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past, over
Rove Testifies to Congress About Ancient History of Long-Forgotten Misdeeds
"Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was deposed Tuesday by attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee" in connection with his role in the US Attorney firings and politicized prosecutions by the Bush Justice Department. Hooray! More »
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By PareeneComment by markscottmusic: Rove is a fat POS who should, but unfortunately won't, spend the rest of his life in prison (ideally joined... 3 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Daily Show's Most Outrageous Torture Clips
Supporters of George W. Bush's torture policies flacked so hard in recent days, it was impressive to see the Daily Show sifting through the avalanche of spin and plucking the most demented examples. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I don't want to restart the controversy on this thread but when I heard about walling, it made me think... 13 Responses | Other threads
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movies
John McTiernan's New Movie: The Karl Rove Affair
Did you know that the prosecution of criminal Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was an attempt by Karl Rove to derail Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign? It's true, if you're crazy! More » -
pardons
McCain Demands Justice For Long-Dead Boxer
John McCain demands a pardon for Jack Johnson—heavyweight champion of the world!—who was convicted of sleeping with a white woman, 96 years ago. Good on John! More »
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where are they now
From J-School Self-Promoter to Flack for Karl Rove
Who says there aren't jobs out there for J-school graduates? Thanks to a tipster, we learned today that Columbia J-school alum and fame-seeker Sheena Tahilramani now works (worked?) for evil Republican vizier Karl Rove. More »
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politics
Axelrod Zings Rove, For Old Time's Sake
After the friendly transfer of power from the worst president ever to our Hope King, Bush folk fell back into the old habits, telling reporters that Obama hates America and will cause all the terrorism. More »
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By PareeneComment by Mediahohoho: You have to wonder if their estimation of the American public's intelligence has gotten so low that they think people... 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Twitterati on Parade
Did you hear Twitter is now bigger than Digg? That's because you can't vote on Obamanaugural headlines by text message. More OMG Barack!!!!!!1!1!! tweets from the media elite: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by ian spiegelman: Ug. So sick of these people. Shut up, Kurt--this is the only site that cares about you, and mostly as... 6 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Karl Rove Is on Twitter, and We're Not Surprised
The left's Great Satan, former Dubya advisor Karl Rove, uses Twitter, the microblogging service. Smell the outrage, 140 characters at a time! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by ADismalScience: It's the latest tactic in a long-term strategy of proving that he wasn't such a bad guy - he just... 5 Responses | Other threads
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NSWF
Karl Rove Enjoys "Snatch and Grab" Video at Annual "NSWF Dinner"
Karl Rove wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. The best present he got this year was a photo of some "bearded and scruffy" Navy Seals. More »
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By PareeneComment by tammyfey: That this bulging sack of dogshit has a column is yet another reason never to read the WSJ. 6 Responses | Other threads
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mysteries
Death of Rove's IT Genius Births New Conspiracy Theory
A Christmas gift for lovers of political intrigue: Was the death in a plane crash of Mitch Connell, Karl Rove's technology guru, really an accident? And why aren't all the Rove-hating newspapers writing about it?
