Ben Quayle is Not Funny [video, politics]

Ben Quayle, Dan Quayle's son and Republican Representative from Arizona, is not funny. At all. His speech at the annual Congressional Correspondents' Dinner last week is cringe-worthy.



So is his infamous campaign video, in which he says "somebody needs to knock the hell out of Washington" andcalls Obama "the worst president in history" while staring into the camera with his famous deer-in-headlights expression.

Ben also admitted to being a frequent poster on TheDirty.com, using the pseudonym "Brock Landers" from the film "Boogie Nights" and posting his intentions to find a "hot chick" and other fratboy-ish things.

To satisfy my nostalgic pang for the decade of my birth, here is dear old dad Dan Quayle's 1980 senate bid campaign ad.

Egypt Bans Twitter, May Ban Facebook [world news, tech]

Earlier this week Egypt banned social networking site Twitter to fight protests and may also ban Facebook soon, according to TechCrunch.

Spain's New Garbage Hotel [the world we live in]

Madrid, Spain's new Beach Garbage Hotel was "made entirely out of trash and constructed to draw attention to pollution in the world's oceans." [gawker]




Below is a picture of the hotel's exterior:

Brazilian Drug Lord is a Huge Justin Bieber Fan [wtf]

You know the whole Brazilian drug gang ordeal? The one where they took hostages and at least 35 people are dead?
Well, it gets weird. Police found a Justin Bieber mural in one of the drug lord's homes.

Lady GaGa Gets Drunks with Anderson Cooper [celebrities]

Lady GaGa and Anderson Cooper got drunk together during a recent interview in London.

Also, if you're wondering what the GaGa did for Thanksgiving, look no further. She baked a little monster casserole, natch.

Black Friday Madness 2010 [our world today]

A man was trampled by a mob of crazy shoppers outside of a Target in Buffalo, New York, and a woman in Wisconsin threatened other shoppers with a gun after they objected to her butting in line.

Oh, the madness of Black Friday!

Willie Nelson Busted for Pot [again]

Legendary musician and pothead Willie Nelson has been busted for pot again, but this time in Texas! He posted bail at $2,500 for six ounces of pot.

In January he was sited for possessing moonshine and marijuana in North Carolina.

Republicans vs. Democrats: Television! [tv]

What do the right and left prefer, television-wise?

Mariah Carey is Having Nick Cannon's Baby [babies]

Well, the rumors have been confirmed. Mariah Carey is having Nick Cannon's baby.

James Bond's Aston Martin Sold [cars]

James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from the film Goldfinger just sold for $4 million.

Sleepwalker Shoots Himself in Foot [wtf]

A 63-year-old sleepwalking man shot himself in the foot. Why a loaded gun was near a sleepwalking man is beyond me.

Justin Bieber is Taking Over the World [justin bieber]

It's official: Justin Bieber is getting his own movie.




Justin also recently has surpassed Lady GaGa's Bad Romance as the most-viewed YouTube video of all time, and Twitter now dedicates 3% of their servers to his Twitter traffic.

He also has a book out.

Quidditch Will Not Be an NCAA Sport. [harry potter]

Sorry kids, Quidditch will not become an official NCAA sport, much to the chagrin of the newly-formed International Quidditch Association.

via Gawker:

The newly-formed International Quidditch Association is hoping to turn the game memorialized in the Harry Potter books into an official NCAA sport. Sorry, but until you can fly and cast spells, you're just a bunch of dorks with broom wedgies.

Man Super Excited to Meet Sarah Palin! [inappropriate]

This man is far more excited than one should be when meeting Sarah Palin. Or while in public.

Watch the video on Gawker here.

Oil Spill Capped? [not likely]

@NewsHour recently tweeted that oil has stopped flowing a la the new cap BP has put on the oil well, but a camera above shows otherwise.

Seattlites Have More Outdoor Sexytime [urban sex]

While Seattle locals may get the least sex of any urban area in the US, they have the most sexytime outdoors.

According to Gawker:

In a recent survey of 1,000 adults, the Trojan condom company found that while Seattle residents tend to have the least sex of any major metropolitan denizens, they have sex outdoors the most. Quality, not quantity?

iPad Becomes MenuPad [tech]

A restaurant in Australia has employed the use of the MenuApp for the iPad and thus has replaced its menus with iPads.

According to Gawker:

The app allows the restaurant to easily change its menu, shows pictures of each dish, and also communicates orders directly to the kitchen, cutting down on server error. And, just to show off, it can even recommend dishes based on the weather or your mood. The video below shows the MenuPad at work.

Countess LuAnna Has "Class," but Can't Sing.

So, in the spirit of Atlanta Housewife Kim Zolciak, New York Housewife Countess LuAnn has recorded her own single, "Money Can't Buy You Class," and it is as awful as you imagined.



Here's Kim's single, "Tardy for the Party," which is wildly popular with the gays (no one said gays had good taste in everything!).



Speaking of gays and Kim Zolciak, it's been confirmed she's been bitten by the ghey bug herself- she's now dating ATL DJ Tracy Young.

Microsoft, the More Boring Twitter Copycat

Microsoft is developing a corporate version of Twitter. Yay, Microsoft. The only question is: why?

Now We Will All Know How Fat We Are Getting

The new health bill includes a provision requiring all chain restaurants to provide nutritional information for all food served.

Look out Ruby Tuesday and Panda Express everywhere!