Ryan Seacrest will be a part of NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage in an increasingly desperate bid to convince them he’s substantial enough to replace Matt Lauer on The Today Show in a couple years. Seacrest plans to show his newfound maturity by grilling olympic swimmers on who designed the Speedo they’re wearing and asking all…
Category: Thursday
To Celebrate “Obama Day,” Check Out Alabama Liberal’s New T-Shirts
When I say “Obama Day” in that headline, I don’t mean his birthday or inauguration day—-although those are certainly great too—-but today, April the 4th, which on the calendar is 4.4, same as his Presidential number: 44. So come on and help celebrate the 44th president (as well as contribute to his re-election fund) by…
Larger Editorial: With a Record 500 Million Dollar Jackpot, What Would YOU Do if You Won?
As pretty much everyone knows, this Friday’s Mega Millions drawing is at a record amount of 500 million dollars, or a “half a billion” if you want it to sound even more impressive. That’s not merely a lottery winning pot to make people salivate. No, that’s Tom Cruise money right there, and enough to buy,…
Petty Issues: Trayvon Martin, Newt Gingrich, Mad Men, Mega Millions, and Peyton Manning
Mega Millions is now up to a record jackpot of 400 million (if a single person wins Friday, it’ll be the highest single jackpot in lottery history). The safest bet for the numbers is still 12-14-36-44-52 and 28, but don’t take my word for it, play it…and if those aren’t the right numbers, give me…
Larger Editorial: Super-PAC Money is Wrong, but Obama is Right to Take It
A quick refresher just for anyone who doesn’t spend all that much time thinking about Super-PACs or the Supreme Court: A few years ago, the five supreme court justices who are conservative (i.e. Republican, and generally do things that favor the Republican Party like stopping the recount of votes in Florida when Gore was within…
Larger Editorials: Why Independents Don’t Matter, and Being a Moderate is Overrated
“Romney is the strongest to face Obama in the Fall, because he appeals the most to moderate voters.” This is a line of thinking so often repeated, that it’s just assumed as a given to be correct. I mean, surely the candidate who is most moderate would obviously appeal to independent voters, since, he’s in…
Larger Editorial: So Long to Dennis Kucinich, the “Liberal Ron Paul”
Tuesday brought one of the craziest races I have ever seen, and it was even more notable that not a soul in the television media talked about it. No, I’m not talking about how Mitt very narrowly beat Santorum the same way Bush squeaked past Kerry in 2004. I’m talking about the REAL race that…
Petty Issues: Paula Deen Sued, Breitbart Dead, and Limbaugh Under Fire as Conservatives have Bad Week
Earlier this week brought the news that Paula Deen isn’t quite as nice as she lets on. [Anthony Bourdain tried to warn us!] In a lawsuit, it alleges that her brother Bubba—-yep, his name really is Bubba—-sexually harassed waitresses at one of their restaurants, and Paula made several racist comments. Harassment, making women uncomfortable, racism,…
Surveillance Drones Are Coming to America, Are WE the Country Americans Should be Afraid of?
The world had a pretty good week. Romney reclaimed his mantle as Republican party frontrunner which means we probably won’t have to endure Rick Santorum’s War with Every Muslim in the World (or War on Homosexuality). Despite all of Iran’s boasting, it’s still very unlikely they’ll be a nuclear-capable country anytime soon. And, best of…
Petty Issues: Snooki’s Pregnant, Andrew Breibart’s Dead, and North Korea Did Something Sane
Today brought the news that 43 year old conservative blogger and crazy person Andrew Breibart died of “natural causes,” otherwise known as a cocaine overdose. Breibart is perhaps best known for his legendary journalism of Anthony Weiner’s dick pics. [Finally, I can send a picture of my dick to Nancy Pelosi without the scrutiny!] Snooki…
I’m Not Interested In Santorum’s Selective Christianity, and Why He’s a Theo-crite
It’s hard to remember a front-runner of a major political party’s presidential nomination who not only played the religious card, but essentially had no other cards in his deck. Rick Santorum doesn’t just want you to know he’s a Christian, that’s seemingly all he wants you to know. Not only that, but he is fanatically…
Larger Editorial: For All His Bluster, Chris Christie Is Really Just Another Cowardly Politician
So for the past three years—-doesn’t it feel like Christie’s been on the scene a lot longer than that?—-we’ve all fallen for the “story” of current New Jersey Governor and lifetime fat fuck Chris Christie. How he’s basically Tony Soprano without a gun (that we know of). How he’s brash, bold, tough, and, say it…
Larger Editorial: Why Whitney Houston’s Death Isn’t a Story I Can “Get Into”
As perhaps even polar bears in Alaska know, one of the most emulated singers in contemporary pop music, Whitney Houston died this past week. Ever since has been a formidable flash flood of press coverage. Twitter has blown up, Facebook has exploded, CNN won’t shut up about it, and one day I checked Yahoo and…