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The five most annoying characters on celluloid
Somehow Andrew McCarthy’s journalist from “St. Elmo’s Fire” didn’t make the cut. Those who did, in no particular order (save for #1): Robin Williams, “Patch Adams.” If I was on life support and Robin Williams showed up at my bedside in a clown’s nose, I’d pull the plug. Michael Rapaport, “Beautiful Girls.” For this speech [...]
I think Barbara Bush said it best
Rhymes with rich. The Tucker Carlson-led publication used quotes from a 650-word statement Palin provided, and then ran the statement in its entirety on the story’s second page. And yet Palin deemed that unacceptable, writing on Facebook that “in response to The Daily Caller’s online inquiry, I gave them a statement that the writer buried [...]
‘A bunch of vile, desperate-to-please, shameless, embarrassing losers’
Joe Klein assesses the GOP field. They are the most compelling argument I’ve seen against American exceptionalism. Even Tim Pawlenty, a decent governor, can’t let a day go by without some bilious nonsense escaping his lizard brain. … Mitt Romney has wandered a long way from courage. There are those who say, cynically, if this [...]
White liberal guilt at its stupidest
Shrill truther Rosie O’Donnell follows Russell Simmons’ lead in defending poor Chris Brown. I hope someone calls O’Donnell out next time she claims to be a feminist.
Russell Simmons: Chris Brown the real victim
Fame snatched Chris Brown’s freedom, writes *the annoying self-help guru. Chris is suffering from the same thing that almost every young star has gone through, including the Disney kids. Having lost control, some of these young artists, sometimes, do an unspeakable thing at a moment in time. And they pay the price. But, as my [...]
Staying on message
Moments before a conference call with reporters was scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning, Charles E. Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, apparently unaware that many of the reporters were already on the line, began to instruct his fellow senators on how to talk to reporters about the contentious [...]
Are penis-shaped pacifiers next?
Who’s the bigger creep: The company marketing these T-shirts to toddlers or the parents who buy them?
Another fundamentalist wingnut joins GOP field
Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore, who couldn’t even get elected in Alabama, is forming a presidential exploratory committee. He’ll fit right in with the Santorums and Bachmanns of the GOP field.
The Nick Riviera of academics
Discredited smear merchant Dr. Jerome Corsi, writing for the far-right birther web site World Nut Daily, claims domestic terrorist Bill Ayers has has once again suggested he was the author of Barack Obama’s celebrated autobiography. Ayers’ sarcasm is obvious if you watch the clip, but why let the truth get in the way of another [...]
