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By PareeneComment by DahlELama: I only have two questions left about the whole thing before I complete ignore any- and everything written about his... 17 Responses | Other threads
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art?
Clinton Shockingly Ignorant of 16th-Century Catholic Iconography
Oh man, Hillary made another GAFFE. She's just a gaffe machine! Bring back Condi! She got along with everyone! See, she didn't know that this image on this cloak was painted magically by God. More »
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By PareeneComment by Aaron Altman: She also used Tide on the Shroud of Turin. 9 Responses | Other threads
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developing
Drudge Warns of Imaginary Killer Boner Spider
Drudge: "ORGANIC: World's Deadliest Spider Found in WHOLE FOODS Produce..." Story: two experts dispute both the identification of the spider and that spider's deadliness. Plus: More »
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By PareeneComment by RandomLunatic: When I was writing for a certain, shall we say, "pre-Zombie" blog now owned by a tabloid publisher, an otherwise... 2 Responses | Other threads
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poll
Do the Obamas Get a Class-Resentment Pass for Their White House Soirées?
The Obamas are just like us: drinking through this recession, at home! Well, not entirely like us. They're all wearing fancy clothes and they have jobs and Steve Wonder is there. More »
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By PareeneComment by Almostbanned: Wow this is dumb. Black-tie parties every Wednesday? In the name of 'the people'? Most of whom have never been... 11 Responses | Other threads
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freakoutnomics
Fear 'The Swedish Model'
Oh no! Not the Swedish model! Look carefully at that terrifying blue and yellow Nordic Cross; it is our generation's hammer and sickle. More »
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By PareeneComment by BookishLookish: The food in Sweden is very good. Also, Pareene, you had the chance to show us some half-naked boys (which your... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Big Hollywood
Hollywood Conservative Site Launches, Hope Returns to America
Andrew Breitbart—the nicer half of the Drudge Report—has finally launched "Big Hollywood," his conservative Hollywood news site, which will end the stifling reign of Hollywood liberals. Let's take a look! More »
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Comment by Aaron Altman: Yeah, but will it have Ron Silver's beard, Patricia Heaton's tummy tuck, and Gary Sinise's scowl? 9 Responses | Other threads
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camp
Drudge Readers Prefer Doughy Dictator to America's Hottest President
Drudge's latest awesome snap poll: who is hotter, Russian strongman Vlad Putin or sculpted hope-monger Barack Obama? The murderous ex-KBG officer is winning! Love it leave it, guys! More »
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By PareeneComment by Lysergic Asset: Putin is in really good shape for being almost 10 years older than Obama. Plus, his man boobs are... 4 Responses | Other threads
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drudge
Crazy Internet Person: World To Explode In Obama's First Term!
We had a feeling, when we saw this million-point headline at Drudge saying Iran will get a nuke during Obama's first term credited only to a mysterious "paper," that the "paper" referenced would be either the Moonie-owned Washington Times or the Murdoch-owned Times of London. More amusing: in order to stop the evil Iranians, the Times insists that Obama must engage in the direct diplomacy without preconditions that John McCain (and Hillary Clinton!) called so naive and foolish. A more reasonable assesment of the report from Brookings and the Council on Foreign Relations is here. [Times via Drudge]
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By PareeneComment by Weegee's bored: O fer god's sake I'm so tired of all this teeth-gnashing over Iranian nukes. Just throw some money at the... 5 Responses | Other threads
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our broken country
Drudge: Franken Broke Democracy
The recount in the Minnesota Senate race between asshole comedian Al Franken and regular asshole Norm Coleman is underway! And the campaigns have lawyers standing by to challenge every vote. So Drudge has had this image up all day, with the headline "DRAMA: Franken Is Challenging This Ballot." Yes, bullshit, obviously. The voter intent is clear. On the other hand, the Coleman campaign is challenging this ballot, this ballot, and this ballot. The whole recount system is obviously broken, the well-intentioned voter intent laws are being manipulated by the campaigns, and this nonsense will not be over with by the end of the year. Or, you know, Al Franken is stealing the election, whichever one you want to believe. [MPR via Wonkette]
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By PareeneComment by Matthew W. Caldecutt: Was it Bill Maher who said that it's ridiculous that American Idol can tabulate the winners, but the Minnesota race... 7 Responses | Other threads
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working 'with' the press
Do We See Rahm's Knife Marks on Obama's Leak to the NYT?
