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From The Room: Ponzi Estate Sues Madoff Federal Prosecutors for Slander

December 18, 2008 - A spokesman for the Charles Ponzi estate revealed that the Ponzi family had lost untold millions in investments made with Madoff Securities and has sued in federal court demanding federal prosecutors, securities and exchange officials, the media as a whole cease and desist any further usage of Mr. P...

From The Room: Misunderstood Blagojevich

December 18, 2008 - I'm not a lawyer, but I've seen lawyers played on TV. And I've been thinking about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich ever since the FBI arrested him. Like many of you, I've been wondering what his defense can possibly be since the Feds taped so many damaging...

From The Room: This Week in Cheating

December 17, 2008 - What a fantastic week for cheating. Let's start with the big boys... Bernard Madoff was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme which wiped out over $50 billion from Austria to West Palm Beach. (Hey, West Palm remember when you voted for Buchanan? Paybacks a byatch). Taking advantage of the...

Poll: Is Blago gonna resign or what?

December 16, 2008 - What exactly is Rod Blagojevich planning here? The Governor returned to work on Monday and signed a new bill not two hours after the legislature announced they were looking into impeachment proceedings...

Blago's "Football"

December 15, 2008 - It's official. Rod Blagojevich has rendered all efforts to satirize his behavior redundant. His time as governor was spent writing all the punchlines himself before anyone else could get the chance. Today we learn that...

Dickipedia: Rod Blagojevich

December 15, 2008 - Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956) is a politician, currently clinging to one last toehold as chief executive of Illinois, and a dick...

From The Room: Giving Governors a Bad Name

December 12, 2008 - Hats off to the Illinois Governor for shooting so high above and beyond the normal arc of political malfeasance that he's probably annoyed NASA by interfering with satellite traffic. After years of highlighting nuances and scrutinizing minute distinctions, it's downright thrilling to finally find so...

Thought Process Flowchart:
Rod Blagojevich

December 12, 2008 - As the political career of Gov Blago comes crashing to the ground in an explosion of profanity and Pantene Pro-V Conditioner for Full and Thick Hair, we can only sift through the debris to figure out just w...

From The Room: How (Not) to Sell Your Senate Seat

December 12, 2008 - Congratulations! You're the governor of a state in which a U.S. Senator has died in office or been elected President. You know what that means! That's right, it's payday, baby! Your long slog in the trenches of state politics are about to pay off, thank God...

From The Room: Blagojevich's Note to Jesse Jackson Leaked to Press

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23/6 Video: Blago- In a Minute

December 12, 2008 - Sixty seconds of Blago, as seen through the eyes of the "Small Three": FoxNews, CNN and MSNBC...

How to get through a Blagversation: 9 things to say about Blago

December 11, 2008 - The Rod Blagojevich -- it was the greatest thing ever! For two days. And now? Now we're tired of it. At least the Republican scandals involved closeted gay sex. Maybe it'll come out that Blagojevich and Fitzgerald are having an affair. Hey, we can dream, can't we? But...

Yes, this Blago story will continue through the weekend

December 11, 2008 - Governor Blagojevich showed up for work again today, ignoring calls from the President-elect to step down. Blago's spokeswoman, Kelley Quinn, who said the Governor's schedule was "business as usual," explained her boss's thinking: "At the end of the day, the top priority for our office is...

Absolute Blago hair corrupts absolutely

December 10, 2008 - The question on everyone's blog is, "what was Blago thinking?" He knew he was under investigation, assumed he was being wiretapped and still tried to make money of a senate seat. We blame his hair. It's impossible to take your responsibilities seriously when you're sportin' the Blago...

If They IM'd: Rod Blagojevich and his cronies

December 10, 2008 - By now, you're probably knee-deep in the salacious details of the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Despite already being the subject of investigation, Blago held phone calls in which he discussed plans to auction off Barack Obama's senate seat and his desire to oust unfriendly members...