The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (12/6/16)

The media seems to exist in some kind of bizarro universe where nothing is canon. No reasonable person can be expected to keep up with every headline while maintaining their sanity, so we have taken it upon ourselves to quickly summarize the most important and/or ridiculous news stories from the last week (or so).


Source: The New York Times, UPI, Detroit Free Press

Source: The Federal Trade Commission, Smithsonian Magazine

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Source: NBC News, The New York Times

Source: CNN

Source: CNN, Fox News, CBS News


Source: CNN

Source: CNN

Source: The News & Observer

Source: ABC News

Source: The New York Times, CBS News, New York Daily News
2016 is almost over. Yes the endless, rotten shit hurricane of a year which took away Bowie, Prince and Florence Henderson and gave us Trump, Harambe and the Zika virus is finally drawing to a close. So, to give this bitch a proper viking funeral, Jack O'Brien and the crew, which includes Dan O'Brien, Alex Schmidt, and comedian Caitlin Gill, are going to send out 2016 with Cracked's year in review in review. They'll rectify where every other year-in-review goes wrong by giving some much needed airtime to the positive stories from the 2016 and shedding light on the year's most important stories that got overlooked. Get your tickets here.