Rush Limbaugh

Former Child Stars Who Are Now Raging Conservatives

Why so many? It's got to be that either they came from that sort of background--people who want to deprive certain segments of rights are often the kind of folk who push their kids into show biz. Or that when the fame fell, these ex supernovas became desperate and sought some meaning to stay afloa ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh: Dark Knight Rises Villain's Name Is A Dis On Romney

Oh, yes, he went there. Radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh said that by using a villain named Bane, Dark Knight Rises is trying to make a negative association with Mitt Romney, whose former employer is Bain Capital. He's certain that whenever there's mention of the creepy man with the steel mask and the ... More >>

Banning Rush Limbaugh from Radio Would Be a Failure for Feminism

Writing on the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke controversy in his column, Frank Bruni makes the point that there are a whole lot more words in the English language for sexually "transgressive" females than there are males -- who also typically wind up being lauded for their promiscuous proclivities. "W ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh: Saved by Sandra Fluke?

When Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" on his radio show Feb. 29, it sure seemed like the end of an era might be upon us. Public outcry prompted sponsors to pull support from the show, leaving many to wonder whether the conservative stalwart would ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Loses More Than 30 Advertisers Over "Slut" Remark

Rush Limbaugh famously used his syndicated radio show to call Georgetown U student Sandra Fluke, who's in favor of Obama's birth control policy, a "slut" and a "prostitute." Rush profusely apologized, but the advertisers aren't buying it and they're dropping like discontented little corporate flies ... More >>

Rightbloggers Ride Rush Limbaugh's Slut Wagon Into a Ditch

Remember the Clarence Thomas hearings, and how David Brock (then a right- rather than a left-wing operative -- yes that's how long ago it was!) called Anita Hill "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty"? Remember how decent people were outraged by this appalling breach of decorum? Boy, those we ... More >>

"White America Has Lost Its Mind" Revisted: Where Are Those Crazy White Folks Now?

In September of 2010, the Voice published our cover story "White America Has Lost Its Mind." At the time, we thought the disease of crazy white people infecting the national zeitgeist was at its most noxious state. However, that period was before Donald Trump took birtherism to a whole new level, th ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Apologizes To Sandra Fluke; Students Protest As Kelly Speaks On Muslim Surveillance; Romney Wins Washington State Caucuses

Rush Limbaugh apologized to Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke Saturday, who he called a "slut" for testifying in favor of contraception coverage. "My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir," he said in a statement. "I sincerely apologize to M ... More >>

Rightbloggers Celebrate 4th of July by Unmasking Jaycees, Firefighters, And Other Traitors

However you're celebrating the birth of America this Fourth of July weekend, we hope you'll spare a thought for those unfortunates whose enjoyment of our hard-won freedoms is cruelly limited. We refer not to the indigent or the oppressed, but to rightbloggers whose Independence Day essays show tha ... More >>

The Week in Food Blogs: Rush Limbaugh Knows Dick About Food; Taste-Testing Fast-Food Doughnuts & Burritos

This week in food blogs... Eater offered its guide to the best of the hip new breed of Brooklyn family restaurants. Grub Street remembered the 12 most asinine things Rush Limbaugh has said about food. Diner's Journal got excited about the menu at Sam Talbot's forthcoming Imperial No. Nine at the ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh's grandma's ghastly Jell-O salad and 9 other Studies in Crap to be thankful for

​ Each Thursday your Crap Archivist has brought you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap discovered in the thrift stores, estate sales, and antique malls of America. Today, as we reflect on this nation and its great bounty, let's tip our gravy boats to the one industry that can neve ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh and the Many Faces of Evil: A Photo Gallery

​Rush Limbaugh is pretty much the king of the pot calling the kettle whatever, so, it's not terribly surprising that he decided to go off on recent photos of Barack Obama looking "demonic." And, we'll admit, the POTUS does look a little terrifying here...not that there's anything wrong with th ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: September 22 through 28, 2010

Rush Limbaugh Issues Sadly Predictable Racist Comments Re: George Steinbrenner

​Rush Limbaugh has decided that someone wants him to comment on George Steinbrenner's death, and, oh-no-he-doesn't (yes he does) let forth some ridiculous and entirely inappropriate sentiments, such as "That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires" and "He fired a bunch of white gu ... More >>

Eminem Supports Same-Sex Marriage!

