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Hand-Written Signs Prove Legitimacy of Town Hall Protests

Pareene · 08/10/09 11:09AM

Some liberals and elected Democrats have asserted that the anti-health care reform town hall protesters are engaged in "astroturfing," a term meaning corporate-sponsored pretend grassroots activity. But Fox has definitively disproved that.

Glenn Beck: Man of A Thousand Voices

Pareene · 08/05/09 02:04PM

It's best to watch this clip without any context or introduction. Just click, and press play, and prepare to be entertained.

Lowlights from Tucker Max's Terrible Movie

Ryan Tate · 07/31/09 04:52PM

Is bro-blogger Tucker Max's movie as chest-thumpingly awful as the script made it out to be? Based on some "leaked" footage we've been sent, yes, yes it is. Sex with midgets and deaf girls; wannabe-alpha-male trash talk; it's all there.

The Semiotics of the Beer Summit

Pareene · 07/31/09 12:56PM

How many ways can you analyze 30 seconds of silent footage? An infinite number of ways! Over the last 24 hours, cable pundits, our modern Vienna Circle, have explored all the possible meanings of a bunch of guys drinking beers.

Sarah Palin's Gradual Descent Into Incoherency

Pareene · 07/27/09 03:50PM

Remember how Sarah Palin graduated from her fiftieth college with a degree in communications? What the hell happened to addle this woman's mind so much that she can no longer form logical sentences? We went to the tapes to investigate.

The Manhattan Bridge Is Falling Down

Richard Lawson · 07/24/09 02:50PM

It's actually kind of pretty and, yes, duh, of course bridges aren't completely fixed and immovable. But still it's a little disconcerting to see just how much these old things shift. Remember a couple years ago when that thing in Minnesota happened and everyone was all "America's infrastructure is crumbling and we're all doomed"? Can we focus some of that attention on New York's bridges, specifically those that go to Brooklyn? Because while I may never again have to set foot in that accursed and undesirable borough, I have many friends who still dwell and toil there and I'd like them to come visit me in my Manhattan palace without dying from bridge collapse on the way.