Our Annual Year 2010

Barack Obama - Either Doing His Best In One of The Most Difficult Times In American History, Or Hitler

Barack Obama, the first black president, proved to millions this year that he is either trying his best to lead the nation during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, or he is the modern-day incarnation of Adolph Hitler. One of the two. more»

Snooki - Just Try Not To Think About Who Should Really Be In This Spot

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.17.10 | News

The success of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore was a cultural phenomenon that could not be ignored in 2010, and no one was more synonymous with the media frenzy created by the program than its breakout star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. Yes, fucking Snooki. more»

Julian Assange: Nobody Likes A Tattletale

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.17.10 | News in Brief

Although Julian Assange sparked a media firestorm when he revealed thousands of pages of Pentagon reports proving that the U.S. military concealed more than 15,000 civilian deaths in Iraq, that rampant corruption and negligence among private contractors there poses a profound security risk, and that the U.S. State Department continually questions the strength of Russia's democracy, the fact remains that nobody wants to listen to an annoying little tattler. more»

Mark Zuckerberg - Gotta Hand It To The Little Fucker

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.17.10 | News

No one made as large an impact on how we interact in 2010 as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who you really gotta hand it to, as much as you'd like to punch the little shit right in his smug, 26-year-old-billionaire face. more»

Mel Gibson - His Performance In 'Payback' Still Not Getting Enough Credit

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.16.10 | News in Brief

In one of the biggest entertainment scandals of the year, Mel Gibson, more than a decade after the fact, still has not received the critical acclaim he deserves for his powerful yet nuanced performance in the 1999 action-thriller Payback. more»

Jan Brewer - Not Afraid To Do What The Federal Government Won't And Shouldn't

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.16.10 | News

This April, when she signed into law Arizona's tough new anti-immigration policy, Gov. Jan Brewer bravely showed the nation that if the federal government wouldn't take the most draconian measures imaginable to deal with illegal aliens, then she would do it on her own. more»

Tony Hayward - The Brief, Shining Return Of The Classic British Gentleman

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.16.10 | News

Emulating the gallantry, adaptability, and dedication to duty displayed by English gentlemen in such shining moments as the Imperial occupation of India and adventurism in darkest Africa, BP CEO Tony Hayward's flip, and often arogant, response to the Deep... more»

Manmohan Singh - The First Sikh Prime Minister Of...Okay, Here's What A Sikh Is

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.16.10 | News

As the first Sikh elected to India's highest office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has helped change the face of…okay, just so we don't get too ahead of ourselves here, we should probably explain what a Sikh is. more»

Liu Xiaobo - Going To Be Pretty Tough For The Chinese Government To Kill Now

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.15.10 | News in Brief

For his tireless crusade against single-party rule, writer, activist, and political prisoner Liu Xiaobo won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, making it pretty tough for Chinese leaders to surreptitiously kill him now. more»

Silvio Berlusconi - I Think The Leader Of The World's 10th-Largest Economy Put Something In My Drink

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.15.10 | News

"Come in," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said as I was ushered by an assistant into his study. "I just opened this bottle of wine. Won't you join me for a glass?" more»

Kathryn Bigelow - First Woman To Win Oscar For Best Directress

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.15.10 | News in Brief

"I'm extremely proud of her Oscar," James Cameron said of his former wife. more»

The iPad - Wait Till You See What We're Doing With This One

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.15.10 | News

It would be impossible to list the most influential people of 2010 without recognizing the individual who made the biggest splash in technology this year: the iPad. more»

Landon Donovan - A Disgrace To The Soccer-Loving Country Of America

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.14.10 | News

In a year when so much went wrong for America, one would be hard-pressed to find a more tragic event than the beloved U.S. national team's elimination from the 2010 World Cup. more»

The People Who Mattered In 2010

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.14.10 | Slideshow

Terry Jones - Could Have At Least Manned Up And Burned One Koran

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.14.10 | News in Brief

With the gaze of the whole world fixed on his small Gainesville, FL–based Dove World Outreach Center this Sept. 11, Pastor Terry Jones shocked an anxious media by calling off his threat to burn 200 copies of the Koran, which is bullshit, really, because the guy should have at least had the balls to torch one measly copy. more»

Elena Kagan - Trust Us, She Needed This Gig Real Bad

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.14.10 | News

When she became the fourth woman to join the highest court in the land last August, it was a significant moment in American history. But for newly minted Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan, it meant something so much more: a steady paycheck. more»

René Préval - Secretly Leading Haiti Into A Golden Age

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.14.10 | News

For most countries, a Category 2 hurricane, a devastating earthquake, and a massive cholera outbreak in the same year would cause its people—and its political leaders—to completely fall apart. more»

Grýla - Responsible For The Year's Biggest Volcanic Eruption

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.13.10 | News

No one had as much effect on air travel in 2010 as the horrifying Icelandic mountain ogress Grýla, who this spring launched a plume of ash 30,000 feet into the sky from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, shutting down airports across Europe and costing the global economy hundreds of millions of dollars. more»

Abby Sunderland - Concocted History's Most Extreme Plan To Get Out Of A Summer Job

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.13.10 | News in Brief

Few will be able to forget when 16-year-old California native Abby Sunderland set out this year to become the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the globe solo and avoid having to work a summer job just like everyone else her age. more»

LeBron James - Already An NBA Champion Of Friendship

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.13.10 | News

Perhaps the biggest name in sports this year was basketball phenomenon LeBron James, who proved what an amazing friend he is this summer by signing with the Miami Heat and joining good buddies and fellow All-Stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in South Beach... more»

Glenn Beck - The Lone Voice Of Reason In An Age Of Hysteria

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.13.10 | News

Every single day of 2010, Beck's quiet words of humility and reason have touched the hearts of all Americans, healing countless wounds and elevating the level of our national discourse. more»

The Ones We Lost

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.13.10 | Infographic

Publishing magnate Bob Guccione died of cancer on Oct. 20. He was laid to rest several days later following a soft-lit, full-frontal open-casket funeral service. more»

Barack Obama - Either Doing His Best In One of The Most Difficult Times In American History, Or Hitler

Snooki - Just Try Not To Think About Who Should Really Be In This Spot

Julian Assange: Nobody Likes A Tattletale

Mark Zuckerberg - Gotta Hand It To The Little Fucker

Mel Gibson - His Performance In 'Payback' Still Not Getting Enough Credit

Jan Brewer - Not Afraid To Do What The Federal Government Won't And Shouldn't

Tony Hayward - The Brief, Shining Return Of The Classic British Gentleman

Manmohan Singh - The First Sikh Prime Minister Of...Okay, Here's What A Sikh Is

Liu Xiaobo - Going To Be Pretty Tough For The Chinese Government To Kill Now

Silvio Berlusconi - I Think The Leader Of The World's 10th-Largest Economy Put Something In My Drink

Kathryn Bigelow - First Woman To Win Oscar For Best Directress

The iPad - Wait Till You See What We're Doing With This One

Landon Donovan - A Disgrace To The Soccer-Loving Country Of America

The People Who Mattered In 2010

Terry Jones - Could Have At Least Manned Up And Burned One Koran

Elena Kagan - Trust Us, She Needed This Gig Real Bad

René Préval - Secretly Leading Haiti Into A Golden Age

Grýla - Responsible For The Year's Biggest Volcanic Eruption

Abby Sunderland - Concocted History's Most Extreme Plan To Get Out Of A Summer Job

LeBron James - Already An NBA Champion Of Friendship

Glenn Beck - The Lone Voice Of Reason In An Age Of Hysteria

The Ones We Lost

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