Hey, so, a little bit of news came out of the historic Bush/Obama handover transition secret White House surprise meeting. Details of what the president and the president-elect talked about were leaked to the press: apparently Obama tried to convince Bush to bail out the auto industry, and Bush said he might if Obama supports CAFTA. Hey, you know what the real news is, here? Someone in Obama's camp leaked this info to the New York Times, which led someone in the Bush camp to leak a "we're not very happy with that" story to Drudge! Whee! We think we know who's responsible, and he's a dreamboat.
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By PareeneComment by Nemesisesq Got Banned: The auto industry should be allowed to fail and have a better more efficient company fill the niche. 28 Responses | Other threads
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drudge
Drudge Questions Obama Victory With Devious Question Mark
Poor sad Matt Drudge lost his influence this year, forever, and no one cares about him or takes him seriously anymore. This was his headline a couple minutes ago, until he lost the question mark. Still, the inference is there: this is an illegitimate win. Matt will now probably lead not the MSM but the crazier fringes of the opposition. Not so much the ones working to formulate a new, smarter conservatism, but the ones who just retreat further and further into conspiracy theories and nuttiness. Goodbye, Matt! We'll be back as soon as hurricanes threaten Florida! [Drudge Archives]
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By PareeneComment by Larry Fine: So does this mean that you will stop talking about him. Time to turn your back Gawker. He is irrelevant. 2 Responses | Other threads
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election day
Fox News Finds the Race War They Were Looking For
There are two "Black Panthers" standing outside of one polling location in Philadelphia. One of them has a billy club. It's kind of the most hilarious story ever. Fox is all over it. Below, raw live unedited footage of these two American Heroes, who just arrived from that Life on Mars show. Anyways! Race war, guys, let's all head to Ricky's and take advantage of these post-Haloween bargains on Manson Family costumes. More »
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By PareeneComment by the_perks_of_being_a_wallflower: My mother told me this morning she heard "on the radio" that there might be "riots" by "black people" if... 12 Responses | Other threads
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horse race
Obama Election Day Photo Op Fail
According to Drudge, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have taken "more than 15 minutes to vote." Maybe they're undecided? His link goes nowhere. Ben Smith doesn't report anything about how long it took Barack Obama to vote. Meanwhile: "HILLARY POLITICKING INSIDE NY POLLING AREA, ADVOCATES FOR OBAMA, 5 FEET FROM BOOTHS... DEVELOPING..." Once again, no link! But this is really a "fuck you, too late to not vote for me" move by the Obamas. Look who else voted at their polling place: More »
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By PareeneComment by HeatherFinkDeux: They didn't give me the I Voted sticker. America is a sham. 14 Responses | Other threads
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october surprise
Drudge's Last Campaign Bombshell: Obama's Secretly Rude
Matt Drudge has lost it. Utterly, totally lost it. This is his headline, right now, the day before the elections. It links to a YouTube clip of Barack Obama scratching his face with his index and, yes, middle fingers. Just like he did to Hillary Clinton, once! Don't you remember? Now we know who the real Barack Obama is: he is a secret asshole. This is really the best anyone can do, because it turns out all those other secret things he is aren't true. More »
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By PareeneComment by azilaw: Why do you think that ending a sentence with the word "Right?" is a valid response to the issues?I'ts as... 44 Responses | Other threads
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crime
Hate Carve Vic Faces Polygraph
[Update: The hoax has been confirmed.] So poor Ashley Todd, right? She's the woman who says she was mugged in Pittsburgh Wednesday night (the wrong part of the Pittsburgh, with the Italians) by a black man. And the black man became incensed when he saw her McCain bumper sticker, on her car, and he carved a "B" into her cheek. What a terrible story! Oh but the police have re-interviewed Ms. Todd, and now the story is a little bit different, in that the car and bumper sticker part is out. After the jump, the new story of this terrible hate crime, and also, because we are assholes, selections from Ms. Todd's MySpace page! You will not like her very much, we're guessing.
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By PareeneComment by Mediahohoho: You know, not to get all serious and shit, but do you remember how in that communist jackass libtard filmmaker... 13 Responses | Other threads
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crime
Woman "Mugged" By Obama Supporter!
[Update: Surprise! It's a hoax!] A woman in Pittsburgh was mugged and beaten near an ATM last night by "a dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes." She was robbed of $60. This wouldn't be news except that, according to the woman's testimony, the mugger "became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter 'B' into her face." Even then this wouldn't be news beyond the Pittsburgh Metro Area except that Matt Drudge has broken out the 72-point red font. Because he wishes to press the narrative he's been trying against the odds to push all month: that Democrats are becoming violent. So there you go. Do with this information what you will. File it right next to the person whose house was shot at because (or maybe not because!) they had a McCain sign up. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the woman refused medical treatment after the Liberal Mugger attacked her. Update: Ok. Uh. We're just going to report this without comment: the 'B' appears to be backwards. (Drudge is currently leading with the same image, we have no idea where it came from.)