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By Owen ThomasComment by seekingwhat: If your gonna testify about election fraud don't get in a plane. I don't care how experienced a pilot you... 3 Responses | Other threads
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fun
Rove & Friends Laugh Off Shoe-Bomb
Oh, the fun they have on Fox & Friends. Karl Rove is brandishing a shoe and screaming "DOOCY!" and then he makes a joke about when Bush met Putin, and everyone is just having a ball. More »
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By PareeneComment by Minsley Tortimer: The first shoe was just a decoy. The real thing is under construction as we speak. (I hope that doesn't... 14 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Fox Newser Illustrates How Not To Get Laid In A Bar
"Dude, I just talked to Karl Rove on my fucking phone. You think I’m fucking with you? Mike Huckabee called me, like, three hours ago." [Observer]
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By Ryan TateComment by llamalash★: Speaking of Mike Huckabee, did anyone see Jon Stewart's debate with him last night re: gay marriage? "People choose to... 1 Responses | Other threads
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every karl wants to rule the world
Karl Rove Credits Himself With Obama Victory
It's already been suggested by some that Karl Rove handed the Democratic Party its playbook for this month's election win. Since Rove needs all the good press he can get, he's grabbing the "I Got the First Black President Elected" meme with both hands and holding on until his next lucrative consulting gig. In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, Rove takes a break from crafting a Palin-Bush hybrid for contention in 2012 to make himself look good:
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Comment by Peoplefamiliarwith: Individuals are not responsible for Sen. Obama's victory, groups are. Namely, unmarried women, African-Americans, and hipsters. Those groups are the... 8 Responses | Other threads
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the eternal campaign
How Karl Rove Gave the Democratic Party An Extreme Makeover
Somewhere when John Kerry was in the middle of a run-on sentence, psychologist Drew Westen wrote Message Handbook for Progressives From Left to Center, a how-to guide to change liberal rhetoric to make in sound appealing to people in the center of the country. With Republicans perched on wedge issues like gay marriage and abortion more than ever, the book redefines how to con people into having dinner with Bill Ayers. Westen's strategies might be making a difference in close races across the country. More »
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Comment by LongIslandSettee: Karl Rove's 'taint'? No, dude .... NOOOO!! I just ATE! Awww. 9 Responses | Other threads
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publishing
How Obama's Literary Agent Controls the World
Although Barack Obama can count on one hand the number of houses he and his wife own, the candidate's first real financial security was derived from his success in the publishing world with his memoir Dreams from My Father. The powerful agent who helped turn Obama into a literary franchise is lawyer Bob Barnett, who gets profiled in today's Financial Times. The mysterious Barnett also boasts the Clintons, the Cheneys, and most of Bush's cabinet as loyal clients. How exactly did he become the guy behind the guy? More »
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projection
McCain: Obama is "Touchy" and "Angry"
The cornerstone of so-called Rovian politics is "attack your opponent on his strengths." At its most basic, perfect level, it means attack war hero John Kerry for being a spineless anti-American coward. McCain tried it early this season: Obama is popular and energizing, just like a dumb blonde celebrity. Everyone cooed and said "oh good one Mr. McCain." But that line wasn't enough to get McCain through the end of the summer, let alone the fall. So now, yes, Steve Schmidt and John McCain have developed and employed a brilliant new twist on Karl Rove's old dictum: attack your opponent on your own weaknesses! More »
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By PareeneComment by rosaluxembourgeoise: The next step, vice-projection: "Joe Biden is an aggressively incurious, barely literate testament to the foul state of American politics; furthermore,... 9 Responses | Other threads
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fox news
Sarah Palin Not Dumb, Just 'Insecure'
This is our LAST DITCH ATTEMPT to stir anticipation for the VP debate set to air in about 18.3 minutes. It's Bill O'Reilly talking to Karl Rove about precisely how dumb Sarah Palin is or is not. O'Reilly assures everyone the vice presidential nominee reads the work of professional John McCain nemeses over at the Times. And Rove postulates that the reason she didn't bring up Plessy v. Ferguson when Katie Couric asked her about Supreme Court decisions is that she just got flustered and froze. Oh yes, that is totally why the landmark decision legalizing abortion was the first and only decision that came to her beautiful mind. How random a brain fart was that? Especially since Palin has shown so much concern for the stubborn legacy of slavery, like that time she mocked Obama for being a community organizer. More »
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By MoeComment by arguablythemostfamous: Please, like any of us could name a prominent news publication without ANY chance to prepare. Sooooo much pressure. also I'm... 4 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin emails
Gawker Should Be Imprisoned Forever, Says Everyone Except Lawyers
By email, by telephone and by cable television comes a consistent message for Gawker: We should all be woken in the middle of the night, hauled off to jail, and locked away maybe forever for publishing some of Sarah Palin's emails, including her daughter Bristol's phone number and husband's previously-known email address. Some people would also like us shot, because God only knows the terrible things that can be done to someone with email addresses and phone numbers. Bizarrely, the only person who disagreed with our legal culpability was a Scientologist, because despite the many negative things we've written about that "church" the law is apparently clear: "Gawker's fine," Fox News's Greta Van Susteren said. Click the video icon to watch the TV coverage; some emails and a voice mail we "liberal Jews" received is after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by lawyergay: For those of you expressing some distaste for what Gawker did by publishing Sarah Palin's emails, etc., we're talking about... 19 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Karl Rove's Jedi mind tricks don't fool Dave Winer
"I totally don't trust Rove when he says that McCain has gone too far," writes Berkeley blogger Dave Winer, of Dubya's former campaign mastermind. "I wouldn't take the bait and pass this on as the Obama folk are doing. There's got to be a virus in there somewhere. Some devious trap that springs later in this process." Aw shoot, now if that doesn't happen, I'll be disappointed.
