Osama bin Laden

The Thrilling Manhunt of Zero Dark Thirty

The 2012 Village Voice Film Critics' Poll

Child Molester Sues for Obama's DNA, Plans to Compare It to Osama Bin Laden's

A convicted child molester filed a mostly incoherent lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court here, seemingly asking for DNA samples from President Obama, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.The convicted child molester is Arnold Begay, whose lawsuit is postmarked out of a low-security federal ... More >>

Kim Jong Il No Longer 'Ronery' -- in 'Warm Corner of Hell' With Hitler and bin Laden, According to John McCain

As you probably know by now, North Korea's communist dictator, Kim Jong Il, is dead. In addition to being dead, the "Dear Leader" is also in a "warm corner of hell" with the likes of Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.That's according to Arizona Senator John McCain, who reacted to the North Korean dic ... More >>

Henry Rollins on Occupants, the Occupy Movement, and the Radio

​There aren't a lot of middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Henry Rollins. You love him or you hate him, and he gives you plenty of chances to do either: He hosts a radio show on KCRW (doing remarkable things like following up a Curtis Mayfield cut with a jam by Japanese drone-rockers Boris ... More >>

Godsmack's Shannon Larkin on Mayhem in Memphis, Drum Solos, and New Directions

Sole's New Mixtape Addresses "Arizona Apartheid"

​Sole, one of the founders of indie rap collective Anticon, has released a new mixtape titled Nuclear Winter Volume 2: Death Panel, and there's a reference to Arizona. Dubbed "rap as journalism," Sole's using this mixtape to make statements about various things, including the assassination of Os ... More >>

The Feds Have Been Investigating Arpaio Since 2008, So Where the Hell are the Indictments?

Hip-Hop Massacre's "Death to Bin Laden" Flier

​Everyone had a reaction to last weekend's downing of terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, even the superstars of hip-hop.Rappers ranging from Public Enemy's Chuck D to Soulja Boy had something to say about Bin Laden's death via Twitter. For instance, Lupe Fiasco tweeted "Osama Dead!?! Afgha ... More >>

American Beauties

Osama bin Laden Death Swag Selling Well, At Home and Abroad

Cafe PressIt's never too early to become a patriot.​We might not be getting pictures of Osama bin Laden's corpse from Barack Obama -- but there's some interesting memorabilia for sale. The Toronto Star is reporting that t-shirts, greeting cards and coffee mugs celebrating bin Laden's death are se ... More >>

Morning Poll: Do You Agree With Barack Obama's Decision to Not Release Photos Of Osama bin Laden's Corpse?

This photo of Osama bin Laden is fake. Photos of the real dead Bin Laden will not be released to the public.​President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he would not release photos of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled corpse to the public, claiming the photos are too graphic and "not in our nat ... More >>

Barack Obama Will Not Release Photos of Osama bin Laden's Corpse

This photo of Osama bin Laden is fake. Photos of the real dead Bin Laden will not be released to the public.​President Barack Obama has decided to not release photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse, despite the majority of Americans thinking he should.Obama apparently doesn't pay attention to da ... More >>

May 4 In Blogs: Pravus Gallery, Warner Music Group, Bonfire, and Osama bin Laden

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Arizona Republic: Osama bin Laden "Unharmed" When Shot in Face by U.S. Special Forces. Oops

​As a certain editor at the Arizona Republic knows, we often let many of the paper's small screw-ups slide. Rather than call the Repub out for a minor typo in a headline, we'll send a friendly e-mail alerting him to the problem. We're not gonna do that today -- today's "oops" moment from Arizona's ... More >>

Osama bin Laden Live Tweeting From Hell (Sorta) -- Which Could be Funny, But it's Not

Badop-ching!​As the U.S. government weighs whether to release photos of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled corpse to appease the conspiracy theorists who are doubting his death is legit, the now-former public enemy number one is having a great time in hell -- at least that's what an uber-lame Twitte ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should Government Release Photos of Osama Bin Laden's Dead Body?

www.simplycrazy.com​Good news: according to the president of the United States -- in a speech that could give even Sean Hannity an O-boner -- Osama Bin Laden is dead.Better news: the U.S. government reportedly has the photos to prove it.Rather than take the government at its word, conspiracy theor ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden's Assassination Evokes Comments From `Friends'

