Romney Campaign Attacks Santorum For Polar Bear And Comfy Seat Earmarks

Noah Garfinkel · 02/06/12 07:45PM

Fearful that Santorum might do better than expected in some upcoming primaries, the Romney campaign is sending out surrogates to attack the former senator's conservative credentials. The thing is, though... they're attacking him for trying to fund things that sound really nice and pleasant. And fluffy. The Huffington Post reports that Romney supporter Tim Pawlenty participated in a conference call today.

The Old GOP Debate Moment Nobody Talks About: Ron Paul's Claw Hand

Noah Garfinkel · 02/06/12 06:55PM


There are the GOP debate moments everyone talks about and we all remember: Romney's $10,000 bet, Newt being indignant about a Juan Williams question, Romney saying "I'm running for office for Pete's sake," Newt being indignant about a John King question, Cain introducing us to 9-9-9, Newt being indignant about a Chris Wallace Question, etc. Then, there is perhaps the most well known debate moment, Rick Perry's "Oops." But, lost among these is something very important that Ron Paul did. Fortunately — or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it — Ron Paul's moment has been completely overlooked because it happened during Rick Perry's famous "Oops" moment. What did Ron Paul do? He held up his hand like a claw and said "Five." Remember? Watch his creepy claw hand.

Netflix Has Its Own TV Show, and It's Not That Great

Brian Moylan · 02/06/12 05:29PM

Today Netflix put their first original program Lilyhammer up on the internet for everyone who pays a subscription fee to watch. This is the future of television! Too bad the show isn't that great.

Amazon Stores Might Invade Your Neighborhood

Ryan Tate · 02/06/12 04:02PM

If you think Apple is a vertical corporate monolith, wait until you get a load of Amazon's reported plans: The e-tailer turned tablet maker turned publisher is said to be planning a physical store in Seattle with an eye toward building a national chain. And you thought the literati hated Amazon before.

Victim Responds to Latest Anonymous Hack: 'I Am a Supporter of Anonymous'

John Cook · 02/06/12 03:25PM

We've already pointed out that the collateral damage from Anonymous' latest online raid—the release of more than 2 gigs of email and other data from Puckett and Faraj, the law firm that represented the squad leader responsible for the Haditha massacre—included some unlikely targets. Now one of the partners of the firm has announced on his Facebook page that he supports Anonymous' goals, and once even offered to defend Anony-hero Bradley Manning.

Senate Candidate Pete Hoekstra's Racist Super Bowl Ad

Leah Beckmann · 02/06/12 02:48PM

Pete Hoekstra, Senate candidate and tweeting disaster Twitter Pete, aired a campaign ad during the Super Bowl targeted at his happily married opponent, Debbie Stabenow. The ad features a Chinese woman biking through a backdrop of rice fields and uh, recognizable music, thanking "Debbie Spenditnow" for giving all the money to "us."

The 2012 Pinnacle of Non-News

Hamilton Nolan · 02/06/12 11:51AM

Did you catch the Super Bowl game on television? Perhaps you were one of the millions of fans who shared your opinions in the largest simultaneous outpouring of tweets in history. Mmm, illusion. Bathe in it.