Its largest city is legendary for machine-style politics and its elected leaders have been under investigation for years, but by one measure, Illinois is not even close to the nation’s most-corrupt state.
North Dakota, it turns out, may hold that distinction instead.
[via USAToday.com, where you can check out an interactive version of the above map to see how corrupt your very own home state is!]
Don’t know why anyone in the world would care about this aside from me: NYC: Department of Correction Inmate Look-up Service - Dwayne Carter
[via LilWayneHQ]
Toight: The History of the Honey Trap [via Foreign Policy]
Either someone is fucking with me or I’m in “The Truman Show:” A Visual Guide to Global Internet Use: Internet Addicts, Don’t Move to the Democratic Republic of Congo [via Donny]
On his own blog Morgan Ensberg recounts why he was partially responsible for the monstrous go-ahead, three-run home run Brad Lidge served up to Albert Pujols in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS - fascinating, to say the least [via Crashburn Alley]
Easily one of the more interesting things I’ve read in a long time: If you became the last person on Earth, what would you do? This particular commenter has a plan down to a T, including four or five different phases and everything. Well worth the read. [via Kottke obv]
Street Names For Drugs Your Kids Are Taking [via Whim Quarterly]
Awesome (even though f them for making fun of the best show ever): Club in New Orleans Bans Jersey Shore Clothes
Republic nightclub in New Orleans has a sign on the door that reads, “If it’s on Jersey Shore it’s not coming through the door: No Affliction, No Ed Hardy, No Christian Audigier, No Exceptions.”
[via Vulture]
10 Reasons Why Michael Jordan Shouldn’t Own An NBA Team [via theBVX.com]
Pretty funny…and dead on - How to Suck at Facebook [via The Oatmeal]
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