The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Kathy Griffin + Levi Johnston = ?

While you’re pondering that unappetizing equation, watch this video, which Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters gives an “extreme vulgarity” warning: “She was so famous as Governor, you know, when John McCain picked her after meeting her for ten minutes. And, um, that must have been some b—j–.” Speaking of which, Levi Johnston sucks: Kathy Griffin and […]

Canadians, Kardashians Blamed for Crackdown on Synagogues in Turkey

This could be a sign of big trouble to come: A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s. The Turkish Milliyet newspaper reported that the Muslim government in Turkey appears to be cracking down on non-Muslim minorities. . . . Rabbi Yitzchak Haleva, Chief […]

Analysis Of Lefty Reaction To Sarah On Leno

by Smitty Dan Riehl has Stewart’s analysis. Riehl on Stewart, emphasis mine: Any grand conclusions are silly at this point. But as for the Palin versus Romney match up on TV he looks at, he’s spot on. These types of match ups just don’t work well for Romney. Unfortunately, that’s as much about Romney’s trouble […]

Letterman Successfully Continues To Avoid Success

by Smitty The Recovering Liberal has a good read up about David Letterman still spiraling downward as he eats his ratings out, watching Leno clean up with Sarah Palin on in the first week back. Is there a pattern of commitment to self-destruction afoot? Letterman seems to resemble the POTUS in the negative glide slope […]

Getting Re-Tweeted by Alyssa Milano May Have Gone to Mickey Kaus’s Head

He’s running against Barbara Boxer in the Democratic primary: Pioneering political blogger Mickey Kaus took out papers filed to run for U.S. Senate in California, he told LA Weekly. The Venice resident said he’ll run this year against Barbara Boxer for her seat. He said he took out filed papers at with the Los Angeles […]

Carly Simon Still Teasing Us

A British paper claimed last week to have identified David Geffen as the mystery man mocked by Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” and our blog friend Nicholas accepted this as refutation of the long-popular Warren Beatty theory (my favorite). Now, however, Simon has denied that speculation, calling it a “funny mistake.”  By the way, I’ve never bought […]

European Envoy Seeks Cease-Fire as Peace Talks Fail to End ‘Cleavage Wars’

BRUSSELS — In a desperate bid to end the Cleavage Wars that have devastated the blogging community for the past week, representatives of the European Union dispatched “Matrix Reloaded” star Monica Bellucci as a special peace envoy. “This senseless waste of cleavage cannot be allowed to continue,” said the 45-year-old Italian actress. “In the name […]

Marie Osmond’s Son Commits Suicide

Jumped out of a building at age 18: ET has obtained new details about the investigation into the suicide death of Marie Osmond‘s 18-year-old son Michael Blosil. Blosil jumped to his death from his Los Angeles apartment on Friday night around 9 p.m. The Los Angeles Fire Department tells us they received a 911 call […]

« go back — keep looking »