​Yes, the verbally gay bashing rapper has now surpassed his old duetting partner, Elton John by coming out in favor of gays marrying! Elton, you'll remember, was not only Rush Limbaugh's paid minstrel at the conservative's traditional marriage ceremony, but he said in an interview that he fee ... More >>

I Read Sir Elton John's Gay Beads on Olbermann

​ Did Elton John sell us to the Nazis by singing at Rush Limbaugh's wedding the other night?

Morning Links: Buses to Get Faster, Police Looking for Suspects in Sexual Assault in Central Park, Rush Limbaugh Marries Again

A rendering of the new lanes.​• Starting in October, New York City buses will get express lanes on 1st and 2nd Avenues. The Department of Transportation and the MTA hope this will improve bus travel times by 20 percent. New bike lanes will also be added to part of the route. • Two New Jer ... More >>

Elton John Whored At Rush Limbaugh's Wedding

​Anti-gay hatemonger Rush Limbaugh just married a woman who's 26 years younger in Palm Springs---in fact, she's 26 years younger everywhere--but that's not the vomity part. The vomity part is that lord queen Elton John sang at the wedding! Our out gay pal--who does so much for our cause when ... More >>

First Photo of BP Oil Spill Released (And Now Video)

NY Post​BP has released the first photo of the oil leak in the Gulf, and, well, does this look like something that, in the words of Rush Limbaugh, is as "natural as ocean water," and going to just get better on its own?

The BP Oil Spill Disaster: A One-Act Play (Or "Coast of Dystopia")

​Maybe you've heard about this minor "Whoopsie" that happened off the Gulf of Mexico, wherein an offshore oil rig owned by BP leaked, and kept leaking, and kept leaking, and is still leaking. And is still leaking. And is still leaking. And is now the size of Connecticut. And is still leaking. ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Says He's an Assman; Outrage Ensues

Radio host and Miss America Pageant judge Rush Limbaugh said on the air today, "I love the women's movement -- especially when walking behind it." Jezebel is not amused ("Need a shot of rage to get you going?"); Think Progress' Amanda Terkel notes polling that shows "not that many women really lik ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh "In Serious Condition" at Hospital with Chest Pains; Twitter Blows Up

Rush Limbaugh is said to have been admitted to The Queen's Medical Center, a hospital in Honolulu, with chest pains and in "serious" condition. The call for medical assistance came around quarter to three this afternoon from the Kahala Hotel and Resort, where he had been vacationing. More as it ... More >>

Fake But Accurate: Obama "Thesis" Proves His Treason Even After It's Debunked

Much has been written in recent days about the White House's War on Fox News, in which Administration officials have called the Republican-friendly network "the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party" and such like, excluded it from the President's media tours, and even tri ... More >>

Rightbloggers Defend Rush with an NFL Boycott; Are Beer, Buffalo Wings Next?

The National Football League has a large millionaire population which predictably contributes overwhelmingly to Republicans over Democrats. Yet this week we learned from rightbloggers that the NFL is in fact a wing of the liberal conspiracy. Early this month Rush Limbaugh and Dave Checketts coll ... More >>

Conservatives Urged to Boycott NFL

In the annals of rightwing hubris, we haven't seen much to equal this: one of the conservatives enraged that Rush Limbaugh's ex-partners have excluded him from their plans to buy the Rams (which Limbaugh and his followers blame on liberals) has proposed that patriots counter-attack by... boycotting ... More >>

Obama Accepts Nobel Prize, Signaling End of Failed Presidency

​President Obama, despite the urging of his mortal enemies, appears to have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he is "both surprised and deeply humbled." Rush Limbaugh calls the award an "embarrassment," which surprises us, as we thought Limbaugh incapable of embarrassment. At National Re ... More >>

News Roundup: Jay Z/Rush Limbaugh, Chris Brown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and New Music from Islands and Them Crooked Vultures

​ --As Bill O'Reilly did yesterday, Rush Limbaugh has responded to being name-checked in Jay-Z's new song, "Off That." (Quote: "This ain't black versus white, my nigga, we off that. Please tell Bill O'Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls.") On his radio show yesterday, L ... More >>

News Roundup: Jay Z/Rush Limbaugh, Chris Brown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and New Music from Islands and Them Crooked Vultures

