The recount in the Minnesota Senate race between asshole comedian Al Franken and regular asshole Norm Coleman is underway! And the campaigns have lawyers standing by to challenge every vote. So Drudge has had this image up all day, with the headline "DRAMA: Franken Is Challenging This Ballot." Yes, bullshit, obviously. The voter intent is clear. On the other hand, the Coleman campaign is challenging this ballot, this ballot, and this ballot. The whole recount system is obviously broken, the well-intentioned voter intent laws are being manipulated by the campaigns, and this nonsense will not be over with by the end of the year. Or, you know, Al Franken is stealing the election, whichever one you want to believe. [MPR via Wonkette]
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Drudge: Franken Broke Democracy [Our Broken Country]
Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:35pm CST by Pareene
Tags: our broken country
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Netflix Chaos Terror [Our Crumbling Infrastructure]
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 7:33am CDT by Ryan Tate
Tags: our crumbling infrastructure
"The company didn't ship DVDs to any of its customers Tuesday, and hadn't made shipments as of midday Thursday, Mr. Swasey said. Netflix made only a partial shipment from about half of its 55 nationwide distribution centers on Wednesday." [WSJ]
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Is Celebrity Gossip Really Dead This Time? [Questions Of Our Time]
Posted: June 16th, 2008, 2:09pm CDT by MichaelWeiss
Tags: questions of our time
According to one editor of a celebrity weekly, it's the "last trip to the buffet table," as Britney Spears' gurney-bound trip to the hospital signaled the end of dish. If that seems a bit ominous, it may be because there is a discernible lull in glossy-packaged brain candy. "There's nothing going on in celebrity land. There's no news, no gossip, no scandal," whined a TV producer to Liz Smith a few months back. "The Oscars showed how dull things are. People are only interested in politics." It's true. Reliable pop tarts no longer yield Google results like they once did (at left, Paris Hilton's trend chart, which shows a baseline traffic drop of about two-thirds). Here are a handful of theories about what's happened:
1. Politics trumps all. Hillary dodges phantom sniper fire, Obama defends/tolerates/repudiates his reverend, Bill fields a panicked 3 a.m. phone call from Gina Gershon, and McCain's inner beast is the only thing that can stop the Army's latest bioforce experiment gone haywire. Nicole Richie would have to actually get fat before she could stand to compete with Ashley Dupre.
2. Media boundaries are getting blurred. The Atlantic Monthly ran Britney on its cover in the same news cycle that had Us Weekly interview Obama and Camille Paglia. Then the New York Times paid almost as much attention to Heath Ledger's demise as, well, Gawker did. Things are not as they should be and we are all scared and confused.
3. Burn-out. What can Paris possibly do next except mutate into Lynne Cheney? And who cares?
4. Bad narrative. Here's Salon's Rebecca Traister: "Every once in a while a slam-bam terrific plot development — Pitt's abandonment of Aniston for Jolie was probably the apotheosis of celeb-weekly euphoria — would shake up the whole tableau, allowing the character descriptions to become fluid: stud could transform into cuckold; nice girl into tramp; a blood-obsessed, tattooed husband-stealer could even become a mother earth figure." So not only do their scripts lack cohesion, their lives do, too.
5. Gossip mongers are too old/out of the loop. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt sound like they'd get up to no good in an Evelyn Waugh novel. In fact, they're engaged, and she's on The Hills. Go figure.
All reasonable explanations for the current wasteland, but none really indicative of a Jann Wenner-led Rapture. The election will be over soon. Just because tabloids are being replaced by papers of record doesn't mean people aren't paying attention to the same content—it's just getting harder to track how they do it. And slam-bam terrific plot developments can't go extinct: there's always royalty to depend on for a good debauch with national consequences, and innocence will continue to be lost so long as its existence continues to be heralded.
Number 5 seems the likeliest bet. The next generation of sex tape stars and unwitting genitalia models is still in transition from the Disney Channel. But if Miley Cyrus is anything to go by, they (and the people who exploit them for a living) have a bright future yet. But can someone please get poor Spencer Pratt a Wikipedia entry?
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Jessica Simpson: Ashlee’s Maid of Honor
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 1:28pm CDT
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In yet another example of patriotism and love for American troops, Jessica Simpson was spotted yesterday rehearsing for the “America: United in Support of Our Troops” concert.