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By PareeneComment by TillieHarper: We the Blacks...Niggmata (I Have Holes in My Soul): Who refuses medical treatment when they've had a letter carved into their face? 13 Responses | Other threads
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siren song
Poor Sad Drudge No Longer King of Information Age
For years, one man controlled all the news: Matt Drudge, nutty conservative weather-obsessed Miami queen blogger. He "broke" the Monica Lewinsky thing, sort of, and then for nearly ten years his website drove news narratives and pushed stories to the forefront. Even as recently as the primary season, some years past his peak influence, Drudge helped destroy the Clinton campaign with relentless Obama-boosting. Then, of course, he had to switch back to being a straight-up GOP hack. We'd say he just boosted Obama because he felt McCain would beat the Illinois Senator, but the fact is, his visceral hatred for the Clintons probably drove him just as much as anything else. Since the conventions, though, he's been an embarrassment. He highlights completely misleading bullshit and can't get anyone but the dumbest of bloggers to pick up on his pet stories. More »
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By PareeneComment by Nick Denton: I've responded to a couple of comments individually but I want to say something at the top level. I'm disappointed... 15 Responses | Other threads
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talking points
Shock: Obama Campaign Doing Job
So every day during election season, campaigns release "talking points" to their media surrogates on the tv, friendly reporters, and, often enough, unfriendly reporters. Now, on the eve of a big important presidential debate, Barack Obama's campaign has—breaking!—"issued a set of debate 'talking points' to media on Wednesday morning, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal." Mr. Drudge adds: "The memo oddly mirrors much of the main press analysis and theme of the current campaign." This is because the point of talking points is that a) they reinforce what media people are already saying and b) they are usually repeated verbatim on TV within minutes of being disseminated. This is kind of an inexplicable DRUDGE EXCLUSIVE because even the people who still get their talking points from Republicans already know what the Obama talking points are? Anyway. The talking points are attached, because why not. It's kind of a neat peek into how all the bullshit artists on your cable TV get through the day. More »
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By PareeneComment by Emily Brilliant: Out of curiosity, why is this guy sending emails to himself? 3 Responses | Other threads
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faq
Wait, What's Up With ACORN?
Nationally, Barack Obama is between 5 and 10 points ahead in the polls. In the states defined by Rasmussen as battlegrounds, Obama ranges from a tie in North Carolina (North Carolina!) to slight leads in all the rest of them. Also Bush announced the nationalization of the banks or something today, prompting the Dow to jump in early trading. So Matt Drudge, who controls your news with an iron opera glove, is leading today with the news that ACORN registered Mickey Mouse to vote. Ha ha ha. Honestly, what the hell's the deal with the ACORN story and why are right-wingers already clinging to it like guns and religion? Sigh. We'll try to explain.
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: I believe the point is that they may, haha, not be being completely forthright and diligent in the process of... 31 Responses | Other threads
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joe biden
2004 Flashback: Candidate Shockingly Vain!
BREAKING: Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden is overly concerned with his appearance! The Delaware Senator's long been famous for his terrible embarrassing hair plugs, but a story out of the Washington Post today has it that Biden might have injected terrorist biological weapons into his forehead as part of some sick stunt to not look old and tired. Botox Biden! This is important hilarious breaking news, if you just arrived via time machine from one of the last two election cycles. More »
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By PareeneComment by katastic: I love me some Joe Biden, and I don't care for a second that he's had Botox.He does need to... 11 Responses | Other threads
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siren song
Black Hole Fun
CERN's Large Hadron Collider, "the biggest physics experiment in history," fired its proton beam down its 17-mile tunnel this morning. No miniature black holes resulted. (So far.) To learn everything you need to know about the news today, just click to see how Matt Drudge put it, in what is perhaps the single finest one-two-punch headline combination he's ever crafted. [Drudge, all posts tagged 'Science With Drudge']
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By PareeneComment by Clare: Jesus don't want me for a proton beam. 9 Responses | Other threads
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calling bullshit
How to Plant Bullshit
The Oprah story on Drudge was maybe a bit of a stretch! Does it matter? No! The "damage" is done. It's proof that we've finally reached the most maddening 2004-throwback part of the campaign: the bit where they (let us just say "campaign operatives") throw out absolute bullshit to the friendliest of sources and wait for it to bubble up. We didn't think this would work anymore, in this brave new bloggy future—but it does! More »
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By PareeneComment by cockfightbarmitzvah: @EssEffGirl: Did you just fall off the dumb-ass truck?Yeah Oprah never has strong, powerful women on. I mean Laura Bush,... 2 Responses | Other threads
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andrew breitbart
Andrew Breitbart: Drudge's Human Face