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By Paul BoutinComment by Valleygrrl: I found it interesting that Karl Rove was endorsing Hillary Clinton in the wall street Journal during the primaries. Wonder... 1 Responses | Other threads
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seth macfarlane
Seth MacFarlane's Reign Of Offensiveness Now Includes AIDS Jokes About Karl Rove
Kudos today to James Hibberd, the Hollywood Reporter TV blogger who is perhaps the only reason we have any clue (or rather, care to have any clue) about the horrors unfolding presently at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Apparently the Florence Henderson/Ed Asner days are over, with the one-two punch of confirmed buddies Karl Rove and Seth MacFarlane taking over Monday as the off-color star tandem to beat. More » -
associated press
AP To Karl Rove: "Keep Up The Fight"
The Associated Press' Washington bueau chief, Ron Fournier, has been pissing various people off with his "accountability journalism" since he was installed in May. His bitter former boss at AP trashed his credentials to Politico, and influential website Talking Points Memo wondered if he wasn't responsible for the AP's "atrocious campaign coverage this year." Fournier has said his new approach, which involves taking more pointed stands within news articles, is driven by an in-depth examination of the facts, while critics say it is simply biased, advocacy journalism dressed up in new clothes. Fournier has had the backing of top AP brass in New York, but that may soon change, given the following recap of a 2004 email from Fournier to then-White House senior advisor Karl Rove, published this evening on TPM: More » -
punditry
'Times' Shocked That Rove Succeeds on TV Despite Hideous Appearance
Another story about how Karl Rove is a surprisingly adept television pundit. Wow! Everyone is shocked that Rove doesn't spit blood and cackle maniacally and speak in tongues when asked to opine in Hillary Clinton's political future! At least this one mentions conflicts of interest and how some nutcases view the increasingly fuzzy divide between 'journalism' and 'paid political consulting' as worrisome (or at least they did a decade ago when the Clintonites first made the leap). Still, there's this: "As an on-camera presence, Mr. Rove is not necessarily a natural. Neither his doughy chin nor his ashen complexion would be confused with those of, say, Brian Williams of NBC News." We can't all be as pretty as BriWi. [NYT]
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By PareeneComment by Mediahohoho: @moff: Dante's Ninth Circle reveals evil to be a slobbering beast. Which is pretty much how I view people who... more » | Other threads
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politics
Karl Rove Portends a Roger Clemens Pardon
GQ interviews beloved and chatty former Bush adviser Karl Rove. Q: "Wait, quickly: Do you believe Roger Clemens?" A: "Um, yes, I do." Ok! Rove also repeatedly asks to go off the record whenever he wants to deliver a POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL opinion, because he, as a true friend of The Free Press, loves nothing more than disseminating his manipulative bullshit via anonymous quotes and suggestions in millions of news stories. On the record, he's just a bit of a testy dork. Off the record he'll tell you what an anonymous Republican operative really thinks of Barack Obama! [GQ]
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By PareeneComment by Mediahohoho: @FitnessMadeSimple: Big shock. Having no shame is this douchebag's trademark. more » | Other threads
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Tase Them!
