Russells Brand and Simmons are annoying enough on their own. Now they’ve aligned, annoying me even more.
Playing the victim used to be anathema to conservatives. Now it’s part of their playbook. You can thank Sarah Palin for that. Here’s Palin in June, claiming celebs want to kill her children: “What would make a celebrity, like you saw on screen, so hate someone that they’d seek their destruction, their death, the death…
And a moron shall lead them. I know, she’s done a lot of work against bullying and on behalf of gay marriage, but that’s just playing to the base. Let’s not confuse building an audience with courage. Regardless, self-aggrandizing phonies annoy me. More annoying people of 2011 here — check back for THE most annoying…
Ironic that the journalists who make up the pundit class are responsible for propagating some of the year’s most pestiferous cliches: “At the end of the day” … “Kicking the can down the road” … “Game changer” (which seamlessly doubles as a sports bromide) On a positive note, usage of “a perfect storm” seems to…
Is there anything worse than a cocky dumb ass? How ’bout a cocky dumb ass running for president? The evidence damning Rick Perry is overwhelming — this exchange in Iowa yesterday is yet another brick in the wall. Texas Gov. Rick Perry admitted Thursday that he didn’t know about the Supreme Court case Lawrence v.…
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Partying with Gaddafi Jr., defending venal celebs, ripping off poor people, co-opting Occupy Wall Street … how does Russell Simmons find the time? (sources) Meanwhile, I’m afraid there will be even more opportunities for Russell Brand to annoy me in 2012. Give me Nipsey Russell any day. More Annoying People of 2011 here.
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