Finally, a place where Hollywood conservatives can have their say. Andrew Breitbart, the friendly half of the Drudge Report link machine, is about to launch what we can only describe as "Sort of the conservative mirror of the original idea for Huffington Post, the one what was quickly abandoned." His new venture will supposedly become a destination site for Hollywood conservatives (like Jean-Claude Van Damme!) to speak out, and have their musing published on the World Wide Web. And, you know, good luck with that. But why does anybody care? Who is this awesomely powerful (but liked!) online agenda-setter? More »
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Comment by Nic Fit: I went to high school with this dipshit. He was something of a bully back then, so he's a perfect... 3 Responses | Other threads
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vanity fair
Bizarre Vanity Fair 100 Adds Anna Wintour, Vladimir Putin
Graydon Carter and his team at Vanity Fair wisely, and not inappropriately, added Matt Drudge to their "New Establishment" list of important people readers should shamelessly imitate and pander to. The internet gossip ranks at 74, just above Donatella Versace and just below Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. More importantly, he posted the magazine's full list to his highly-trafficked website, thus encouraging his readers to go buy the magazine and figure out why, say, Vogue Anna Wintour has suddenly been added (mysterious) and why Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is entering the rankings this year at number (gimmick to generate buzz and boost sales). Other strange additions, and the full list, after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Pope John Peeps II: How many people does his regime have to murder unlawfully before he gets to be a "dictator"? Is it 12? Like... 5 Responses | Other threads
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horse race
Does Scary New Zogby Poll Mean Obama Is Toast?
A screaming headline on Drudge, and a new Zogby poll showing McCain pulling ahead of Obama by five points means one thing only: media meltdown. Barring an Obama VP pick, this poll is certain to lead tonight on Chris Matthews, CNN and the rest of cable news – even though it's just one single data point that (for now) contradicts other polls, and even though Zogby's methods and accuracy are controversial at a minimum. ("The house of sand and Zog," Mickey Kaus memorably mocked.) It's one number, scarcely different from the last month's worth of data. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be way more worried.
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By Peter FeldComment by Jeezabub: I'm glad you folks think so highly of President Kennedy and Grand Poop-bah Perot. more » | Other threads
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horse race
Obama Ready to Announce VP Choice, Unless He Isn't
Timesmen Nagourney and Zeleny say Obama's found a running mate. But he has only told his closest advisers. And not the person he chose, even! Who is either Evan Bayh (ugh), Tim Kaine (eh), or Joe Biden (!). He will text you, his supporters, whenever he decides to make his announcement. Last night political expert hack loser Mark Halperin said Nagourner and Zeleny (and Drudge!) were all flat-out wrong but now he must've have been informed that they're right so he took his post down and replaced it with something about how Joe Biden is the guy (and when it turns out to be Bayh he'll take that down too.) Morning! [NYT] -
jock envy
Matt Drudge's Wrestling Fetish
Everybody has their favorite Olympic sport. Of course closeted gay Matt Drudge's is wrestling. Repressed sexual urges come out in the strangest ways—like linking obsessively to wrestling, the most sexual of all the sports, on the Drudge Report. More »
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By SheilaComment by MrInBetween: "Olympic hissy fit?" Okay, I'll say it: The man is a poet. more » | Other threads
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bias
'Times' Sends McCain Rejection Letter, McCain Cries Like Little Girl
This is great. The McCain campaign is crying bias and went running to Drudge because the New York Times wouldn't print their stupid editorial. See, the Times printed an editoral by Barack Obama called "My Plan for Iraq." So McCain "wrote" an editorial about how Obama's plan for Iraq was to lose just like we lost Vietnam and John McCain's plan was to win the war. So the Times said, hey, why don't you try another draft of this where you articulate what "winning" means? The McCain campaign took this as a rejection and now they're all whining like the embittered nation of recession-imagining whiners they hate. More » -
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Matt Drudge Still Controls the Information Age
What month is it... July? It's been weeks since someone wrote a story about how Matt Drudge is the King of All Information! Thanks, Washington Post political blogger Chris Cillizza, for stepping up to the plate. The populace must be periodically reminded that all the news they receive comes from a reclusive weather-obsessed weirdo in Florida, lest they get uppity. So this week The Original Blogger is responsible for that Jesse Jackson "cut Obama's nuts off" story that the kids are so into. Because yesterday evening he, uh... hyped the fact that it would be appearing on Fox later that night, after Sean Hannity announced it on the radio hours earlier and as Jackson himself released his apology to the wires. Follow? Matt Drudge is responsible for this story that was already everywhere by the time he picked it up. Of course, we're just being cynical—he's still ridiculously over-influential! But WHY? More »
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By PareeneComment by RandomLunatic: I also think any discussion of Matt Drudge should somehow devolve into noting his fascination with sexually-transmitted diseases. After all,... more » | Other threads
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rage
Bill Clinton Still Red, Shouty
Even though all the people who matter (people who are on TV) have declared his wife's candidacy finished, Bill Clinton is still out "campaigning" for some reason, and he's still an angry, ruddy man. Back in February (jesus) we explored the history of Bill Clinton's Red Face of Courage. Today, Drudge highlights this CBS clip of Bill yelling at an old woman who says Hillary didn't fix health care back in the '90s. It's true, actually, but Bill would like to point out that she tired very, very hard. Enjoy! It's depressing!