Rove Supporters Create Awesome New Chant
Are dirty hippies and anti-war wusses breaking up your awesome conservative circle-jerk? Well now you have something funny to scream at them! Former George W. Bush bag man and current Fox News talker Karl Rove was giving a speech at George Washington University Friday when some students held up a sign reading "WAR CRIMINAL" and started trying to shout down the pudgy master of evil. Ho-hum. But as they were being escorted out by security, some Right Wing funsters got up a chant of "Tase 'Em! Tase 'Em!" You know, coz that one guy said, "Don't tase me, bro"? Video after the jump. More » -
rants
Apple Fetishists: Grow Up
Karl Rove loves his iPhone. He uses it all the time! (The entire Bush administration has good reason to love the little gizmo.) The roly-poly Machiavelli also recently admitted to owning a damn MacBook Air, the laptop whose sole selling point is its ability to fit in an envelope. Drug-addled radio tyrant Rush Limbaugh had to ask Apple to help fix his own new Mac. Your favorite propagandists love the sleek design and friendly usability of Apple products. Crypto-fascists—they're just like us! Which brings us to this plea: can we please, please end the tiresome trope of Apple having any sort of hip sensibility?
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Republicans's lives too active to be addicted to the Internet, says noted iPhone user
Why is the Internet a hotbed of left wing "obscenity-clogged rants of anger and hatred," as Karl Rove describes it? Because conservatives are too busy leading active lives off the Internet — taking dance classes, for example — to contribute more on it, the nonstop iPhone carrier told NewsBusters.I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things and the idea of spending a lot of time on the Internet and taking their talents and displaying them there is not something they really do. But I'd like to see more of it, very creative conservatives using the Internet for those purposes.
Like Soren Dayton?
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Comment by Kravis: @matto: Nonsense. The last time a "your mom" post legitimately won, Netscape ruled the internet. All jokes aside, those maternal visions... more » | Other threads
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the evil that men do
Everyone Loves Karl!
Roly-poly Republican strategist Karl Rove has a bit of a bad reputation, what with his mastery of quasi-legal dirty tricks, spearheading of underhanded whisper campaigns, and cut-throat dedication to enabling the most damaging presidential administration in living memory. So everyone basically thinks of him as a figure of cartoonish evil, like Dick Cheney. But now that he's on Fox News as a commentator, the liberals who run the rest of the media are shocked to find that they actually like Karl Rove! More » -
working 'with' the press
Media: Stay Away From Karl Rove's Prep School Speech
The press has been barred from covering Karl Rove's speech today at Choate, the chichi Connecticut prep school. Sort of like Rove was barred a few weeks ago from delivering the school's spring graduation address. "This is a special program, a school event, and we typically don't invite the media to a school event," a spokeswoman said. "It's our standard way of doing things." Well then!
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By MaggieComment by trojanhorse: Choate's never been top drawer. This just proves it. more » | Other threads
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karl rove
Fox's Dumb New Hire
So—Karl Rove is going to be a Fox News contributer! What an exciting and unexpected move. We hope it goes well for them! It probably won't, though. Because Karl Rove, that Machiavellian Boy Genius, is terrible on-air and also not even particularly adept at analyzing politics. He's a great smear campaigner, sure! But he's not even Lee Atwater's equal in that dubious regard. The man micromanaged one of the least popular presidencies of the last hundred years, parlayed untold goodwill and love into worldwide scorn, and also lost two of Bush's most important elections. Namely the 2006 midterms and, oh right, Bush's initial election itself. The only people who still think Karl Rove is some sort of brilliant political mind are semi-literate Kos commenters. And Roger Ailes, apparently. Even Keith Olbermann thinks Karl is only the third worst person in the world! See for yourself, after the jump. More »
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By PareeneComment by LilyBonesBurana: WOW, I haven't been this excited by a career shift since I heard Al Haig was gonna start doing pornos! more » | Other threads
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jobs
In Totally Unstunning Development, Karl Rove Joins Fox News
Oh, well, why the hell not. Karl Rove is the newest contributor at Fox News, according to Drudge, who says the former Bush advisor will be "likely used throughout Super Tuesday coverage." We can't wait for his dispassionate and not at all demonic insights.
