Which Right-Wing Pundit Does Al Qaeda Want to Kill?
John Cook · 06/17/11 12:35PMOppressed Minority Keith Olbermann Finally Gets a Voice
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 12:11PMLawyers Can Now Be Ordered Like Pizzas
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 11:13AM
Though we are loath to continue pointing out the myriad ways in which the practice of law has become a degrading wallow in the depths of human desperation, we will simply note—for those of you keeping score in your law-school-graduation-present moleskines—that, thanks to a handy new website that allows you to order up a lawyer at any time of day or night, the legal profession has, at long last, become just as respectable as the fast food profession:
Gov. Chris Christie Claims Fox News Chief as Confidential Adviser
John Cook · 06/17/11 11:03AMFriday Saved by Reappearance of Rebecca Black Video
Adrian Chen · 06/17/11 10:15AMKelsey Grammer Gets Hacked, Sends Mass Email That His Ex-Wife 'Smells Like Beef Jerky'
Maureen O'Connor · 06/17/11 10:14AMAirport Mischief Makers Speak Out
Remy Stern · 06/17/11 10:05AMAnthony Weiner Asked to Cameo on Entourage
Richard Lawson · 06/17/11 09:49AMWhich Actress Is Starving Her Children?
Brian Moylan · 06/17/11 09:39AMAnarchist Dog-Walkers Just the Latest Manifestation of DC's Hipness
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 09:37AM
It wasn't that long ago that Washington, DC was just a normal American city, featuring a small cocoon of privileged white wonks surrounded by a seething and forcefully ignored black population. Standard stuff. But then the city was gobsmacked with a "young, hip vibe" that is in the process of turning the drab and nerdy confines of our nation's capital into a wacky blend of hip archetypes, each of which is good for at least one new Washington Post feature story. I mean, anarchist dog-walkers? It doesn't get any hipper!
Andrea Peyser Already Misses That Weiner
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 08:33AMLibyan Rebels are Raging Potheads
Jeff Neumann · 06/17/11 06:51AM
Several reporters have returned from Libya with tales of young gun-toting, hash-smoking rebels and really, can you blame these guys? By all accounts, the fighting in Libya is nasty and the alternative to victory over Qaddafi is death for most of them. But some rebels aren't feeling the front lines party vibe:
U2's The Edge Is Not Allowed to Ruin Malibu's Hills
Jeff Neumann · 06/17/11 05:08AMSarah Palin Isn't Mourning Anthony Weiner's Resignation
Matt Cherette · 06/17/11 03:32AMSarah Palin appeared on Fox Business this evening for one of those interviews she's paid by Fox to make, and not surprisingly host Andrew Napolitano quickly asked the former Alaska governor what she thought of "pervert" Anthony Weiner's resignation. Palin's response is above, but needless to say she wasn't above a well-timed dick joke.
Does Vladimir Putin Travel with a Portable Lawn?
Jeff Neumann · 06/17/11 03:23AMThe manliest of all Russian men, Vladimir Putin, is taking some heat from Russian bloggers after he paid a visit to the city of Pskov. Just before his arrival, workers planted new lawns, painted some things and brought in new trash cans, then ripped the lawn up as soon as he left. The Telegraph explains the "Potemkin lawn":
A Hockey Riot, Overanalyzed
Jeff Neumann · 06/17/11 02:27AM
By now you've probably seen footage of the hockey riot in Vancouver. And if you're from the US, you've probably said to yourself, "Damn, I didn't know they had it in them!" Thanks to a riot analysis from the Times we know that we could be dealing with a new, ultra-violent Canada. Here's your Vancouver hockey riot but what does it all mean? article:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Prefers Frontal Handcuffing
Jeff Neumann · 06/17/11 12:41AM
The Manhattan district attorney's office yesterday filed a transcript of 17 statements made by Dominique Strauss-Kahn during and after his arrest on sexual assault charges last month. The Times has details of the statement, a voluntary disclosure form, that should be presented to defense attorneys. So, what were DSK's first hours in custody like? It took him a little while to really figure out what was going on:
Kids Fined for Operating Lemonade Stand Without Permit
Matt Cherette · 06/17/11 12:27AMWhat's worse than a story about how a group of children were fined $500 by Montgomery County for operating a lemonade stand without a permit outside the site of this weekend's US Open? How about the fact that they were going to donate their proceeds to a pediatric cancer-fighting charity? Don't worry, though, because all the middle-aged men charging $50 to park on their lawns are doing just fine. [via WUSA]
San Francisco May Ban Goldfish
Max Read · 06/16/11 11:35PM
Fresh off an unsuccessful attempt to make circumcision illegal, San Francisco has turned elsewhere for its next attempted ban: Goldfish. The Animal Control and Welfare Commission would like to ban the sale of pets in the city, even goldfish. The proposed ban seems destined to fail a vote of the Board of Supervisors (just like the ACWC's recommendation to mix birth control with birdseed to reduce the pigeon population), but we appreciate that it was put forward in the first place, because "Isn't San Francisco Wacky, Man?" stories written by non-San Franciscans are among our favorites. [SFC]








