Note: Jib-Jabbish video above comes from the Israel embassy and is not a gag, tweeted by Chuck Todd, who’s getting teased during a news conference for posing four questions to President Obama. Trending on Twitter: #ChuckToddQuestions. PRESIDENT OBAMA has arrived, with Anthony Lake adding some color. The small talk started earlier in the day, when [...]
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History Channel Fail, Obama as Satan in “The Bible” Sparks Outrage
THE PHOTO above has gone viral, with the tweet from Glenn Beck asking a simple question: Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on HIstory Channel looks exactly like That Guy? Buzzfeed has more, including an original screen shot, with the History channel and everyone involved with the production weighing in defensively. The History [...]
Did Twitter Beat Everyone on Cyprus Bank Story?
An unprecedented tax on bank deposits as part of the €10 billion rescue announced Saturday led to a run on cash machines in Cyprus. It also spooked investors, who feared that other weak eurozone states may be forced down the same path, despite EU statements to the contrary. [CNN MONEY] THAT IS the story from [...]
Reader Beware, It’s A Cozy, Content Sponsored Web Out There
The Washington Post‘s website joined the sponsored-content stampede early this week with the introduction of its BrandConnect Web product, making it the first major U.S. newspaper to embrace sponsored content, according to Digiday. Other high-profile Web publishers selling sponsored content include Gawker, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Forbes, BuzzFeed, Slate, Cheezburger, Techmeme and The Atlantic. Meanwhile, [...]
Top Story — Rand Paul Makes Democrats Look Feckless on Civil Liberties, Should Worry GOP 2016 Hopefuls
1:27 a.m. | Updated WASHINGTON — A small group of Republicans, led by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, stalled the Senate on Wednesday by waging a nearly 13-hour old-school, speak-until-you-can-speak-no-more filibuster over the government’s use of lethal drone strikes — forcing the Senate to delay the expected confirmation of John O. Brennan to lead the [...]
Hillary This Week
IT’S A little downtime for Hillary and Bill Clinton, found strolling in New York City, then reported by Page Six. Hillary and husband Bill were spotted enjoying a meal Sunday at the NoMad restaurant in the Flatiron District. The couple were also spotted later in the day “looking sweet and holding hands while walking through [...]
The Entire Political Press World is Laughing at Bob Woodward [Video] *Updated*
THE GRAPHIC above is from Gawker, with John Wood doing a massive take down of Bob Woodward, who is getting pilloried by the press and established journalists. The graphic is apt, because Woodward went out on a limb and his colleagues sawed it off. Wood also goes back over Woodward’s career, including the Watergate tale, [...]
Seth MacFarlane’s Hilariously Funny Boob Song
THE BRITISH got the joke, but across the U.S. chattering Twitterati, especially among the political class, there was outrage and shock. It shows what most of the critics know about show business, let alone the film industry. But that didn’t keep the rolling whines from coming in from people who don’t know squat about being [...]
Feature — “Downton Abbey”: If Lady Sybil’s Death Didn’t Kill You, You’ll Survive This, Too [Spoiler Alert - Video]
The makers of Downton Abbey have already moved to console devastated viewers about the “untimely and tragic death” of character Matthew Crawley, after an outpouring of furious complaints about the Christmas special. Viewers complained it was “travasty”, a “tragedy” and an “outrage”, with some saying the ending had “ruined their Christmas”. The makers of the [...]
Marco Rubio Struck with Epic Dry Mouth, Grabs Desperately for Water
WHAT’S WITH the gold curtains? I kept waiting for “This Republican address brought to you by Goldline.” But at least he passed the Bobby Jindal bar. But I’ve never heard a worse case of dry mouth over nerves at this political level ever. Line after line it just got worse. At one point he couldn’t [...]
Top Story — Pres. Obama Offers “Fact Sheet” on Immigration [Text], While Rubio Hits Rush Limbaugh
“We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants.” — President Obama DELIVERING REMARKS in Las Vegas today President Obama outlined his priorities on immigration reform. On the other hand, administration officials told media outlets that they believe a path to citizenship needs to be more straightforward. They believe a trigger system, like the one in [...]
Secretary Clinton’s Live Global Townterview [Twitter and Full Transcript Update]
IT BEGINS today at 9:30 a.m. It will be Secretary Clinton’s final townterview. The transcript is now available. From the State Department: This will be Secretary Clinton’s 59th town hall and an opportunity to engage with young people around the world in advance of her last day as Secretary of State on Friday, February 1st. [...]
Tweet of the Day: President Obama Savors a Final Look
“I want to take a look one more time… I’ll never see this again.” – President Obama, 2013 Inaugural [C-SPAN] IT WAS a moment you couldn’t miss. I tweeted it as it happened. A moment when President Obama stopped to take a last look at what he’d never see again. Savoring the Inaugural moment. I [...]
Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax [Video]
READING THE story, I still don’t believe it. I bet you won’t either. It’s the most bizarre series of events to take up this amount of oxygen since Casey Anthony, but at least there was a real live tragedy at the center of that story. But because of the furor around Manti Te’o, as well [...]
Top Story — Obama Moves Forward on New Gun Safety Measures *Updated*
A new federal assault weapons ban and background checks of all gun buyers, which President Obama is expected to propose on Wednesday, might have done little to prevent the massacre in Newtown, Conn., last month. The semiautomatic rifle that Adam Lanza used to shoot 20 schoolchildren and 6 adults complied with Connecticut’s assault weapons ban, [...]
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