The startling news last night of Osama bin Laden's assassination evoked many responses from friends of ours, including one from an old bud named Corey after he saw this headline graphic on the Fox News affiliate in Sacramento (Fox40):This man was not born in Kenya​"REPORTS: OBAMA BIN LADEN DEAD"Sa ... More >>

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hooves, and Gospel Claws Last Night At McDowell Mountain Music Fest

Melissa FossumEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform last night at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.​Day 3, McDowell Mountain Music Fest Compound GrillSunday, May 1, 2011Last night I stood at the Compound Grill bar watching the president deliver a speech about the death of Osama Bin Lade ... More >>

Q&A: Toby Keith Reacts to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Toby Keith​Two pretty big events have happened in recent hours -- events that will forever change the course of American history. First off, the obvious -- it was confirmed late last night that Osama Bin Laden was killed by close-range firefight by Navy Seals. Secondly, and maybe just as important ... More >>

"Kate Plus Ate" Royal Wedding Inspired Tea Sandwiches

The Virgin's tea sandwiches went over well at the Slideluck Potshow.​ ​ There's one social activity that every not-so-fab cook dreads: the potluck dinner. Sure, it's fine if you can bring a bucket of KFC or a tray of Safeway cookies without shame, but if the The crusty carn ... More >>

Afternoon Poll: Did Osama bin Laden Deserve Proper Muslim Burial?

This is the fake photo of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled body that's been floating around the Internet today. Hopefully we'll see the real deal sometime soon. ​As you may have heard, Osama bin Laden, the POS responsible for the deaths of thousands of people and who managed to evade capture -- an ... More >>

Osama bin Laden's First Moments in Hell -- Complete With Multi-Pig Gang Rape, Compliments of Taiwanese Animation

Osama bin Laden meets his "72 virgins."​Next Media Animation, a Taiwanese a cartoon-video production company known for their famous takes on Tiger Woods' late-night fender bender and Chris Brown's Good Morning America freak-out, have released a video chronicling the death of Osama bin Laden all th ... More >>

May 2 In Blogs: Osama bin Laden, Steampunk, Toby Keith, Eddie Matney, and Public Masturbation

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Osama bin Laden Dead: Debbie Schlussel Calls for Killing 1.8 Billion Muslims; Let the Crackpot Raving Begin!

Who do the wingnuts hate more, Osama or Obama? That's easy, Obama!In the wake of President Barack Obama's announcement that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has been killed by American forces during a firefight in Pakistan, I have a few predictions.The first is a given: traitorous right-wing nut ... More >>

Caught by His Tail; Tiger Spotted Outside Sex-Rehab Center -- Sorry Wickenburg, He's in Mississippi

​Tiger Woods, whose location has been more elusive than Osama Bin Laden's since his Thanksgiving car wreck, was spotted outside a sex-addiction-rehabilitation clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Another loss for the Arizona economy, as hopeful businesses in Wickenburg planned for hi ... More >>

Page the Village Idiot Is Anything But

Guantánamo’s Final Days: America Prepares to Shutter the Infamous Prison Camp, and Jihad Looms

On Drug-Using Gabachos, Limp Bizkit, and MP3 Playlists for Gringas

9/11 loons descend on the Arizona Capitol; wacko state Senator Karen Johnson addresses troofer troops from the floor.

Morgan Spurlock attempts political commentary with Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? but falls short of Michael Moore

Sundance 2008 leaves just a handful of buzz-worthy movies in its wake

Best intentions: Jump high or stay home

Yoda (aka, PHX's Pat Curley of Screw Loose Change) on Rob Breakenridge's The World Tonight

Patriot Pop Quiz

No Googling

Obama, No Osama: New York Times readers not interested in terrorism...

Special FIFA World Cup Edition

Raging Bull

Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?

You, Spy

Why can't Americans make TV shows as good as Brit import MI-5?

Darryl Worley

Have You Forgotten? (DreamWorks)

Joe Nichols

Country boy croons from the heart

Best Place To Relive Your Brooklyn Childhood

Beyond Bagels

Apocalypse How?

Jerry Brady predicts that al-Qaida will be coming to a power line near you

Sound of Silence

Viewers step into an aural history of 9-11

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

War on War Books

Donald Miller has rewritten one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Letters

From the week of November 8–14, 2001

News From Left Field

In which we bunt a few out of the park

Letters

From the week of October 4-10, 2001

Crushing a Contrarian

The 'patriotic' squelching of Bill Maher is a scary sign of an emerging groupthink