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Rightbloggers Enter "Conversation" on Jason Collins, Are Pissed No One Wants to Talk to Them

Last week NBA player Jason Collins came out as gay -- spectacularly, in the pages of Sports Illustrated. He did so not because he had been arrested in a men's room or outed by a news site, but because, as he told SI, he wanted to "start the conversation" that would make it easier for young gay athle ... More >>

White House Words with Woodward More Proof of Obama Tyranny, Say Rightbloggers

Last week we learned that a White House official got into an argument with Bob Woodward. Woodward is the biggest name in Washington journalism; he has survived seven Administrations (counting the one he helped take down with his Watergate reporting), and will probably continue to publish bestsellers ... More >>

Bradley Manning Offers to Plead to Lesser Charges in Wikileaks Trial

After 1,007 days in jail, Private First Class Bradley Manning, the 25-year-old soldier accused of leaking classified material to Wikileaks, appeared in military court at Fort Meade today to plead guilty to modified versions of some of the more minor charges against him. Specifically, Manning admitt ... More >>

Bloomberg Gets in Everybody's Pants This Week

Today, Bloomberg becomes the first mayor to lay claim to a sixth borough: the supple flesh hidden beneath our pants. Oh yes, there's nothing like a good body part to get our outgoing mayor's juices flowing. A New York magazine feature on his possible replacement, Christine Quinn, was completely ov ... More >>

Rightbloggers Declare Democratic Convention a Failure -- Which May Be Why It Succeeded

A week after the party of Kang had their national convention, the party of Kodoshad theirs in Charlotte, NC. It was a lively affair, with a floor fight strong-armed by party bosses, and big speeches by Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Sandra Fluke, and some guy running a crap economy who nonetheless no ... More >>

Kid Rock & Paul Ryan Rock Out to 'Bawitdaba' in Michigan

"So one of us is running for Vice President, but only one of us listened to 'Bawitdaba' on the way over here in the Secret Service motorcade," Paul Ryan said this morning at a rally in Royal Oaks, Michigan. Miriam Coleman of Rolling Stone reported today that Kid Rock came out in support of the VP n ... More >>

Congressman Michael Grimm (Et al) In "Congressmen Gone Wild: Sea Of Galilee Edition"

Nearly three dozen GOP lawmakers are in a PR nightmare this a.m. after reports surfaced that -- after a night of drinking in Israel last year -- they took a boozy, late-night swim in the Sea of Galilee. We're compelled to inform you that a hometown boy is on the list.Congressman Michael Grimm joined ... More >>

CNN and Time Magazine Suspend Fareed Zakaria for Plagiarism

In journalism school, plagiarism is equivalent to life without parole: it is the bane of any writer's existence and an automatic halt on one's professional reputation. We are told over and over and over again to source everything, make sure all of your facts line up and that we'll be outcasted from ... More >>

Sick, Sick, Sick: Rightbloggers Run a Fever after Obamacare Decision

Last week's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act (aka the ACA, aka Obamacare, aka TreasonHitlerStalin) caught nearly everyone by surprise. Among rightbloggers, most of whom had filled balloons and strung festive banners for a big post-overturn victory party, the scenes of shock and ho ... More >>

Rightbloggers Hail Ann Romney, Declare Victory in the War on Women

In the past month, because they endorsed multiple (and sometimes bizarre) anti-abortion laws and denounced efforts to have contraception included in health insurance plans, conservatives found themselves advertised as making a "war on women." But last week they were able to turn the tables, because ... More >>

Michelle Obama Celebrates Birthday -- Will She Get a Gift Certificate?

