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  • #showmestate

    Anti-Gay Republican Leader's Safe Word: 'Green Balloons'

    Former Missouri Speaker of the House and opponent of "deviate sexual intercourse" Rod Jetton is facing felony charges for an S&M session gone horribly wrong, because a drunk lady never said "green balloons," allegedly. More »
    12/09/09
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  • #polls

    Outrage-Off, Tiger Woods Edition: Rush Limbaugh vs. Eugene Robinson

    As if a Muslim president wasn't bad enough, now we have a Cablinasian golfer trying steal the white man's women. It's outrageous. The only solution is outrageously stupid pundit statements. Today: Rush Limbaugh vs. Eugene Robinson. Vote below! More »
    12/08/09
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  • #lies

    How the Climate Change Summit Will Be Spun

    Whatever happens at the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen next week, we can be sure of one result: the entire event will be hijacked by bad actors spreading lies that will become conventional wisdom. More »
    12/02/09
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    By Pareene
  • #altarcations

    Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: Star Trek Weddings On Thanksgiving Weekend? Live Long and Prenup!

    Don't mistake a tryptophan coma for Phyllis Nefler's mellow; Thanksgiving weekend involves sitting in Mama Nefler's basement and packing a round of the NYT Weddings & Celebrations. This week: Trekkies, West Wing fans, and Scopes Monkey celebrities. More »
    11/29/09
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    By Phyllis Nefler
  • #recaps

    And Now We Know How Padma Likes Her Eggs in the Morning

    Awaken and behold the tale of six chefs, two hearts beating as one, a sad strip, a sassafras dream and a love supreme. I'm Joshua David Stein and this is your Top Chef recap. More »
    11/12/09
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  • #television

    The Beginning of the End of the Jay Leno Experiment

    In their quest to reshape television, NBC passed a critical milestone on the way to the primetime experiment's end this week — ratings fell below their own ridiculously low benchmarks to judge the show's success. Now the format's being reworked. More »
    11/10/09
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  • #predictions

    2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged

    It's basically a given that the president's party will lose seats after his first midterm (except when 9/11 happens). So let's not get our hopes up. But Republicans really wanna try to prove that bit of conventional wisdom wrong. More »
    11/09/09
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    By Pareene
  • #hello

    Please Join Me in Welcoming Myself

    Hello, my name is Adrian Chen and I am your new early shift night editor! This means I will be frantically shoveling words into the 8pm-12am news hole each Sunday through Thursday night. Please welcome me. More »
    11/08/09
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  • #conventionalwisdom

    Freakonomics Has Always Been Dumb

    Everyone is all mad at Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner for including a hilariously wrong chapter on climate change in the sequel to their famous book Freakonomics, but some of us have been on the hating-those-dudes train forever. More »
    10/23/09
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    By Pareene
  • #selfpromotion

    Ivanka Trump Now Brought to You by Trump, Sponsored by Trump, and Benefiting Trump

    Ivanka Trump is having a book party! Where? Trump Tower, of course. Who's sponsoring? Trump Vodka, natch. Who do sales of The Trump Card at the event benefit? Oh, the Eric Trump Foundation. Talk about keeping it in the family! More »
    10/12/09
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