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By PareeneComment by steveholtsmother: @TheHonJudgeSmails: Do you think that Bill likes his orange juice with "Some Pulp!" too? more » | Other threads
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foreign affairs
Ungrateful English Demand Apology From Eccentric American Blogger
Earlier this year, Matt Drudge saved the life of Prince Harry, the UK's adorable ginger-haired lunkheaded Nazi ruler. Harry, you see, had been deployed to Afghanistan, where there are lots of people who'd like to blow him up. But Drudge revealed the deployment, breaking a media embargo, and then they were forced to send Harry back home, where he's more or less safe. For some reason this enrages the English. So the Mayor of Windsor and Maidenhead, whose name is probably spelled "Higginbobotham" but pronounced "Higgins", has demanded an apology from Drudge. The apology is probably not forthcoming. [UPI]
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By PareeneComment by famousauthor: Drudge should just have a short, standard apology to issue in cases like this. It would be the gracious... more » | Other threads
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coffee
Hill-Rod Vs Mr. Coffee
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malaise
If You Give Hamas a Cookie
Unlike certain grandfatherly former presidents, Matt Drudge hasn't yet forgotten the dark lessons of our shared childrens' book history. It starts with a hug, Jimmy—then Hamas will want a cookie. Soon you've handed over Israel to extremists, and then they'll just be thirsty for milk. American milk. [Drudge] -
Siren!
Schwarzenegger Loves The Gays!
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban gay marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot. Schwarzenegger said he was confident that such an amendment, which already are on the books in 26 other states, would never pass in California and called it a 'waste of time.'" More »
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Comment by BlinkyMcChuck: @famousauthor: In a way. Note that he said, afterwards, a more important amendment was one to allow immigrants like himself... more » | Other threads
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drudge
SIREN!
OMG! The Clintons are making lots of money! Or... something? We don't know what it means but it's SHOCKING. [Drudge]
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By PareeneComment by scarletmenace: I will sell my Gawker commenter name and privileges for one million dollars. NewToJezebel, are you listening? ONE MILLION DOLLARS. more » | Other threads
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seal the borders
Mexicans Are Stealing Our Nation's Vodka!
Absolut ran an ad in Mexico showing the pre-1848 map of that country with the tagline, "In An Absolut World." The ad agency explained to the LA Times, unnecessarily, that "The campaign taps into the national pride of Mexicans." Now I see! Well, true patriots in this country aren't about to stand for some Mexicans reconquering the American Southwest via a liquor advertisement. Some internet users—even Long Islanders!—are calling for an Absolut boycott [LAT via Drudge]. That's fine with us. Xenophobes don't need to be drinking in the first place. The full version of the treasonous ad is below. More »
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Comment by washwords: @digitalsmoothie: that's what i was wonderin digitalsmoothie. how hard is "en un mundo absolutamente..." I also thought the proper vodka... more » | Other threads
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every picture tells a story
Today in Matt Drudge Photo Selection Follies
A selection of the images used on the popular news aggregating website The Drudge Report this morning. Draw your own conclusions, or don't. [Drudge] -
stanley crouch
Hil-Sterical!
Author and noted critic-slugger Stanley Crouch, on Hillary Clinton: "On TV, Clinton seems by turns icy, contrived, hysterical, sentimental, bitter, manipulative and self-righteous." Play along at home: which of those adjectives also describe Stanley Crouch? Hint: we don't know or care if he's sentimental, and "icy" is only an insult to ladies. (We read a day-old Crouch column because Drudge decided it and a day-old Hitchens column were important enough to be highlighted this morning. Fun fact: both columns call Hillary "hysterical"!) [NYDN]
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