Barack Obama wants you to help his FLOTUS -- First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, that is -- celebrate her 48th birthday today, sending out an e-mail last week that encouraged campaign supporters to sign a card. (He's just a really thoughtful husband and father and stuff, being the pres ... More >>

Chris Christie: It Would Be 'Presumptuous' to Rule Out Vice-Presidential Bid

​Frequently bombastic New Jersey governor Chris Christie said on Fox News today that it would be "presumptuous" of him to say no to running on Mitt Romney's ticket for vice president if the opportunity was offered to him. Christie endorsed Romney last month. Early in the interview, Politico re ... More >>

Unemployed NBA Players Attempt to Help Obama Avoid Similar Fate

​While all NBA games are effectively cancelled until at least mid-December, a lucky few will be able to watch some top ballers in action--if they're willing to donate to the Obama Victory Fund. The first annual "Obama Classic" will feature current NBA stars, retired players, and even a few wom ... More >>

Natasha Lennard, NYT Freelancer, Chooses OWS Over Her Job

Natasha Lennard​Supporting Occupy Wall Street has claimed the job of another journalist. This time it's Natasha Lennard, the New York Times freelancer who was arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge. She recently appeared on a pro-OWS panel; when the Times caught wind of it, they released a statement ... More >>

Americans to Electoral College: Drop Dead

​A new Gallup poll shows a majority of Americans want to get rid of the Electoral College. 62% of respondents say they would support a Constitutional amendment that would replace the president-making Rube Goldberg machine with a popular vote. For the first time since George W. Bush won the 200 ... More >>

As Rick Perry Stumbles, Rightbloggers Run To (Non-Candidate) Chris Christie

The economy sucks, and so do President Obama's poll numbers. Yet many smart people think Obama's got a chance at reelection next year. Why? Because he gets to run against the nominee of the Republican Party, which seems hellbent on throwing the election. In the GOP's latest slapstick routine, put ... More >>

9/11 Anniversary; Swedish Terror Arrests; Cliff Robertson Passes Away

​Commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks are being held around the country to remember those lost a decade ago. At the site of the World Trade Center memorial--which opens to the general public tomorrow--President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush will spea ... More >>

Some Squawk, But Debt Ceiling Budget Fight Goes Just the Way Rightbloggers Want It

Last week the Congressional fight over America's debt ceiling became a full-blown hostage situation, with Republicans demanding, in exchange for what has been during previous Administrations a pro-forma procedure, major budget concessions from Democrats -- and getting them. At this writing, there s ... More >>

Laura Fotusky, New York Town Clerk, Resigns Over Gay Marriage Law

​Citing insufficient language meant to protect religious people in the marriage equality bill, town clerk Laura Fotusky, who will soon be required to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, has resigned instead. "There was no protection provided in the legislation for Town Clerks who are unabl ... More >>

Donald Trump Resumes Birtherism After Brief Pause

​Orange-coiffed humanoid Donald Trump is as committed to birtherism as he is to crappy local chain Pizza Famiglia. Despite Barack Obama's "longform" birth certificate, the release of which was meant to quell birther hysteria, Trump is sticking to his guns. He has to stay in the spotlight by any me ... More >>

Sarah Palin Gets Goosebumps From Ellis Island, Eats Pizza With Knife and Fork

​Last night Sarah Palin met Mr. Donald Trump for dinner at Famous Famiglia's in Times Square, where the two -- horror of horrors -- ate their pepperoni pizza with a knife and fork (a knife and fork!). Today, Palin has continued in her authentic experience of our great city by touring Ellis and ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden Death Photos Still Secret Despite Freedom of Information Act Attempts

​When President Barack Obama decided he would not make pictures of a dead Osama Bin Laden public for fear of inciting violence by "spiking the football," a handful of enterprising journalists went the legal route to campaign for their release. By filing Freedom of Information Act requests, pub ... More >>

Facebook Tried to Plant Negative Press About Google

​A secretive story has been bubbling in Silicon Valley this week, in which the PR firm Burson-Marsteller pitched anti-Google articles to national newspapers on behalf of some unnamed client. Google, they claimed, has privacy issues that the American people should know about -- but it was far f ... More >>

Dick Cheney Gives "High Marks" to Obama

​Dick Cheney appeared on "Fox News Sunday" this morning and somewhat lavishly praised President Obama, and then the Fox News studio spontaneously burst into flames. "You've got to give him a lot of credit for making the decision to have SEAL Team 6 conduct the raid that got bin Laden," Cheney said ... More >>

Donald Trump Says He Saved the New York Daily News, Claims He's Tight With 'Blacks'

​Our country's current, most fake president candidate, the billionaire Donald Trump, won't shut up. Though the media is mostly playing his games, reporting on all of the dumb shit he says -- with the exception of the New York Observer, but that's complicated -- he also benefits from starting s ... More >>

Let's Look at Obama's Debt-Reduction Plan!

