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more about #russia more comments → lobstr: When people talk about 9/11 you never hear "twenty o'one" but "two thousand one".. but alas, Charles Osgood, the olde who hosts CBS Sunday Morning, a... more » procrastinator, esq.: It's the Style section of the Washington Post, dumbasses. Styles is the NYT. #media more » ms_priestypants: Oh, magic religious commodification. You make my vocation so easy. #media more » Crustaceans Rarely Get Past Me: Sally Quinn's son's name is Quinn? Quinn Quinn? Did the labyrinth tell you to do this, Sally? #media more » iplaudius: Can someone please explain “‘Twenty ten’ means you’re gay” and “remember to say ‘no homo’ afterwards&r... more » NotChoinski: This is like Speed 2 but with a bus! #runawaybus more » goetz: A baby carriage full of aluminum cans wasn't so lucky. #runawaybus more » scroll_lock: I'd wager he threw away his be-shat suit pants. #runawaybus more » omgwtflolbbqbye: Good thing he was rushin'! #runawaybus more » Conchie Birdie: So... why the hell was this bus out of control? Looks like the 1bx, but the bf says he doesn't recall slamming into steps. #runawaybus more » Btwbfdimho: Too much texting, vodking and driving. #runawaybus more » BowlingForDollars: Saved by a gay angel. #runawaybus more » phlox✔: In Soviet Russia, bus run for you. Wait, that's not quite right... #runawaybus more » Glib and Bitchy: Sadly, this comes too late for: Romanov Scandal: Headless Woman with Topless Tsar Or President for Life? Yer Darn Putin! more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I'll just wait for the Brighton Beach campus to open. more » -
#mediacrack
Now Everybody Talk about Terrible Washington Post Stories
In your alluring Tuesday media column: An emerging catalogue of WaPo Styles fuckery, Russia has this whole "journalism" thing nailed, nothing about The Onion is funny except the actual words, and "Twenty ten" means you're gay. More » -
#cheatingdeath
Man Narrowly Escapes Runaway Russian Bus
A man comes within inches of getting smashed by a runaway bus. The bus left 19 cars wrecked in its path of destruction along the streets of Perm, Russia. Check out the incredible video. More » -
#mediacrack
The Times' Standards Editor Will Poop No More
In your friendly Friday media column: the NYT's standards editor retires, a Russian journokabob scandal, Time Warner really loves this "magazine" business, and the magazine industry has big plans, sure. More » -
#journalismism
Commie Reds Write Shoddy Heds. Body Bags and Hotties' Beds!
It was inevitable that someone smarter than us would go ahead and open up a journalism school that teaches kids how to write for tabloids. But the Russians? We're ashamed of ourselves. More » -
#espionage
ABC Presents Probably Fake Russian "Sex Tape" Of American Diplomat
So much honey trap news this week! A Russian "news website" with no known reporters that most believe is a front for the modern KGB (basically Russia's Politico) posted a curious "sex tape" involving a US diplomat. More » -
#reportersinperil
Russia's Supreme Court ordered further investigation into the death of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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#financialcrisis
Insatiable and Expanding Banks Usher In Oligarchy
It turns out the banks our government helped save are now bigger, stronger and more greedy than ever. And that means we're all doomed to live under an oligarchy. Russia, here we come! More » -
#foreignaffairs
Is Twitter Under Attack from Russia?
Twitter continues to be flaky today. Par for the course on the overcrowded microblogging service, right? But Twitter claims it is the victim of elaborate hack attacks that "appear to have been geopolitical in motivation." That's actually true! More » -
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#worldleaders
Putin Shirtless Again
57-year-old Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin once again released to the public 20 pictues of him being super-manly, riding horses shirtless and walking along a river on a camping trip. More » -
#foreignaffairs
Berlusconi Sleeping (With Hookers) In Putin's Bed
Yes, there are audio recordings of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with prostitutes, and yes he asks one to participate in a three-way, but the most amusing fact here is that Berlusconi named one of his beds after Vladimir Putin: More » -
#investigations
The Only Thing Missing is a Reference to Gypsy Tears
Barack Obama held a news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today and if you caught any of it on the news, you may have noticed that Medvedev's translator sounded suspiciously like Borat, so we put together an audio comparison. More » -
#mediacrack
Fox Biz Reporter Did Read a Book About 'Stocks' Once
In your censorious Tuesday media column: A Russian journalist dies after an attack, Fox Business Network hires only the best financial experts, dumb high school censorship, and newspapers all dying as usual. More » -
#science
Russians Even Drunker Than Suspected
Good lord: more than half of all deaths of Russians aged 15-54 can be attributed to "excessive alcohol consumption." More » -
#hardcore
This Makes Shepard Fairey Look Like Shepard Fairy, LOLOLOL
A street artist in Russia was arrested by the secret service, interrogated, and beaten after he made this piece showing Vladimir Putin as a woman. In Russia, politicians, cops, and vandals are all equally insane criminal badasses. [via Daily Mail] -
#picoftheday
An Arms Control Agreement Requires A Cessation of NATO Exercises in Georgia, but the Smiles are Free
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov answer reporters' questions during a news conference at the State Department May 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) -
#breaking
Keith Gessen Said Taken by Russian Special Forces (UPDATED)
Writer Keith Gessen was reportedly detained (and released -Update) by a 15-person Russian special forces unit after investigating election tampering in Sochi, a Black Sea resort city hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. More » -
#photography
Is the Dork on the Left Vladimir Putin?
Ha, Barack Obama's official photographer thinks he snapped this shot of a young Vladimir Putin standing there dressed like a big old nerd, ready to meet Ronald Reagan, 21 years ago in Moscow. Conspiracy? More » -
#advertising
Russians Maybe Racist Against Obama, Or Just Weird
"The Flavor of the Week! Black in White! Chocolate in Vanilla." This Russian ice cream ad starring a cartoon Obama is...what? Racist? Delicious? Sickening? Creamy? Russians are drunks! Putin's a whore! Unhand me! Click through: More » -
#diplomacy
Hillary Clinton Gives Russia The Button
Hillary Clinton presented Russia with an "easy button" to celebrate our awesome new relationship but then everything went terribly wrong. More »