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By MaggieComment by Michael Jahn: AP bulletin, 1927: "Goebbels to Appear at Nuremburg Rally." more » | Other threads
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rebellions
Prep Schoolers Kick Karl Rove's GOP Tail
If only MoveOn.org knew that all it took to push Karl Rove around was a bunch of pissed-off tony prep-schoolers. After student protests (and a Drudge link) the Bush advisor has backed out of his commitment as this year's graduation speaker at Connecticut boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall. You know, where Ivanka went? Aww, whassamatter, Karl? Can't take a little high-class heckling? [AP]
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By MaggieComment by Curse_of_NursePornstein: That's ok...'cause he's going to Penn instead. Guess they really do take everyone! more » | Other threads
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Rove Taps Pubs For Fast Book Cash
Simon and Schuster—publishers of Hillary Clinton and of the notable "God Wants You to Be Rich"!—have got the Karl Rove book. [NYO] -
catch me a catch
'Newsweek' Hires Karl 'Turdblossom' Rove
Pudgy angel-faced devil and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove left the White House under a cloud of reeking suspicion and ignominy. Amazingly, it took Newsweek only three months to scoop him up. Well done! Rove will have a column in which he muses on the 2008 Presidential elections. [Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham also retained the Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas as a counterpoint to Rove.] To be fair, the man known as "turdblossom" has been remarkably open with the media in the past. After all, he even told Robert Novak all he knew of ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame! More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by Ummwhat: How do you get over being referred to as Bush's Brain? That's like being called Cheney's Heart. Gee, thanks? more » | Other threads
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alessandra stanley watch
Tomorrow's corrections today: "Mr. Rove, who is leaving the White House at the end of the month, didn't cut an especially heroic or villainous figure. The strategist who looms in the public imagination as a political mastermind and West Wing Svengali used a rare appearance on camera to deliver an exiting White House aide's most time-honored Washington message: mistakes were not made, and it's not my fault. He even denied responsibility for his hip-hop performance as a rapping 'M.C. Rove' at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in March." Rove was right to deny responsibility: The performance in question occurred at the Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner. [NYT] -
rodent exits capsizing vessel
Karl Rove To Be Evil Out Of The White House
It's a sad day for those of us who like having cynicism and malevolence embodied in one doughy package. After nearly seven years in the White House, President Bush's political adviser Karl Rove is to resign, effective at the end of the month.
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politics
Karl Rove uses an iPhone
Ah, gadget love transcends party lines. Presidential advisor Karl Rove, shown here consulting with White House colleague Josh Bolton in Minneapolis, is, it seems, an iPhone user — despite the fact that Al Gore sits on Apple's board. (Photo by Chris Usher for Time)
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By Owen ThomasComment by Trackback: Who else uses an iPhone? Karl Rove. Time to short AAPL. more » | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Anna Nicole Smith's Literary Legacy
- Says the writer whose once-shelved Anna Nicole bio is getting a new lease on life thanks to that lady's death: "I feel morally compelled to put her words out there." [R&M] More »
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By Emily GouldComment by SparrowKing: I keep hearing the headline "MY YORKIES WILL WALK SPIDEY'S RED CARPET" in alternating "My precioussss"/golem and "My reich will... more » | Other threads
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gossip
Gossip Roundup: Sopranos Hits Close To Home
- Observer goss boy Spencer Morgan's dad got kneed in the balls on the Sopranos last night. Also, Spencer is Harry Morgan's grandson. Now you know. (All about the eyebrows.) [Observer] More »
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By Emily GouldComment by palpitations: "Danish vixen"? Is anyone surprised that both Rock & Tommy Lee are into cream cheese filled women, best eaten alone... more » | Other threads
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media bubble
Media Bubble: People Do Read Newspapers, They Just Don't Buy Them
• Hey, maybe newspaper readership isn't actually declining, if you count all those people who read papers on the web. Which would seem to make sense. [E&P] More »
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