The Politics of Sitting Down To Pee
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Coven of Senators Signs Secret Pact Suggesting Hillary Should Run
A terrifying conspiracy consisting of, uh, the 16 female Democratic senators signed a secret letter of support for Hillary Clinton earlier this year, urging her to run for president. But evidently one senator forgot to keep it under wraps, ABC News reports.
Egyptians Are Buying Pizza for Wisconsin Protestors
Looking for a way to show your support for both pizza and the cause of Wisconsin unions, currently engaged in protests against the state's Republican Governor Scott Walker and his anti-union budget bill? Try calling Ian's, a "campus staple" pizza joint in Madison, which has given away thousands of slices of "donated"…
Unions Join Fight Against Scientology
Pictured: a Labor Dispute banner outside the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood. Anyone know what the problem is?
Barack Obama Orders the Shaving of Stephen Colbert's Head
Stephen Colbert kicked off his week of U.S.O. broadcasts last night by attending boot camp to show solidarity with the troops stationed in Iraq, but that apparently wasn't quite enough, as Barack Obama ordered that his head be shaved.
Union Leaders Fly to DC Instead of Taking Crappy Union-Made Cars
The CEOs of Detroit's Big 3 got in a spot of trouble for taking their private jets to DC to beg for bailout money. So now, this time, they're carpooling! What a stupid publicity stunt to overcompensate for their stupid PR gaffe. The union leaders are flying commercial, because they care not what you think of them.…
FreshDirect's Patriotic Union-Busting Xmas Massacre
FreshDirect "suspended" a couple dozen employees and fired "at least one of them" this week. Nearly all of them were Hispanic immigrants, and the grocery delivery company claims they didn't provide accurate proof of their legality. Coincidentally, there's a FreshDirect warehouse employee union vote scheduled for…
Should striking WGA members really be writing on the internet over at HuffPo—in other words providing free content for new media? We say no, mostly because the majority of the striking writers blogging over there are so God-awful boring compared to the drama on the streets of Hollywood. [HuffPo]
George Clooney Stands By Fellow Fake Doctors
A boatload of staffers (27 of 'em!) have been suspended at the Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey, where George Clooney and his galpal were taken after ending up on the crap side of some illegal road maneuvers. Apparently the staffers' inner gossip queens couldn't resist taking a peek into Clooney's medical…
'Politico' Shock: Is Gossipy, Is On Internets!
Salon's lefty gadfly Glenn Greenwald has gotten all riled up about newish politics site Politico. They publish political gossip, and—horror of horrors!—Politico is somehow just as mean and gossipy and wrong-headed as Matt Drudge, and that is a very, very, very bad thing, and must be stopped. Oh, and also, Drudge and…
