All Stories published by The Awl on August 24, 2009

Guys Who Smoke Pot Get Off Quickly Or Not At All

Bad news, dopeheads: “Males who smoke marijuana daily are four times more likely to have trouble reaching orgasm than men who don’t inhale, finds a new study of 8,656 Aussies. Other smokers had the opposite problem, experiencing premature…


Breaking! My Torture Investigation Is Concluded

FOR GENERAL RELEASE: Merely 20 or so minutes (approximately two cigarettes) after the announcement of a Justice Department investigation into whether there should be an investigation of CIA torture, I have completed my review of documents and…


Michael Jackson, Still Dead, OD’d: Also, TOTALLY MURDERED

Oh, in case you were wondering of what Michael Jackson died, somehow, it was the drugs. Also his hands and feet were basically pincushions, it sounds like. Update: Oh and it is now called a homicide. Go read People if you want to…


Amy Winehouse Performs With The Specials

Apparently Amy Winehouse showed up at England’s V Fest this weekend and performed two songs with 2 Tone legends The Specials (aka The Special AKA-haha, see what I did there?). Anyway, I’m not sure how you feel about Winehouse at this point, but I for one am…


Killer Jews Are Killer Box Office

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds made an astounding $37.6 million at the box office this weekend, proving my long-held contention that there is an audience for movies about murderous Jews. That, and this article about the Final Destination movies, got me…


Will Stabby Britons Lose Their Pint Privileges?

Anger in Britain, where a government plan to redesign the pint glass is coming under fire from publicans, a group normally swift to embrace change. The British Beer and Pub Association is protesting the potential move to plastic glasses, a…


Targeting Sarah Palin’s Facebook Lies

All you fans of contextual ads will be happy to hear about a more deliberately targeted campaign: Americans United for Change has launched this ad, aimed at the hundreds of thousands of Sarah Palin supporters on Facebook, reports Greg Sargent. The AUC tells…

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