A guy stops off at his local Taco Bell after work and decides to pay with a $2 bill instead of a $50 to make things easier for the cashier.

Hilarity and Asshatery ensue. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

They may skim it, but Harry Reid refuses to allow a week to pass so that all the public can review the bill - much as they did with the stimulus bill. All this despite the promise Obama of a 5-day wait before any bill was signed into law. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

At least in this video he is. Bill Gates is retiring from Microsoft to spend full time on his immense charity. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the nation's strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for future generations. picked by bingo 5 months ago

It seems Obama is getting quite the momentum. Perhaps we will see Bill on his cabinet after all. picked by coldbladed 2 years ago

The new version of the bill would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

"The end of Free Speech in America has arrived at our doorstep. It's a new law called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and it is worded in a clever way that could allow the U.S. government to arrest and incarcerate any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, the war on Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security or any government agency (inc... read full post picked by tvirus 2 years ago

The chairman of Microsoft and one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his job running the world's largest software company. picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

The bill is still laden down with billions of pork and very little of it will actually create jobs or even help the economy (likely the opposite) but at least they cut out some tiny amount of waste. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

For centuries, scientists have puzzled over why the toucan's bill is so remarkably large - but now one team thinks it might have an answer.
Infrared footage shows how a toucan uses its bill to regulate its temperature to stay cool. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Here's a collection of rare early Bill "Calvin and Hobbes" Watterson's toons from The Kenyon Collegian, his college paper from Kenyon, Ohio. They're a little edgier than the Calvin and Hobbes strips (but not as funny) picked by titojuante 2 years ago

In a recent interview Russell Crowe let slip that he is involved in a Bill Hicks biopic. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Ten Thousand Cents" is a digital artwork that creates a representation of a $100 bill. Thousands of individuals working in isolation from one another painted a tiny part of the bill without knowledge of the overall task. Workers were paid one cent each via Amazon's Mechanical Turk distributed labor tool. Site also has a video with all 10,000 parts being drawn simultaneously. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The cops got a call that the man was rampaging around his house and breaking windows. When they arrived, the man had fled, taking bottles of pills with him. The sheriff contacted Verizon to ask them to turn the man's cellphone service on so they could track his signal, but the operator said the missing man's bill had to be paid first... picked by bingo 6 months ago

[sarcasm]I know this will make many of you cry[/sarcasm] but Bill O'Reilly has announced that he will step down from his very successful syndicated radio show. picked by bernardblack 12 months ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so. picked by shuallyo 3 weeks ago

Coming soon to a cash register near you: a new $5 bill sporting some touches of color for the first time. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Klassik Bill Bailey. picked by PumpkinSeeds 2 years ago

An outstanding utility bill could have caused an elderly blind woman her property. But, thanks to some kind citizens, her debt has been settled. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago