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Crazy Congresswoman to Appear on Crazy Radio Program
Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is scheduled to appear on the syndicated radio talk show The Alex Jones Show, according to Jones. We are torn! More »
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By PareeneComment by Michael Forian: Alex is entertaining! I've watched a lot of his movies and listened to his radio show. The one thing that... 6 Responses | Other threads
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field report
'Those Racist Assholes Killed Him': Michael Jackson's Death Considered in Harlem
Harlem, especially the Apollo, is the media's unofficial spot to get Black America's reaction to Michael Jackson's death. Matt Harvey dropped by last Friday and listened in on a conversation that was full of adoration and, yes, angry conjecture. More »
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By Matt HarveyComment by Macloserboy: Hey, every group has its conspiracy crazies, did you think we'd be any different? 7 Responses | Other threads
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crazies
John Birch Society Not Fooled by Past 40 Years of History
Despite the Illuminati-supported ascension of a Negro Communist to America's throne, the John Birch Society continues to boldly exist, and do things, such as oppose the New World Order, from a strip mall in Wisconsin. More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: Wait, since when did Birchers let in Catholics? Back in teh 1970s my uncle beat the shit out of a Bircher... 8 Responses | Other threads
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usa
Hussein Obama Bows to Receive Gangster Chain From His Muslim Master
[Are you watching, wingnuts? It's all true. Everything you warned us about. Click through for close-up pic of the foreign Arabian rapper chain that Obama will use to "make it rain" (terror). Pics: AP] More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: His two little girls will be dying to get their hands on that for dress-up. Also, Kimora Lee. 6 Responses | Other threads
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media
The Quiet Newspaper Meeting That Could Have You Paying For Online News. Soon.
Right this minute, executives from the largest newspaper companies in America are meeting in a hotel outside of Chicago to discuss how to "Monetize Content." Is this the first step towards a (necessary) industry-wide move to charge for online content? And, uh, is this legal? More » -
celebrity science
Oprah Joins List of Celebs Enabling Jenny McCarthy's Conspiracy Crusade
Oh, good, Oprah is going to give Jenny McCarthy a talk show, because she wants your kid to die of the measles.
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By PareeneComment by BaconCat: Google DHA and autism and alzheimers. Basically you should all be taking fish oil tablets. None of these problems really... 46 Responses | Other threads
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Aporkalypse now
The Flu Is Coming From Inside the White House!
A member of Barack Obama's security detail has contracted a suspected case of the swine flu—this outbreak has Barack "The Typhoid President" Obama's fingerprints all over it. More »
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By John CookComment by Trulymadlyme: I don't get the big deal. Doesn't Tamiful treat this? What am I missing? 8 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Paula Froelich Involved in Secret Online Communist Code-Transmitting Cabal?
What madness is this: some joker is selling a used copy of Page Sixer Paula Froelich's not-released-yet book for $81.18, on Amazon. Coincidentally, that was GM's average hourly wage in 2006. "Coincidentally." [Amazon]
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: So are you suggesting that laid off GM workers should quick buy a copy of this book and start exercising... 2 Responses | Other threads
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facts
More Alien Proof
A former Apollo astronaut says that aliens have visited Earth! He's just a well-known lone nut, you say? Well what about this NEW PLANET they found right next door, hmmm? More »
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Comment by EastEndguy: Everything is exactly the same there as here. Except that they have Page Five, and it's reporting that a horse... 1 Responses | Other threads
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puppies
First Dog's Baby Picture
Here's a picture of Bo, formerly known as Charley, formerly known as Amigo's New Hope, when he was just a puppy. It's from the breeder's web site. Cute, no?
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By John CookComment by Jill7: My experience with a rescue dog, paralleled with my friends' experiences with their dogs, is that rescue dogs are neurotic,... 14 Responses | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Shadowy Group of Chavs Out to Destroy Banksy
In 2007, NYC had "The Splasher," an anonymous pseudo-intellectual prick who went around defacing street art. Now England has its own pricks who've decided to deface Banksy murals. Unless it's an elaborate hoax. More »
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Comment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: What a weak manifesto. The Dadaists would take you punks to school! 2 Responses | Other threads
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justice
Baghdad Shoe Thrower To Hit the Streets in 2010
Iraqi courts have cut the prison sentence for the hero shoe-hurling-at-Bush journalist from three years down to one. Huzzah! And on the same day Obama visited Iraq. Coincidence??? Open your eyes, sheeple! [WSJ]
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Comment by Not The Red Baron: Excellent - I'm glad heel be a free man before too long. 28 Responses | Other threads
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nerdfight
Status Update: Twitter and Facebook Look Like They're in Adorable Spat
Twitteronia is abuzz this morning: Some Twitter messages on the most mundane details of their lives are not getting automatically posted to Facebook, too. It must be censorship or something! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Widget Economist: Facebook is building a great UI. It looks like an excellent way to communicate online. Too bad: 1.) The communication is useless,... 1 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracies
The Liberal Media Mafia's Secret Listserv of Smugness
Are you aware that there is a secret "listserv" populated by Washington's most self-important journalists, where they conspire on how to control the world via their influential ramblings? This thing is big! And secret! More » -
crazies
Congressman Is Obama Birth Certificate Nut
Oh, wonderful. The conspiracy nuts who think Barack Obama FAKED HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE have a friend in Congress. More »
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By PareeneComment by MisterHippity: That's just silly. If I were a congressman, I'd introduce a bill demanding that congrress investigate whether Jim Morrison is alive... 10 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Did Michael Wolff Sink Steven Rattner's Car Czar Job?
Here's something for conspiracy theorists: earlier this month, news emerged that the wife of financier Steven Rattner got a DUI last year, which was conveniently not reported upon. Now Rattner's Obama administration job has disappeared. More »
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Comment by son of spam: Gosh, you people would live longer if you let go of the Bush-hating. They're gone. The reason Rattner didn't get appointed... 3 Responses | Other threads
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the end
Fact-Checking Today's Apocalyptic Market Crash
"Reinhardt," the internet conspiracy theorist who correctly predicted the crash of 2008, warned us that it was "100% sure thing market begins huge downfall" on February 9, 2009. That's today! How'd that one hold up?
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Comment by ADismalScience: Of course, depending on Geithner's genius strat tomorrow it could wind up being eerily accurate. If he reprises his Lehman... 13 Responses | Other threads
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the end
America's Most Correct Internet Conspiracy Theorist Calls Next Market Crash
Wacky—and maybe financially beneficial—blast from the past: one anonymous nut on a Google Finance message board correctly predicted the day of the crash of 2008. Now that dude has another prediction, exclusively for you! More »
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Comment by Cheap Shot: Catholics don't even go to church, how could they rule anything??? And really, how much worse can the market get? 7 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Obama's Big Fake Inauguration
The credulous public didn't hear the REAL performance by Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman at Barack Obama's inauguration. It heard a two-day old recording. Along with that fake oath. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by LilyBartleby: The choice to live in truth is getting harder every day and hijinks such as these are not helping matters.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Jett Travolta's Fishy Cause Of Death
Following an autopsy, the official story is now that John Travolta's son died from a seizure. Travolta's story is that his son had Kawasaki disease. It's quite possible neither is right.
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By Ryan TateComment by OMG! Ponies!: Epilepsy can be easily controlled through anti-convulsants like Tegretol or Dilantin (although both have some nasty side effects). I... 19 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
What's the Obama-Blago Volleyball Connection?
People keep trying and utterly failing to draw some kind of significant tie between the president-elect and disgraced Illinoid Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But is anyone listening to Google Images? CONNECT THE DOTS. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by DennyCrane: I always feel like ... somebody's watchin' meee .... 1 Responses | Other threads
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denis leary
Were Denis Leary's 9/11 Theories Thwarted By Book Soup Security?
Last night at the Sunset Blvd. staple Book Soup, autism-unfriendly comedian Denis Leary was signing copies of his book, Why We Suck, when he was approached by two very curious fans. One of them tentatively asked whether Leary endorsed the idea of a reinvestigation into the events of 9/11, which Leary said would actually be a plotline in the upcoming season of Rescue Me. Then, a second fan asked him a more specific question about conspiracy theories surrounding Building 7's collapse. After a pause, Leary began, "You don't want to get into that with me, because several of the guys who I know really well were helping to hold that building up," upon which the fan, who was recording the incident, was swarmed by Book Soup security (they even blocked his camera). What do they know?! Video, after the jump: -
mark cuban
Mouthy Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading
Tech billionaire, anger-driven blogger, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban has just been charged with insider trading by the SEC. The (civil, not criminal) charges center on an incident in 2004 in which Cuban allegedly got early insider information about a company he had an ownership stake in, and used that info to avoid a loss of $750,000. We have no idea whether the charges are true, but if they are, it's a foolish business move by a guy who's already been fined more than twice that much by the NBA just for running his mouth. Though it is possible to formulate a wild conspiracy theory about this!
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Comment by ADismalScience: The complaint is hilarious. [www.sec.gov] Read items 14-20. The CEO basically says "Hey, we're doing this PIPE thing." Then Cuban says "Fuck,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Obama To Pay Billions For LA Times' Silence!
The LA Times has a videotape of Obama at a luncheon with known Arab Rashid Khalidi. They say they won't release it because they promised their source they wouldn't. We said that somebody there should release it just so they can claim the $150,000 bounty offered for it and buy essential office supplies, such as toilet paper. Times are tough. But National Review's mongering blog The Corner has figured out that this conspiracy is way bigger than $150,000; $14.685 billion bigger! Break it down, crazy man: More » -
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Obama's Naked Commie Mom Shock!
Hey we've reached the insane "Hillary Clinton killed Vince Foster and she's a lesbian" stage of wild far-right delusion. You heard that Barack Obama had an affair and crazy Michelle Obama shipped the mistress to an island somewhere, right? Hey, did you know Obama's real father was a communist? It's true, because some blogs found some photos of a naked lady that they are pretty sure is Ann Dunham, Barack Obama's mother, and they used brilliant CSI-style photo analysis to determine that the photos were taken by Communist "Frank," Obama's mentor. This is all proof that Obama is a secret commie. More »
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By PareeneComment by SinisterRouge: You know what's funny? That they keep trying and trying to make Obama look like a far-left loon. ... 79 Responses | Other threads
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andy martin
Fox's Obama Expert Fears Jews
Andy Martin is the habitual politician and "researcher" who created the original smear of Barack Obama as a secret Muslim in a 2004 press release, begetting a mutating series of email forwards still coursing through the internet. Last week, he was featured in a Fox News special that, in the words of the Times, "allowed Mr. Martin to assert falsely and without challenge that Mr. Obama had once trained to overthrow the government." But, hey, Martin isn't just worried about Obama and Islam, he's also deathly afraid of the Jews! The Times' Jim Ruttenberg dug into Martin's anti-Semitisim in this morning's paper after Martin tried to deny and brush off the issue last week:
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By Ryan TateComment by AlexanderKerensky: SHH! Don't point it out too loudly! We're trying to recreate Weimar here! I'm scared. I, for one, don't know a... 13 Responses | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Mark Zuckerberg's road rage
Having completed his vision quest in India, Zuckerberg is now moving on to the requisite Eurotrip. Shown here guest-lecturing at the Technische Universität-Berlin, he's also expected to speak at an invite-only function in Munich. These trips might not seem peculiar, given Facebook's international expansion. But there is one odd pattern we've noticed. More »
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Comment by gogetemguy: did he wear that North Face fleece in India? come'on Z, get a fashion clue! 3 Responses | Other threads
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hillary clinton
Who's Behind The Hillary Blackmail Gossip?
Page Six thinks it has figured out why Bill Clinton gave such a tepid endorsement of Barack Obama on The View and David Letterman last week. Not that anyone was really scratching their heads, befuddled, as to why the ex-president couldn't get past his wife's bitter loss of the Democratic primary to Obama. But Page Six gets specific: Obama supposedly refused to promise Hillary Clinton a Supreme Court nomination as she demanded, so Bill exacted revenge. Clinton on the high court is not exactly a new idea. And her people deny the new version of the rumor. The timing of the gossip is interesting, though. As the Obama ticket battles it out with Sarah Palin, star of Thursday primetime TV, for former Clinton supporters, painting Hillary as shrill and demanding makes Obama look a bit more sympathetic. And celebrity gossip sheets may be nearly as good a way to reach Hillary Democrats as The View.
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By Ryan TateComment by germane: Since when does either Clinton need a secret motive involving Supreme Court nomination wheelings and dealings to dislike Barack Obama?... 10 Responses | Other threads
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katie couric
Katie Couric Won't 'Guv' Palin Any Respect
On Katie Couric's website, it's always "Sen. Biden" this and "Sen. Biden" that, but the Democratic VP nominee's Republican counterpart gets the catty treatment. She's just plain "Sarah Palin." Conservative slam book American Spectator even found a CBS News editorial aide saying Couric sought approval to not call her "Governor." Because otherwise, you see, Palin might have looked all executive and so forth in her disastrous interviews. Couric is obviously just scared of a more powerful cougar. When will the jealous media elites stop conspiring to make Sarah Palin look bad? Watch Couric finally give Palin the respect she deserves, after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SinisterRouge: COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families struggling with health care, housing, gas... 18 Responses | Other threads
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Legatus
How 'Legatus' Brought Down Wall Street
Some people believe that Nostradamus predicted the Wall Street crash of 1929. But a modern age requires modern prophets. On a Google Finance message board last July, one lone nut predicted a market crash. "The negative news that will move the market downward should occur September 15," he wrote. That would be today. This oracle may be raving, but he did predict the future correctly. "This organization below," he went on, "runs the show..." More »
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Comment by scroll_lock: Jesus gave me a postdated check but assures me it won't bounce. His Dad's co-signer on the account, so I'm... 4 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Sarah Palin Conspiracy Theories: The Ultimate Guide
Even false rumors can be revealing. It wasn't true that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was a secret Muslim, or that his wife hated white people, but the persistence of those claims in email chain letters, online comments and blog posts told you what a chunk of middle America feared, namely scary foreign terrorists in disguise. What to make, then, of the flood of conspiracy theories about Sarah Palin that are flooding the dark corners of the internet? We thought rumors about the Republican vice presidential candidate and her family were going to dry up last week, but since our last comprehensive factsheet they have just kept coming. There's some genuine scandal. But a fake pregnancy? Secret rehab stints? Maybe the Bush and Clinton years left the blue states dreading anyone who seems too country-fried. Or maybe the Palin's really do have this many skeletons in their closet! Trudge through the thickening swamp of Palin mud and decide for yourself, one rumor at a time, after the jump.
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By Ryan TateComment by katastic: RUMOR: Sarah Palin is evil. TRUTH: Sarah Palin is evil and I want to slap her smug anti-choice, wolf-shooting, hateful conservative... 9 Responses | Other threads
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hillary clinton
What Hillary Edited Out
"Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama. And those are the reasons you should too." [Observer]
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By Ryan TateComment by curlyqtips: She would have been a marvelous President. That is all. 20 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Obama-Pepsi Investigation Quenches Desperate News Thirst
Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak at the Democratic Convention in about an hour. It's the first thing any reasonable number of people will care about at the big political show in Denver. When the speech ends, and talking head spin mode begins, everyone should remember the TV people are completely desperate to conjure news at the pointless, made-for-media convention. Here's some evidence, in the form of a CNN segment that seems to be hinting that Pepsi controls the Obama campaign and entire Democratic party, because of its logo.
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By Ryan TateComment by Triborough: @SaraRueful: Ayn Rand is hardly the best source for New York history or naming convention. Fun fact: The postal addresses of... 1 Responses | Other threads
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wendy williams
Wendy Williams Audience Member Thinks A Breastless Kate Hudson Is Trying To Kill Owen Wilson
Nothing good in this world can last forever, and so it is with The Wendy Williams Show, which concluded its six-week test run today before it relaunches nationwide in 2009. When we last checked in on Wendy, she was shocking the audience with unorthodox opinions on matters like Heath Ledger's baby (not a random, drive-by splash-off, you'll be happy to know) and The Curse of Jennifer Aniston. Still, for her final broadcast, Wendy ceded the crazy to audience member Rosie, who proceeded to accuse actress Kate Hudson of attempted murder, twice (as well as the inability to fill out a C-cup). We're speechless, so we'll simply quote from Wendy's signoff: "See you in 2009," she said, "just how you like it: real, raw, and regular." Indeed. [The Wendy Williams Show] -
monsters
Montauk Monster In Secret Mutant Army?
Ken Layne over at Wonkette has done some heroic digging into Plum Island, the Department of Homeland Security-run animal horror lab suspiciously close not only to Montauk, where our friend Monty washed ashore, but to a long string of terrifying outbreaks and hybrid animal attacks. We knew from the start of the Montauk Monster mystery that Plum Island was at the center of various conspiracy theories, but when one looks at the entire awful history in one blog post, one must inevitably conclude that, despite its shifty and inconsistent denials, the federal government is assembling there a fearsome monster army that, if left unchecked, will someday slaughter us while we sleep. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SristiHorae: I've seen that mutant dog before on monster quest. It's just a dead; bloated mutt dog. maybe a... more » | Other threads
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bee shaffer
Wintour Daughter Subtly Mocks J.Lo
Eagle-eyed commenter Raincoaster noticed something funny about the picture we posted last night of Bee Shaffer: The daughter of Vogue editor Anna Wintour was wearing an Oscar De La Renta dress last seen in July on the back of actress Jennifer Lopez. But it was barely on her back. As pointed out with varying degrees of cruelty on lolebrity and D-Listed, one photo showed how famously-voluptuous Lopez didn't quite fit the dress, so it had to be held onto her body with some sort of rope or scrunchy or something. Now Shaffer is prancing back into New York with that same dress elegantly draped over her wispy, fashion-friendly frame. COINCIDENCE? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by curlyqtips: @Carol Gardens: Was it Zorica who cited shoes? This outfit and its unfortunate waist are utterly salvaged by the 'mater... more » | Other threads
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good luck with your hell demons
Montauk Monster Madness Spreads
There's still more information to report on the mysterious decomposed creature that washed ashore on Long Island recently, if not any definitive answers. A slew of clues come from some actual, you know, reporting done by New York magazine, which somehow tracked down our original tipster, who again denied the photo is part of any PR campaign and said it came from "my girlfriend's sister was there with her friends and one of them took the picture." Then they talked to an eyewitness! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by DanteHizat: I still think its simply a large sea turtle without its shell. As far as the feet and tail, simply... more » | Other threads
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marketing
Bonnie Fuller Exposes Obama's Secret "Celebrity" Plan!
Seriously, what's going on with these Bonnie Fuller columns in Ad Age? The deposed Star chief must still be desperate for cash. And Ad Age must be desperate for amusement, because the main thing these columns do is expose the fact that Bonnie Fuller—despite being paid astronomical amounts of money by several media moguls—is not all that bright. At least when it comes to writing about and/ or analyzing things. Her last column blew the big A-Rod-and-Madonna conspiracy wide open; and today, she reveals what's really going on with Barack Obama's "celebrity" strategy. The twisted truth must come out! More »
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Comment by KatyaMoskva: The most baffling paragraph:"He also points out that like Barack's celebrity endorser, Oprah, and other mega-stars like Brad, Angelina, Jen,... more » | Other threads
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conspiracy theories
Bonnie Fuller, Madonna Truther
Now that Bonnie Fuller's been kicked out of American Media, she can finally reveal the dirty secrets of how the Celebrity Tabloid game is really played. It's all an elaborate Watergate-like conspiracy! The celebs are in collusion with the glossies! You know that thing where baseball player Alex Rodriguez was suddenly hanging out with Madonna and divorcing his wife? Remember that? You know how none of it made any sense? Well Fuller—whose career in the tabloid trenches gives her a special understanding of how these sorts of stories work—smells a rat. An aerobics-addicted 49-year-old celebrity rat.
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By PareeneComment by UpstateAudacity: Um...I just checked tickets at MSG. I chose "any price" to prove my point...$354 per seat, plus a $20 convenience... more » | Other threads
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