The Top 10 People Ever
In honor of Earth reaching the 7-billion-person milestone, here are the top 10 people ever.
10. Andre the Giant
9. Jesus
8. Moses
7. Moses Malone
6. Martin Luther King Jr.
5. Pat Sajak
4. Winston Churchill
3. Ryan Gosling in Drive
2. Abraham Lincoln
1. The Soy Bomb guy
Agree? Disagree?
Will New York Help Kill the Electoral College?
Many people became acutely attuned to the drawbacks of the Electoral College when Al Gore received over a half-million more votes in 2000 than George W. Bush yet lost the Electoral College, and hence, the election. This system seemed unfair, illogical, archaic. Now a movement gradually picking up steam across the country would ensure that such an outcome never happens again by effectively killing the Electoral College. And after a vote in the State Senate last week, New York is on the precipice of signing up.
Read the rest at Daily Intel.
God Caught Backing Multiple GOP Candidates for President
After a thorough investigation, Daily Intel has discovered that God is separately backing at least three different contenders for the Republican presidential nomination. Over the course of the past few months and even years, God has sent signs and direct messages to each of these candidates encouraging them to run, presumably without telling them that he supports other candidates as well.
Read the rest at Daily Intel
A thing I wrote for New York Magazine
We Must Commend Newt Gingrich for Having an ABBA Ringtone
He watched the “Dancing Queen” sequence from Mamma Mia three times. Three times. And then told people about it. The man just loves ABBA — a seventies Swedish pop group, for Christ’s sake. He’s feeling the beat of the tambourine, and he doesn’t care who knows it. It’s a little embarrassing, but it’s also refreshing. He’s showing us the real Newt, even if some people might find the real Newt kind of weird.
Read the rest at Daily Intel
A Conversation With Harold Camping, Prophesier of Judgment Day
You haven’t thought about what you’ll tell your followers on May 22 if the Rapture doesn’t take place?
I’m not even thinking about that at all. It. Is. Going. To. Happen. Because I trust the Bible implicitly, the Bible is God’s word — it’s not from a man, it’s not from an organization of some kind where there’s plenty of room for error. It is the word of God. When God speaks that it is going to happen, the Bible is a very factual book, and God gives many examples of how he has made prophesies and it always has happened in exact accord with what God has prophesied.
Read the rest at Daily Intel.
Jerry Seinfeld, in his first TV appearance in 1977, was at least 60-70% more Long Island Jewy than he is today: “The tramway is-iss new thinguh they have on Roosevelt Islan’. It’s a cable caw, that goes back an’ fawth between Menhattin and Roosevelt Islan’.” #itsokimjewish #andalsofromlongisland
