“I don’t know much about the special election for California’s 36th Congressional District,” writes Alex Balk at The Awl, “but I do know that candidate Dan Adler loves Chinese food. He must, he’s Jewish. It’s like a law or something. Also, THIS AD IS AMAZING.”
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Happy Birthday, Aaron Spelling!
Happy birthday to Aaron Spelling, the late, great TV producer born on this day in 1923. Spelling produced a ton of shows America loved, but the only one I care about is Melrose Place, which will teach you everything you need to know about blackmail and slapping people into pools. Here’s the classic (first) demise […]
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Meet the Pooping Postman of Portland
Everything you need to know is in the subject line. Thank you, The Awl, via The Obscure Store and Reading Room.
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Savage U Coming to MTV
Now here this: Dan Savage is getting a show on MTV! From Entertainment Weekly‘s Inside TV: Savage U: Columnist Dan Savage brings his brand of blunt advice to MTV late night with this show where he takes questions while touring college campuses. “He’s able to do is bring incredible frankness to the topic of sexuality […]
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How Will Future Obamas Ever Produce Their Birth Certificates if They’re Not Allowed to Be Born?
STOP PRE-ASSASSINATING PRESIDENTS. Thank you for the ridiculous provocation, Life Always.
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“This Is Just a Good Political Ad That Is Neither Racist Nor Insane”
So proclaims Videogum, and rightly so. The source: Citizens Against Government Waste, America’s #1 Taxpayer Watchdog. Thanks to everyone.
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A Two-Minute Tour of Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS-Fighting Bad-Assery
Posted this morning by the American Foundation for AIDS Research. What an amazing woman. Thanks for the heads-up, Towleroad.
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Today in Exemplary Teen-Star Rebellion
It’s one of the toughest decisions a teen star can make: How to rebel against a parent who, among many other gifts and grievances, helped make you a zillionaire? Miley Cyrus is doing it right, rebelling against the father who helped build her career before publicly decrying her ruination by Satan by recording a cover […]
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“Bless You”: It’s No “Fuck You”
As any polite Southerner knows, saying “Bless your heart” is the polite way to tell someone to fuck off. From Christian Nightmares, here’s a SFW-and-heaven spin on Cee-Lo’s f-bomb pop hit, “Fuck You.”
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Eva Braun in Blackface
“What’s more loathsome than being Hitler’s girlfriend?” asks James St. James at the Wow Report. “Answer: Being Hitler’s girlfriend in blackface and drag!” From LIFE magazine’s newly published collection of Eva Braun’s Private Photos: Dear God.
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Grammy Meltdowns
As Fnarf points out, normal Americans (plus Rosie O’Donnell and Tawny Kitaen) are wigging out over the Arcade Fire’s “Album of the Year” win. (Sample comment: “I seriously just heard of them….Anyone who wins album of the year should be known by EVERYONE!” Um, okay. Did people wig out this hard when Herbie Hancock won […]