​Hey American, did you do the assigned homework for today? You were supposed to watch Obama's big debt-reduction speech! People are going to try to talk to you about it, what are you going to say? Sure, whether you saw it or not won't affect your response to the plan or the president; our smal ... More >>

Obama to Congress: Oh, By the Way, We're at War

​Though the weekend included strategic bombing campaigns in Libya nicknamed Operation Odyssey Dawn, carried out by the United States, in association with France and the United Kingdom, it took until Monday for President Barack Obama to notify Congress, via an official notification, that the U. ... More >>

Five Better, More Brutally Honest Tips for Successfully Dating a Blogger

via​This is going to be hard to hear, for everyone. Yesterday, the website Social Times, which touts itself as "Your Social Media Source," published an article called "Five Tips for Successfully Dating a Blogger," with a dash of humor and a healthy dose of no please stop this is so misguided. ... More >>

Bill Clinton Only Sent Two Emails as President

​"I sent a grand total of two emails as president," Bill Clinton said at the Ford Foundation's Wired for Change conference in New York today, "one to our troops in the Adriatic, and one to John Glenn when he was 77 years old in outer space. I figured it was OK if Congress subpoenaed those." (C ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Opened Her Eyes

​In a speech full of heart-wrenching moments last night, President Obama went off script to describe the condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head on Saturday in Arizona by Jared Loughner. "Gabby opened her eyes," announced the president. "So I can tell you, she knows we a ... More >>

Rightbloggers Comfort the Real Victims of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting: Themselves

After Saturday's shootings in Arizona -- which left Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords badly wounded and six people dead -- rightbloggers were swift to condemn... any possible criticism of themselves. You can understand their defensiveness. Back during the 2010 campaign, Sarah Palin had en ... More >>

News Corp. is Basically Hiring Everyone for The Daily iPad Thinger

​Lock up ye editorial staffers! The Daily is trying to hire them if they haven't already. And if Papa Rupe doesn't come for 'em, Yahoo will. A New York Observer-er peaces out. Finally, the clearing out of some old items, the firing of some long-needed shots, and the media company you're most l ... More >>

OLBERMANN DOWN: Keith Olbermann Suspended Indefinitely From MSNBC, Sir

​Following revelations that he made political contributions in what's apparently a direct violation of MSNBC's Code of Ethics, Keith Olbermann has been indefinitely suspended from MSNBC. If there's any other way to react to a media bombshell like this other than "Wow," we'd sure like to know.

Cuomo to Paladino: Now It's Really, Really Personal

​In the increasingly ugly race for Governor of New York, the biggest political issue has become illicit sex. First it was the disturbing, head-on confrontation of Tea Partier Carl Paladino's affair, by his wife nonetheless, in both the New York Post and New York Times. Then it was Paladino's l ... More >>

Mosque Near Ground Zero Becoming Political Hot Potato

Our little neighborhood construction flap over whether to build a mosque (which is really like the equivalent of an Islamic version of the Jewish Community Center) near Ground Zero took a huge step onto the national and then international stages over the weekend. At a Ramadan Iftar dinner at the Wh ... More >>

Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Jon Meacham Reportedly Out, Newsweek-C.I.A. Conspiracy Theory Reportedly In

​Keith Kelly reports in the New York Post, like, a few minutes ago that Newsweek editor-in-chief Jon Meacham is supposedly out once the magazine's sale to Sidney Harmon is complete. Politico's Mike Allen just reported what's all but a confirmation. And Michael Calderone of Yahoo just Tweeted o ... More >>

