughty" about a woman ordering a piece of cake. » 2/18/09 3:00pm 2/18/09 3:00pm

By now you've probably heard the conspiracy theory » 11/04/08 4:20pm 11/04/08 4:20pm flying around that Obama uses "Ericksonian hypnosis" techniques in his speeches to brainwash listeners into blindly absorbing his "propaganda". Well, according to a piece in today's that's not really possible. Despite the "evidence" of a thousand movies and swinging…