Philadelphia News Examiner

Ed Rendell's only mistake was assuming common sense is a common thing

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:35:05 -0700

(AP Photo) Gov. Ed Rendell, during a predictably Dumb exchange in which an MSNBC anchor hypothesized that the Pittsburgh health club shooting would have been prevented if everyone in the joint had been packing: "That's ludicrous. I mean, who w...

A sneak peek at the Washington Post, 20 months (or minutes) from now

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:46:24 -0700

Remember that terrible thing the Post did last week? Trenchant as hell, man.

[YouTube via Wonkette]

Dear God I hope Ryan Howard and J-Roll are this cool in real life

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:33:51 -0700

Ryan Howard, you are the Player I Most Want To Hug. Squeeeeeeeee!

[Funny or Die]

Caption contest!

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:11:34 -0700

(AP Photo/KRT TV via APTN)

[NYT]

Journalism is dead

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:14:42 -0700

Haha it's funny to call Hillary Clinton a "mad bitch" oh wait WHAT????

[Wonkette]

Are the editors napping at the New York Times?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:13:24 -0700

As someone who is incapable of sleeping during the day I am a teensy bit obsessed with napping and its supposed health benefits. Which is how I came to read an article in today's New York Times, "A Look at Who Naps," and the greatest edito...

A gorgeous sleepytime song for the kiddies...

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:32:24 -0700

...provided they are not old enough to understand the lyrics. The Dears are proof that good things really do come from Canada. (Don't judge, Gossip Girl haters. Who are you, anyway? Have yet to meet one.)

[YouTube, The Dears]

I demand to know why Moishe, a leader among Feline Jews, was not invited to Obama's race kegger

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:57:55 -0700

Do you know what today is? It's the day when America's racial wounds will be healed, The End. The White House says there will be no apologies today, which makes one wonder what's the point anyway. Oh, yes, let's do a rundown: 1. This was a simple mi...

ICYMI: 'NewsHour' forces Bernanke to speak English

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:37:15 -0700

The suddenly controversial Federal Reserve chairman participated in a town hall with regular folk moderated by Jim Lehrer at the Kansas City Fed on Sunday. Ben "Koala Bear" Bernanke tackled questions about mistakes made, how to remedy the &...

Are Americans 'fat and razy?' Hai.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:58:13 -0700

(robcorddry's Twitpic)Those of a certain age will remember how Mike Myers used to skewer the Japanese, stereotypes about the Japanese, and Americans all at once in his Japanese businessmen sketch on "SNL" ("We would rike to...

Facts to unlearn: Cole Hamels is a huge 'Twilight' fan

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:27:43 -0700

(AP Photo/Tom Mihalek) The complaints about this generation of skinny jeans-wearing 20-something males are pretty common (been to Cantina lately?), but this is maybe too much. Buried deep, deep in a profile of Cole Hamels' wife Heidi is this u...

At last, New Jersey reclaims corruption comedy crown from Illinois

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:07:49 -0700

Rod Blagojevich may have had a "bleeping valuable thing" on his hands, but they weren't no stinkin' kidneys. Hey-o! Predictably, swarms of WASPY television anchors have been tee-heeing over New Jersey's corruption probe all week. Her...

THERE ARE WORMS, ACTUAL WORMS, ON THE JERSEY SHORE

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:59:53 -0700

(Wikimedia Commons) GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! This here is a clam worm, a real thing that exists, and it is washing up in droves in Ventnor, according to the Inky's Downashore blog. Amy Rosenberg reports: "The beach patrol g...

Fun With Nerds: Steven Chu edition

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:10:56 -0700

Jon Stewart to Steven Chu: "Can I tell you something? You're, I think, the first Cabinet member I've met from the Obama administration that seems alive." A delightful interview. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSteven Chu...

Biden: I likey the ladies in the Ukraine

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:05:46 -0700

(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) He wasn't caught checking out anyone's behind, but it's clear the concept of an inside voice continues to evade the nation's most entertaining veep. During an unscheduled pit stop while making the rounds in the Ukraine, V...

What if Sarah Palin had an editor?

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:11:48 -0700

Better late than never, maybe?? Also, 100 hobo dollars to anyone who produces photographic evidence of those "long lines" of Canadians waiting to cross the border for an MRI. The tee-vee has been heavy on the lies today, more than usu...

Are you there God? It's me, Mark Sanford.

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:03:26 -0700

(AP Photo) Mark Sanford, the oversharing and possibly emo governor of South Carolina, is carefully stepping back into his day job. And to that I say hurrah, because this story went from bizarre to hilarious to just plain sad in a dizzyingly brief am...

Wisdom from cable TV personalities

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:53:46 -0700

People are embarrassed to admit that they're CEOs at cocktail parties. --MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan, on a recentv Gallup poll that shows public confidence in Congress and big business are at similar lowsIndeed, all the CEOs I know are deeply asha...

This entire scenario is a real thing that exists

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:07:19 -0700

Arlen Specter, Democrat, Al Franken, senator. Believe it, America.

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Let's just call it a day

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:46:31 -0700

It could be worse, Judge. I could be here. Sen. Lindsey Graham to Sonia Sotomayor: "Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're gonna get confirmed." Well said.The judge knows as well as the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that t...