The world is coming to an end! Civilization as we know it is on the verge of collapse! Society, government and law and order will shatter to pieces amid riots, looting, murder, pillaging and Lord knows what else! What can be done to save us? […]
It’s rare to find an old-fashioned taut thriller carefully threaded together to keep you on the very edge of your sea throughout. Directed with a sure hand by Yann Demange, who has cut his teeth on television with comedy shows like Man in a Box […]
If you read the news most days, you know the world is heading toward total (and only a little hilarious) oblivion. There doesn’t seem to be a picturesque end in sight for us humans–quite the contrary–and that means it’s a perfect time to turn to […]
Along with its billion other benefits, the Internet has a rich ore of remedies to the strife and suffering that comes with wanting to go to the gym and subsequently finding every single reason to rescind that desire. The gym is a sweaty, smelly, oddly […]
Thousands of protesters will gather outside the White House and across cities in the US today to voice their concerns about the latest move in the Net Neutrality argument. The protests mark another tense moment in a long battle between ordinary people and the Federal […]
The so-called evil and corrupting influence of violent video games has been a hot topic ever since the first bulky Space Invaders machines were clumsily installed into arcades and bars the world over. Any number of crimes, wayward teens and the general downfall of society […]
From November 12, 2014, through to the 16, the 47th Baja 1000 race will take place, with off-roaders from all around the world racing from Ensenada, Baja California, to La Paz, Baja California Sur. For Baja veteran and legend Chuck Dempsey, this year’s race […]
Long the scourge of prying authorities the world over, Tor and its users have finally been granted full, encrypted access to Facebook. Although Tor users could access the social network from their maze of connections, Facebook’s servers regularly mistook visitors from Tor as hacked accounts. […]
There have always been protests over the price of basics like bread, milk and gasoline, but now we are seeing a first – populist protests over the price of a gigabyte. What a difference a day makes! For the first time since the death-rattle of communism […]
We’ve all got secrets. Some frivolous, some stupid, and some very dark. For all our differences, keeping certain things to ourselves is a human commonality. It’s rare that a week goes by these days without some horror story involving personal information being snatched and tossed […]
We here at BaDoink would love to offer Matthew McConaughey our very best wishes today – his 45th birthday. The Texan-born actor is riding the crest of a wave at the moment, having scored big praise and ratings for his turn with Woody Harrelson in […]
It may have taken seven years or so, but all the chickens seem to be coming home to roost on the “too big to fail” scandal. In case you didn’t notice at the time, because you were maybe in Afghanistan or ironing and starching your […]
The Fappening has certainly changed the way many celebrities — and also quite a few civilians — approach nude selfies. Within the last couple of months an unprecedented number of celebrities got their phones hacked and, with them, a considerable amount of naked pictures they’d […]
It is now official: I’ve had it with the “War on Women” bullshit from both major political parties. Whether it’s a Democrat trying to convince me that his pro-life Republican opponent is fixing to plant an NSA bug in my uterus in order to keep […]
Hype is king in this day and age. Ello’s rapid rise to prominence in the world’s media and online was fostered by a PR masterclass. At a time when disaffection with Facebook is at its highest, and Twitter’s continual ignorance and mis-handling of abuse and […]
Ah, the sweet, sweet smell of fall and the consequent fall movie releases! After blockbuster after blockbuster of summer time, I’m really looking forward to fall movies. Don’t you think that fall movies have a more contemplative quality to them? Or maybe I’m just making […]
In Part Three of our new series, A Selective History of Hard Drugs, Henry Vespa looks at the influence that church and state had on drug usage… Yes, when it comes to prohibition and criminalization, we can thank those twin scourges of recreational drug use, the […]
When I heard Kevin Rose talking about Sup on a podcast with Tim Ferriss, I knew I had to check it out for myself. Sup is like Snapchat taken to the next level. In fact I dare venture that it might be even better than […]
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention since the beginning of the new millennium, the calendar has changed. What was once November… has become Movember. Run by the Movember Foundation, this annual event – which began in Australia but has since expanded to […]
North Coast Brewing Company out of California, USA, has made one of the most popular and highly rated Russian imperial stouts on the market. To put it simply: it is a must have. Intense, chewy, smooth, and dark, it stands among the best of them. […]
