If Russia Really Did the DNC Hack: Thanks, Russia!
One bizarre strain of analysis about the recent hack of the DNC’s emails is: “Hey, the real story here is that Russia is trying to influence our election, which is bad.” That’s crazy!
What Are the Chances That the Trump Campaign Accidentally Sent That Whitewater Email to Politico On Purpose?
It may look as if Donald Trump’s renegade presidential campaign is run primarily by inexperienced loose cannons who could at any moment help torpedo the candidate’s chances at securing the most unlikely election victory in modern American history, and a new report this afternoon from The Politico seems to confirm that.
Company Re-Ices Nasty Old Cookies With New Anti-Union Message: That Ain't Sweet!
At Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, more than 800 nurses are voting tonight on whether to unionize. The company’s shocking plan to stop them: old cookies.
Stop Hiring Political Operatives as "Journalists"
The big controversy in the political pseudo-journalist world this week: the stunning revelations that ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos made undisclosed contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Allow us to point out that George Stephanopoulos never should have been a news anchor YOU IDIOTS!!!!
French Authorities Bust Up YOGURT CARTEL
As an American who is fortunate enough to have ready access to the finest yogurt from around the world, a sense of revulsion at watery, inferior European yogurt brands is nothing new. But now we know that these inferior yogurt brands are actual criminals.
Here We Go--The Obamas Have Driven Out the Chef--Who's Next--The Dog?
We're constantly being told that "First" "Lady" Michelle Hussein Obama loves health food. Is that right? Oh really? Is that so? Then why is the famous healthy White House chef fleeing at top speed—hmmm??
Is America Terrified of Tzatziki? A Shocking Investigation
YOGURT DIP SCANDAL? Here are the bare facts:
New Orleans Police Systematically Ignored Sex Crime Reports
A sickening new report on the sex crimes unit of the New Orleans police department reveals that reports of sexual assaults and rape were routinely ignored by a group of detectives—including one detective who "did not believe that simple rape should be a crime."
Obama Acting Like a "Rapper" Shames America on the World Stage
In the midterm elections, the United States people sent the message: No, we don't like you, Baracks Hussein Obama. Shockingly, our "Commander in Chief" has now extended an enormous metaphorical middle finger—to the whole wide world!
Time For a Coup? Obama's Liberal "Latte Salute" Raises Questions
Read the name: Barracks. Hussein. Obama. That should have been enough to tell us never to allow this man to be Commander in Chief. But you elected him, America, and here is what you get: a disgusting display of high-handedness (literally!!) to our men and women in uniform.
Read the Emails: Elite L.A. Private Schools Warn of Teacher Sex Scandal
Two weeks ago, XO Jane published an essay by a woman who told of being sexually harassed in high school by a teacher who touched her and flirted with her. Now, the incident has become a full blown scandal at one of L.A.'s most prestigious private day schools.
Stop Taking Ted Cruz Seriously, Chapter 685,491
Ted Cruz is an idiot, and the National Review is an idiot enabler:
I Feel Sorry For Monica Lewinsky
I feel sorry for Monica Lewinsky. I am not sure why it is apparently so difficult for people to simply say that, even now.
Jonah Lehrer has a new blog, and Malcolm Gladwell likes it. According to Gawker's computerized plagiarism analysis, it includes two unoriginal statements: "It's a simple question with a complicated answer," and "At first glance, the answer seems obvious." So Lehrer's moved on to clichés now.
America's most-loved NFL player, Richard Sherman, on the moral panic over ex-Eagles star DeSean Jackson's rumored "gang ties": "Nobody suggested the Colts owner had 'ties' to drug trafficking, even though he was caught driving with controlled substances ... and $29,000 in cash to do who-knows-what with."
Piers Morgan Was Questioned By Police About Phone Hacking
Before he fled to America as a refugee sponsored by CNN, whinging British scold Piers Morgan was the editor of the British tabloid The Daily Mirror. His activities there are finally coming back to haunt him.
Charles Gasparino Has Not Been Keeping Up With the Madoff Story
Fox Business Network financial holler-er and New York Post columnist Charles Gasparino has not been paying very close attention to the Bernie Madoff case. Which does not stop him from writing about it.
"Part of our reporting was sitting with those girls, sitting with their families, seeing their scars on their wrists, hearing the emotion." - Jessica Hopper revisits the underage-sex allegations against R. Kelly that everyone has conveniently forgotten with the journalist who broke the story, Jim DeRogatis
Science Journalism World Explodes With Sexual Harassment Allegations
Scientific American, not normally thought of as a hotbed of media scandal, is currently embroiled in a wave of sexual harassment allegations against a top editor. The science journalism world is in a low-grade uproar.
