July 2009
“So to recap: Barack Obama is a Kenyan, a Muslim, Paris Hilton, a Nazi, a...”
– Gawker on the latest conspiracy theory that the racist right-wing fringe has come up with: Jesus says in the Bible that Barack Obama is the anti-Christ.
Someone brought Magnolia Bakery cupcakes into work...
I think I’m diabetic now.
WatchAnother clip from MMHI. The best deployment EVER of the phrase “scabby pussy.”
WatchI plugged this earlier, but it bears repeating: Michael and Michael Have Issues is the funniest new show on television.
It’s part sketch comedy show and part single-camera sitcom. The structure is Chappelle’s Show meets Larry Sanders, while the tone is the cruel humor of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia mixed with the random absurdity of The State. I can’t recommend it...
HBO renews True Blood, Hung and Entourage →
Good news, and no surprise, considering the ratings:
“True Blood” has averaged 3.8 million viewers (11.2 when you add repeats, DVR and On Demand viewing), “Hung” has averaged 3.1 million (10.2 million cume) and “Entourage” brings in about 3.0 million (7.4 million cume).
Actually, I’m kind of meh about one of these — Entourage gets a lot of hype,...
Mark Furman: There's no such thing as racial... →
There are no words…
WatchWay back in March, the Daily News interviewed Mark McLeod, a devoted Miley Cyrus fan who went on to say creepy things about bringing her flowers and marrying her. (skip ahead to the 1:10 mark)
Hilarity ensued, as the Internet pointed out that McLeod sounded a lot like a mentally deranged stalker.
Well, lo and behold, almost 5 months later, it turns out that McLeod is — wait for it —...
“Facing numbers like these, Mr. Obama is dropping his high-minded rhetoric and...”
– Once again, Karl Rove is completely devoid of a sense of shame or irony.
He got Bush reelected in 2004 almost entirely by scaring voters into thinking that John Kerry wouldn’t protect the country.
Why anybody continues to listen to Rove — the “genius” who guided Bush...
Boston cop may lose his badge after sending angry... →
Clearly Prof. Gates overreacted when he called the Cambridge cop racist.
Gates should know that all the really racist cops actually work for the city of Boston. Duh.
NY Mag: Saved by the Bell cast demanded the... →
I was wondering why this “reunion” was incomplete:
Bell’s main actors would only agree to it on the condition that sex-tape-making Dustin “Screech” Diamond and creepy Dennis “Mr. Belding” Haskins were excluded — which they were, evidently.
They went so far as to photoshop Screech out of the 1989 “before” picture.
“More To Love is much the same as its slimmer sisters. The chicks on these shows...”
– The Slate TV critic says that “More to Love,” the new dating show for large people, is pretty much the same as all the other dating shows — i.e. bad.
Foiled!
I was going to get lunch from the famous halal cart on 53rd and 6th but it’s currently douching rain and thundering ominously.
Looks like I’m going to be hitting up the food court underneath Rockefeller Center.
WatchBrilliant — Stephen Colbert interviews birther ringleader Orly Taitz and spends the whole time making fun of her to her face.
“Just as America’s young men are being given deeply erroneous ideas about...”
– A Slate columnist calls for an end to the wussification of vampires
“I wouldn’t put anything past this stupid country.”
– Bill Maher, answering Wolf Blitzer’s question “Does Sarah Palin has a chance to win the presidency?”
(via Brooklyn Mutt)
Video: Ann Coulter slams the Birthers as "cranks,"... →
Even a broken clock…
“You’re going to see anti-hunting, anti-second amendment circuses from...”
– Sarah Palin, incoherent til the end.
(Full text of her farewell speech)
All the news that's fit for porn?
I don’t know how I missed this NY Times article from earlier in the week:
Which birth-control method is more effective: condoms or withdrawal? For sex educators and others, the answer is glaringly obvious. Withdrawal before ejaculation, the so-called pullout method, is a last resort, they say — something to be used only if there are no other options. The effectiveness of condoms, on the...
WatchJon Stewart absolutely EVISCERATED the Obama “birthers” last night.
“Let me tell you what this is all about: The President of the United States is...”
– Joe Klein, explaining the “birther” phenomenon
“His prime-time news conference Wednesday night… brings his total to four....”
– (via Politico)
Mark Halperin: 7 Reasons not to bet against Obama... →
THE GREATEST CARTOON SERIES EVER CONCEIVED
John Oates from Hall & Oates teams up with his detachable talking mustache (named J-Stache) and the two of them fight crime together.
The trailer is amazing.
Also: completely fucking insane — in a good way.
(J-Stache official site via Videogum)
Futurama FAIL
Yay! Futurama is coming back with new episodes!
Wait, what’s this… why do they all sound different?
Twentieth Century Fox, which is still producing the series even though new episodes will air on Comedy Central, is recasting the major voice roles for the show. That means no more Billy West (Fry, Professor, and Ziodberg), Katey Sagal (Leela), John DiMaggio (Bender), Maurice LaMarche...
Obama approves extending Cheney's Secret Service... →
More proof that Obama is a bigger man than me:
Normally, ex-veeps only get six months of protection at taxpayer expense. But Cheney asked for an extension, and President Obama - whom Cheney has excoriated in several interviews since leaving office - recently signed off. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano signed the order extending Cheney’s security detail, her spokeswoman Sara...
Lou Dobbs reveals himself as an Obama "birther" →
What a disgrace to CNN.
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Accused Of Sex... →
(via brooklynmutt)
On the one hand, this kind of looks like a financial shakedown. The accuser did not file a police report, and is not making a criminal complaint. She filed a civil lawsuit, a full year after the alleged assault.
On the other hand, he’s a pro athlete. Sexual assault is basically par for the course for these guys.
“Bloggers on Salon.com speculated that Benjamin is 40 pounds overweight, perhaps...”
– From an article about Dr. Regina Benjamin, the nominee for attorney general, and how she’s being criticized for being overweight.
I can’t imagine why she didn’t return ABC’s call: Hey, there’s a reporter on the phone… he wants to know exactly how fat you are. ...
“Ten percent of the stimulus money is spent, which means it’s a one hundred...”
– Stephen Colbert