Update:Welcome to Our OOL. Notice There Are No Blacks in it…*For Now

Update: After considerable bad publicity, and pressure from the Pa Human Relations Commission and Sen. Arlen Specter, the Valley Swim Club no longer gives a shit about safety.  Or something.  They’re going to see about letting the kids, and their $2 grand, come back. I just caught wind of this story, and I’m frakking stunned.  [...]

Yep, the Moamer Kadhafi-Obama ‘Bunny Ears’ Pic is Fake

While over at Moe Lane’s blog, I came across this: This has to be a Photoshop. (Via @stoo11) There’s no way anybody could have pulled this off: You are correct, Moe, ’tis a fugazy.  Here’s the Getty Images preview of the actual photo:

CNN’s Don Lemon Stars in ‘Comically Awkward Moment Theatre’

I have a weird sense of humor, so while others might smile at this, I spit my drink.  Check out this clip, and keep your eye on Don Lemon the whole time. When the reporter says “no,” it looks like the Invisible Man picked Lemon up and threw him back in his chair.  Then, Lemon [...]

Freeper Madness and Young Republicans: Racism Rears Ugly Rear End

Update 2: Michael Shaw at HuffPo thinks everyone except the racists should be ashamed of themselves, including us.  He says we escalated the story, and then tweets by Shuster, et al, took it to 11.  I’m not sure how that works, though, since we reported those tweets, and the attendant escalation.  In other words, we [...]

Washington Post Publisher’s Apology Doesn’t Wash

Update: This is a piece I wrote for Mediaite that got pushed out by other news.  The WaPo ombudsman is as unimpressed as I am by Weymouth’s explanation. The hot, steaming mess that is the Washington Post Salon-gate scandal just keeps getting hotter and more messified.  Katharine Weymouth, the publisher who was to host the [...]

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