​ --As Bill O'Reilly did yesterday, Rush Limbaugh has responded to being name-checked in Jay-Z's new song, "Off That." (Quote: "This ain't black versus white, my nigga, we off that. Please tell Bill O'Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls.") On his radio show yesterday, L ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Gives Key Support to Senate Candidate Tasini

Jonathan Tasini, the labor activist who is thus far Kirsten Gillibrand's only announced opponent for the 2010 Democratic Senate nomination, is drawing a mere four percent in the polls, far behind unannounced Gillibrand opponet Carolyn Maloney. But he got a great gift the other day from Rush Limbaugh ... More >>

Week in Review: "Some Magazine, I Don't Know Where It Was."

Sahoko Yui In the week Rush Limbaugh called us "some magazine," we invited our friend Status Ain't Hood back for a day. Oh, and right: Congrats Tom! Interviews: Wavves' Nathan Williams on drugs and the beach, Albert Maysles on HBO's new Grey Gardens, Ian Svenonius on Kanye West and his new band, C ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Calls Sound of the City "Some Magazine," Says Janeane Garofalo Is A Liar

Our recent interview with Janeane Garofalo prompted a whole floating online armada of psychopathic crazies to take the apparently not-common-enough opportunity to unleash their finest "Janeane Godawfulho" jokes and other classy vitriol--evidently, there are a lot of angry people out there with some ... More >>

Interview: Janeane Garofalo on 24, Henry Rollins, and Her Inevitable Run for Junior Senator of Minnesota

"When Rush Limbaugh visited the set, and when Lynne Cheney visited the set, I refused to have my picture taken with them or meet them or anything." Janeane Garofalo is known for biting standup, stints on SNL, The Larry Sanders Show and The West Wing, and her pioneering contributions to Air Americ ... More >>

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

Obama told Chrysler and GM to get their shit straight or go bankrupt. The new head of GM said that was okay with him. (Aren't they supposed to whine and resign in the Times?) This of course made Obama a fascist. Rightbloggers were also mad when Obama went to Europe and wasn't nice enough to the Qu ... More >>

Geithner, Bernanke Inform Congress of Fascist Takeover Plan

As expected, Treasury Secretary Geithner and Fed head Bernanke are on the Hill telling Congress they need the power to take over non-bank financial institutions like AIG to prevent our recent disasters from happening again. At today's hearings Republicans, not yet having talking points from Rush Lim ... More >>

Sound Off to Obama! (Not That He's Listening)

Twitter is taking over the world in part because no one has an attention span anymore. Most folks don't want to write or read more than the 140-word limit of a tweet.So, if that's the case, will limiting folks to 20 words work even better?New Yorker Glenn Porter thinks so, at least when it comes to ... More >>

Rightbloggers Hold a Sparsely-Attended Tea Party

Rightbloggers had a big project last week: A series of "tea parties" across the country to protest Obama and his stimulus bill, inspired by comments by CNBC's Rick Santelli (and, it has been suggested, by some rightwing pressure groups). The results were not a great success, at least in the ob ... More >>

Quick Hits

We're disappointed: Glamour left disposable cameras tethered to park benches in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and all the users shot lame pictures like this. Well, except for two guys. The New York Dolls will play at "Rachel Ray's SXSW party" this year, all jacked up on Dunkin' Donuts coffee. The Hold ... More >>

Giving Credit to Rush Limbaugh's Grandmother

In a couple of posts yesterday, we credited the mother of Rush Limbaugh with authoring a recipe titled "Under the Sea Salad," a ghastly ooze combining Jell-O, Miracle Whip, and canned olives that looks something like what was left over when that one Gremlin got stuffed in the microwave.Thanks to the ... More >>

From The Crap Archives: Recipes From Old Cape Girardeau

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. Recipes From Old Cape Girardeau Author: Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau, MO
 Date: 1977 ... More >>

Under the Sea Salad: Rush Limbaugh's Sad Childhood

Under the Sea SaladAlan Scherstuhl, the theater critic from the Kansas City Pitch, also writes a series of blogs called "Studies in Crap," in which he examines weird old books (and other crap) from thrift stores.Well, guess what he dug up today? An old community cookbook from Missouri called Recipes ... More >>

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