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Digging Into The Subterranean Past Of New York’s Miss Subways

By Elizabeth C.

A MEAL AT A NEW YORK DINER BECAME A SERENDIPITOUS DETOUR into the past for photographer Fiona Gardner. It was there that she spotted “Miss Subways” posters from an old New York transit advertising campaign. The posters depicted young women at their fashionable best spouting education and career dreams and “I realized,” Gardener told NBC New York,”I had stumbled on a piece of forgotten New York history.”

MEOW MEOW

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino Deserves Being Petted For New PETA Ad

By Karen Malmquist

BOB BARKER WOULD BE SO PROUD. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is PETA’s newest spokesperson, and stars in their cheekiest, least annoying ad campaign ever: he surrounds himself with pussy — cats — support of spaying and neutering pets.

Ever philosophical, Mike may also be demonstrating how self-aware he really is- that maybe there really can be too much of a good thing?

MEATBALL PROBLEMS

Jersey Shore Recap: Prelude To Epic

By Karen Malmquist

“MEATBALL PROBLEMS” WAS redefined Thursday when Deena got drunk, Pauly’s friends started “the biggest fight of their lives,” Nicole fretted over her nipples, and a random girl wanders into the house.

To avoid the crazy that could affect her pregnancy, Nicole decides to get her own place nearby. Jenni and Pauly help Nicole move in to her new shore house, which she’s calling “the pregnancy house.” Ronnie stops by to make sure she has room for a TV. Nicole looks at Ron like he’s crazy, but seriously, where is she gonna put her TV?

Yes, Dog Killer Michael Vick Owns Another Dog

Yes, Dog Killer Michael Vick Owns Another Dog

By Elizabeth C.

OOLD HABITS DIE…HARD. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick admitted today that he owns a dog just 24 hours after he refused to answer the question. The quarterback spent 19 months in prison for owning and operating a dogfighting ring at his formerly owned Bad Newz Kennels, where losing dogs were hanged, drowned, electrocuted and shot, according to Wikipedia.

ADVERTISE THIS

The World’s Best Commercials According to Me

By Elizabeth C.

SINCE I’M SUFFERING FROM LINDSAY LOHAN BURNOUT, losing empathy for the still grieving Demi, and neither surprised nor horrified by Bobby Kristina’s engagement, what strikes facing today are the world’s best advertising commericials.

MEET THE NEW WENDY; SAME AS THE OLD WENDY

Wendy’s Unveils New Logo; Still Looks Like Prince Harry In Drag

By Elizabeth C.

BURGER CHAIN WENDY’S unveils a new logo today depicting what they say is a modernized version of their mascot. But the ginger-haired girl still looks like a poor man’s Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, or maybe even Prince Harry in drag. (Even as a tween, a red-headed Lindsay Lohan never looked this wide-eyed.)

THE TRUMAN SHOW

Tom Hanks’ Son Spills On Reddit, Inadvertently Outs Bro’ Chet As Porn Lover

By Elizabeth C.

TOM HANKS’ YOUNGEST SON DRUNK DIALED THE WEB EARLY TODAY, inviting anybody to ask him anything on reddit And in doing so he outed his rapping bro Chet as an admirer of naked girls on the web.

BACKING OUT

Beyonce Leaves Clint Eastwood Talking To Another Empty Chair

By Elizabeth C.

CLINT EASTWOOD’S TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPTY CHAIR,THIS ONE LEFT vacant after Beyoncé Knowles dropped out of the Hollywood legend’s remake of A Star Is Born.

ROLE MODEL

The Unfathomable Courage Of Malala Yousufzai

By Elizabeth C.

WILL THE COMING REVOLUTION IN GENETICS enable us to breed more people like Malala Yousufzai?

I can’t shake that question after reading about the 14-year-old schoolgirl who’s recovering from bullet wounds shot by a member of the Taliban. If ever a news story could make me lose certitude about the political folly of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, this is it.

THE NATION REVEALS

New York Police: “We’re Going To Go Out There & Violate Some Rights”

By Elizabeth C.

NEW YORK’S FINEST ARE WAGING WAR AGAINST MINORITIES’ CIVIL RIGHTS WITH ITS “STOP-AND-FRISK” policy, resulting in nearly 700,000 body searches in 2011 — 84 percent of them on blacks and Latinos. The practice is allegedly on the wane, in part because the Bronx District Attorney’s office “essentially accus[ed] the police of wrongfully arresting people,” according to the New York Times.

But the force’s racial profiling and heavy-handed tactics — an estimated 1,800 such stops are made daily — have provoked numerous attacks on its professionalism as well as fear and loathing among New York’s black residents.

Now a secret audio obtained by The Nation captures police threatening a Harlem teenager named Alvin in June, 2011 during a “250” stop.