The New York Times Will Never Burnout of Blogger Burnout

​In today's New York Times Media & Advertising section is an article about blogger burnout. Like many things that get written in the New York Times about bloggers that isn't written by David Carr or Brian Stelter, it sadly merits a blog post making fun of how (A) Insipid and bush-league it i ... More >>

The New York Times Had the Full Blumenthal Vietnam Video From the Beginning

​Much has been made already about the New York Times front page scoop alleging that United States Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal has repeatedly mischaracterized his service in Vietnam. It came out that the story was fed to the press by Blumenthal's opponent in Connecticut, Linda McMahon, ... More >>

Congressman Gregory Meeks Admits He's Been Subpoenaed. Which Scandal? Could Be One of Several.

Meeks: Target practice Things are getting so bad for scandal-plagued Queens Democratic congressman Gregory Meeks that he had to acknowledge on the House floor yesterday that he's been subpoenaed in a probe. But which probe? Meeks is embroiled in several controversies -- national, international, loc ... More >>

BlogBeat: Denton's High Marks, Newsweek's Not-So-Secret Weapon, New Hires at Village Voice and Paris Review

​Another Monday, another BlogBeat column. Hopefully, unlike last week's column, this one won't cost us $20,000 a year in advertising money. A former employment situation with Nick Denton and Gawker is assessed, the face behind Newsweek's newest weapon talks, and new hires emerge at the Paris R ... More >>

A Ford in Senate Future? Memphis Flyer Wants Gillibrand's Job

​Harold Ford Jr., the African-American Wall Street exec who likes to come across as the hottest cat from Memphis since Elvis, apparently really does want to snatch that U.S. senate seat away from Kirsten Gillibrand. And there's a fat slice of the permanent government that's ready and eager to ... More >>

Mark Foley Said to Accuse Max Baucus of Inappropriate Behavior. Stop Laughing.

​Even in times of unprecedented national terror, our elected representatives continue to bring the funny. People are circulating a video of Senator Max Baucus, previously seen trying to get his girlfriend a job, and accusing him of being drunk when he addressed the chamber on health care, as e ... More >>

Chuck Schumer Says "Bitch," Apologizes; Should Have Stepped, Thrown

​Chuck Schumer's really getting into his gangsta lean. Having spit in defense of "the Jelly concerts" in Williamsburg, he is today reported to have called a flight attendant a bitch. He was even sitting next to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at the time, that's how hard he rolls. His charge was ... More >>

The Family That Makes Together: Studies in Crap Keeps Regular With Kelloggs' Keep on the Sunny Side of Life

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.​ Keep on the Sunny Side of Life: A New Way of Living Date: 1933 Publisher: K ... More >>

After Two Losses, Liberal Media Declares Obama Doomed

Republicans won two governors' races, which is characterized by the press (customarily known as the liberal media) as a "sweep." "GOP sweeps gov races," says Politico. "Christie win completes GOP gubernatorial sweep," says CNN. "McDonnell Leads GOP Sweep," says the Roanoke Times. "GOP Sweep," says ... More >>

Politico Finds Rightbloggers' Kennedy Eulogies Much Nicer Than We Did

After we skimmed some ingracious rightblogger remarks upon the death of Ted Kennedy, Politico did a story called "Not all Kennedy critics hold fire." Following some ripping examples from Andrew Breitbart ("villain," a "duplicitous bastard," "prick"), they observe, "Few -- if any -- others on the rig ... More >>

Groovy Hate F*ck: Playboy, Rightbloggers, and the Death of South Park Conservatism

Last week Playboy did a crude take on conservative women whom the author, Guy Cimbalo, said he would like to "hate-fuck." Attacks on the piece, which was quickly pulled (though excerpts quoted in the commentary, as well as captured screenshots, testify to its ugliness), were numerous. The few li ... More >>

Rightbloggers Bedazzled by Obama Ring Story