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more about #olympics more comments → GZAthegenius: I believe the Vancouver Sun may be the first paper to ever use the term 'epic fail' in a headline. Gen Y declares victory. [www.vancouversun.com] #t... more » TheWerewolf - Sotto voce: While Beck is an idiot, his point in this case, while badly made, has some validity.The Vancouver Olympics are already overbudget and the promise that... more » AddisonAvitus: Hey, the Olympics have been held in the US several times *recently*, and they've never been in Brazil or even South America. I'm sure Chicago wanted ... more » SharonTaint: While I understand that the Olympics bring a lot of revenue to the host city, I can't possibly be the only one who panicked like a motherfucker when N... more » Btwbfdimho: Get over, Chicago. more » Lucia Toledo: The whole poetry and myth of the place, the whole "city of the big shoulders" thing (and, by extension, America), now sadly superceded, less relevant ... more » PandoraSpocks: Did it occur to anyone that the IOC is a bunch of asshole? Still waiting for Barck to say something about the kid who was beaten to death in some Chic... more » Mediahohoho: Win some, lose some. It's perfectly reasonable that the US wasn't chosen on top of Salt Lake City and Atlanta, for fucks sake. It's an international e... more » OpheliaCharon: Actually, the Olympics often bankrupt cities that it's in. Look at Athens or Salt Lake City. What conservatives enjoy is keeping the money that they... more » MadamButterfloozy: Chicago, they did you a favour - I believe Sydney is still paying off the 2000 games. more » bythesidewalk: No grief for me... although somebody told me that it would cause the el to get way fixed up, which would be nice. And I kind of wanted to go watch swi... more » Niko Bellic: I suppose Dennis Miller is here asked to comment as a successful NFL commentator? As for Barack Obama, what's the point of the president showing up t... more » wrongneighborhood: I am disappointed by this video for one reason: it cuts off Wolf Blitzer in the middle of talking about how beautiful Chicago women are. "Let the rec... more » lionel-mandrake: I have it on good authority that Dennis Miller is a premature ejaculator. more » se7a7n7: God, I hate Dennis Miller. He's got the same, (make a horrible remark a joke by chuckling at the end) shtick as Ann Coulter. However Dennis is much,... more » -
#theweepycity
Sad Faces on the Streets of Chicago
It's not every day your city loses the Olympic games. And for the normally stoical people of Chicago, it was a day to let their feelings show. More » -
#seriously
Conservatives Go On TV To Hate Fun, Sports, America
We can understand being gleeful when your political opponent falters, but when that misstep is failing to get America the Olympic games you may want to tone it down a bit. Right? More » -
#sports
Olympic Defeat: Terror Hipsters Win Battle of Chicago!
Olympics denied, Hopey! The International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting, despite the fact that Barack Obama asked them real nice to pick that pleasant city. More » -
#protests
Chicago Hipsters Take to the Streets in Anti-Olympics Mayhem
Meet the new face of terror; if you're an Olympic banner at least. If there's one thing hipsters hate — besides being called hipsters — it is Olympics.
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#clairvoyance
Glenn Beck Is Even Wrong in the Future
Yesterday, in furtherance of his indictment of Barack Obama as an Olympics-mongering gamewhore, Glenn Beck pointed out that the Olympics suck and Vancouver lost $1 billion when it hosted them. Next year. More » -
#trendwatch
Sometimes Things Just Come Together
Absolutely incredible! Drudge Report's injecting its very special, racially-tinted take into the Derrion Albert conversation. And taking on the big Obama-backed Olympic's in Chicago plan, which has the right all riled up. This is news fusion at its greatest. -
#picoftheday
The Empire Strikes Barack
[Our Nerd President brandishes a lightsaber after a fencing demonstration on the White House lawn today during a photo op to promote Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. (Bonus, green-screen-challenge-ready shot after the jump.) Image via Getty] More » -
#failures
Most-Watched Super Bowl Ever Is a Disaster for NBC Universal
Jeff Zucker's division made about half as much money last quarter as it did the year before. So to judge by the upward-failure arc of his career, he'll be running GE in about three weeks. More » -
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#clips
Letterman Intrigued by Isla Fisher's Crotch Shot
Isla Fisher was on The Late Show With David Letterman last night and Dave questioned her about a paparazzi photo taken of her mid-cartwheel in a bathing suit. [Jezebel] -
#crime
Michael Phelps Suspended by USA Swimming, Loses Allowance
Michael Phelps continues to face the grave consequences of smoking a bong. He's suspended for three months by swimming's national governing body,which means no financial support. Ouch, we guess? More » -
#endorsements
Michael Phelps Bong Pic to Sink Kellogg Deal
Kellogg, in the most boneheaded move in the entire history of all celebrity endorsements ever, is dumping Michael Phelps over his pot photo. Has any brand ever been more out of touch with its customers? More » -
#advertising
Michael Phelps Sponsors Are Chill About the Weed
So far, so good: Speedo and watchmaker Omega said they're keeping endorsement deals with Michael Phelps, despite pictures of the champion swimmer smoking pot. But he must pretend to quit weed forever. More » -
#imagefile
The Agony of Michael Phelps
Preternaturally lanky Olympic swimming medalist Michael Phelps hit his knee on a table at a press conference in Saudi Arabia. Ow! But what was he doing there? More » -
#journalismism
Stoned Phelps Trashed Hotel Room, Says Not-So-Blind Post Item
It was supposed to be a blind item, but the accompanying picture of Anderson Cooper helps answer the Post's question about a reefer-mad "Olympic champion." More » -
#stephencolbert
Michael Phelps Confirms He's Getting Fat
On the Colbert Report tonight, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps confirmed the NIGHTMARE scenario Anderson Cooper only hinted at: He's letting his body go, and soon will be the trashiest Greatest Athlete Ever... ever. More »
