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Royal Wedding Kerfuffle: Syrian Ambassador on Guest List [Updated]
Jeff Neumann · 04/28/11 04:13AM
Leaving Tony Blair and Gordon Brown off the guest list for The Most Important Wedding of All Time was pretty funny. And really, is anyone going to miss them? Doubtful. But the fact that Syria's ambassador to Britain, Sami Khiyami will attend has pissed off some members of parliament, what will the whole massacre of unarmed civilians at the hands of Khiyami's boss and assaulting cities with tanks thing going on there at the moment.
The Terrifying Mile-Wide Tornado That Just 'Obliterated' Tuscaloosa
Max Read · 04/27/11 09:39PMWhat Will America's Most Popular Racist Do Next?
John Cook · 04/27/11 03:28PMSenate Will Vote on Paul Ryan's Terrifying Budget
Jim Newell · 04/27/11 02:22PMFacebook Keeps Deleting Kate Middleton's Account
Adrian Chen · 04/27/11 11:42AMNew Obama Jobs! Panetta to Defense, Petraeus to CIA
Jim Newell · 04/27/11 10:55AM
Now that Barack Obama has released his long-form birth certificate, let's play What Other Evil News Is He Trying to Distract Us From? Maybe it's this: The AP reports that CIA Director and former Bill Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta will take over for Defense Secretary Robert Gates this summer, while Afghanistan commander Gen. David Petraeus will replace Panetta at the CIA. Does the Obama administration want us talking about this?
Please Run for President, Paul Ryan
Jim Newell · 04/26/11 04:53PM
There is some lightly sourced babble at Reuters today about "desire at the highest ranks of the Republican Party" for House Budget Committee chair Rep. Paul Ryan to launch a presidential bid. This is partially confirmed by more lightly sourced babble on Twitter. There's a slim chance of this ever happening — Paul Ryan, for one, has no interest — but with Obama's poll numbers slinking further into the crapper, Republican elites are still looking for new candidates with scalable support. If they decide he's their guy, they'll force him to do it.
Chuck Norris Plagiarizes Mostly Everything Including Himself
Jim Newell · 04/26/11 04:24PM
The only reason most people bother purchasing Internet service is to read actor Chuck Norris' insane right wing political columns, which are syndicated on an array of terrible liar websites like World Net Daily and Townhall.com. But now you can just print out what's already been written and cancel that service, because he's probably already published everything that would appear in future columns.
Alien Research Halted By the Government
Ryan Tate · 04/26/11 03:41PMSen. Al Franken Sets Hearing On Secret iPhone Tracking
Jim Newell · 04/26/11 03:02PMDan Snyder Will Never Shut Up
Hamilton Nolan · 04/26/11 10:29AM
Dan Snyder, wealthy scoundrel and owner of an awful football team whose name is a racial slur, is able to blow countless hundreds of millions dollars on high-profile free agents who immediately become bad at the sport of football upon cashing Dan Snyder's check. But oddly, he is not wealthy enough to buy one decent PR adviser who could tell him to keep his stupid mouth shut.
Mobster 'Vinny Gorgeous' Admires Tans, Needs Hair Dye
Jeff Neumann · 04/26/11 07:25AM
Convicted murder and stunningly handsome mobster "Vinny Gorgeous" (or, Vincent Basciano) has had a rough time in jail. His cell is wet, and the guards keep fucking with his suits and ties. He also likes to gossip. And, thanks to secretly-recorded tapes between Mr. Gorgeous and a spineless rat, James "Big Louie" Tartaglione, we know that Mr. Gorgeous is very concerned about aging.
Anti-Legalization Lawmaker Busted for Pot Possession
Max Read · 04/25/11 06:16PMMort Zuckerman vs. the Daily News: An Owner Adrift
Hamilton Nolan · 04/25/11 03:40PM
Last July, New York Daily News editor Martin Dunn abruptly left the paper due to his wife's illness. Kevin Convey, who'd been working as editor of the Boston Herald, was named his replacement. But now, we hear, unsatisfied NYDN owner Mort Zuckerman may already be poking around for Convey's successor.
What Makes People Want to Work for the Huffington Post?
Hamilton Nolan · 04/25/11 02:05PMWhy Julian Assange Can't Let Go of His Secrets
John Cook · 04/25/11 01:06PMJohn McCain Is Getting Soft
Jim Newell · 04/25/11 12:47PM
War monster John McCain, fresh off of his triumphant jaunt to Libya, made a shocking confession on this morning's Today show: He is not ready to drop more American freedom bombs, forever and without any actual plan, in another Middle Eastern country where some citizens have been protesting. Is the old nutter on his meds or something? What ever happened to the angry warrior we'd all come to know and not love? This is a classic gaffe.
Boehner's Law Firm Drops DOMA Defense
Jim Newell · 04/25/11 11:52AM
After the Obama administration announced it wouldn't defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, House Republicans decided to take charge instead. John Boehner hired lawyer and ex-Solicitor General Paul Clement of the firm King and Spaulding to defend it on behalf of the House Republicans at the taxpayer funded rate of $520 per hour. But this morning King and Spaulding dropped the terribly unpopular case, and Paul Clement quit the firm to defend DOMA on his own.