Hanging with rockers like ZZ Top, the “With You” singer looked like a pro during soundcheck, sporting a black jacket and some sexy figure-flattering jeans.
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Soldiers Could Be Denied Edutainment of Playboy and Penthouse [Our Armed Forces]
Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 5:04pm CDT by carnevale
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Former Marine and Republican congressman Paul Broun of Georgia does not care for pornography, but he especially doesn't like the smut that the men and women of the armed forces can purchase from military exchanges. In the Army Times, Broun describes the purpose of his Military Honor and Decency Act (H. R. 5821) which would ensure "taxpayers will not be footing the costs of distributing pornography” on military bases. Essentially, he wants military exchanges to stop selling Playboy and Penthouse, adding that "our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit." When Broun's office was informed that military exchanges were self-funded, Broun's spokesman contended that government revenues are "used to pay military salaries, so taxpayer money is, in effect, being used to buy these materials." Exactly. Wait, no, that doesn't make any sense. In any case, it's not just nudity and sex Rep. Broun is against: the bill also hopes to ban periodicals that "give prominence to nudity or sexual or excretory activities." There goes your subscription to Deuce Aficionado, Lieutenant. [Army Times]
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UhOh [Our Crumbling Infrastructure]
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:07pm CST by Richard
Tags: our crumbling infrastructure
Things fall from the sky (especially when Patti LuPone sings) and there is nothing anyone can do about it. [NYT]
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The January 14 cover of Pat Buchanan's paleo-con ... [Enemies Of Our Enemies]
Posted: December 26th, 2007, 2:40pm CST
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The January 14 cover of the Pat Buchanan co-founded paleo-con journal ("paleo-con" is a term that means "against the Iraq war, just like you" and also "against Amendments 13 through 26") The American Conservative just straight-up depicts Rudy Giuliani as a brown-shirt. Which is kind of hilarious except that had Buchanan been politically active in 1941 he definitely would've opposed America's meddling in Europe's fascisty affairs. The story's pretty good though. [American Conservative]
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You know how when people are like, "There ... [The Poors]
Posted: December 12th, 2007, 8:30am CST
Tags: our crumbling infrastructure
You know how when people are like, "There are systems in place in this world to endlessly screw the poor!" everyone gets all eye-rolley and like, "This isn't the 60s, you hippie, and now everyone is just either rich or poor but it's no biggie"? Well, do enjoy this story about how for more than a year the Bronx Family Court hasn't had full elevator service and folks miss their custody and child welfare hearings because they're waiting outside for hours just to get in the building. Poor little poors! [NYT]
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Ali Landry Salutes the Troops
Posted: November 13th, 2007, 1:38pm CST
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Former Miss USA Ali Landry attended a Microsoft sponsored United Service Organizations ”Salute Our Troops“ for the military community this Veterans Day.
Landry presented the Effort Award to Patti Patton-Bader, who, according to press, is “a mother of a soldier who started a group for volunteers to “adopt” soldiers. The group has now sent tens of thousands of care packages and hundreds of thousands of letters to make sure no soldier is forgotten while serving.”
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Our Crumbling Superstructure: Breathe easy! An update on the Crisis At ...
Posted: October 17th, 2007, 1:45pm CDT
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Breathe easy! An update on the Crisis At Bryant Park, from a witness cowering inside International Center for Photography: "A dumpster fell from approximately the 50th floor from the 6th Avenue construction crane. It hit the side of the [Bank of America] building several times on the way down, breaking at least four windows. It landed on what was the sidewalk, behind the construction barrier adjacent to the building. It appears no one was injured."
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Our Crumbling Infrastructure: We're hearing from tons of people bitching ...
Posted: September 4th, 2007, 9:30am CDT
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We're hearing from tons of people bitching about their morning commutes. Apparently an "incident in Queens" has played havoc with our fragile subway system. Naturally, there's nothing on the news. Did you have to take four trains to get to work today? What the heck is going on?
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Our Crumbling Infrastructure: "Two people were injured Monday when a sidewalk ...
Posted: August 13th, 2007, 3:38pm CDT
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"Two people were injured Monday when a sidewalk collapsed at a Manhattan construction site, the Fire Department said. The two people fell into a hole up to 10 feet deep on West 36th Street." [AP]