236 News You Can Misuse

We Owe Sarah Palin An Apology

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

Sarah Palin is right. It was wrong of me to automatically assume that it was crystal meth. Of course Alaskans can be addicted to other drugs! And they should be!

Jason Linkins

Palin's 'Bridge To Nowhere,' Forever And Ever (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics


Hey, you know that speech Sarah Palin gave at the Republican National Convention? That she kept on giving, over and over again, every time a camera a...

23/6: Obama, If You Don't Text Us Soon, CNN Will Go Insane!

236.com | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


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23/6: If John Edwards And His (Alleged) Love Child IM'd

236.com | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


Poor John Edwards. He made his big statement last Friday, finally admitting to America his affair with Rielle Hunter, a woman who has on more than one...

If They IM'd: Laura Bush And Michelle Obama

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


She doesn't just smile and wave. She talks, too. In an interview with ABC News (an "exclusive"), Laura Bush gave her thoughts on, as Playboy might put...

Are You Prepared For The Coming Gas Wars?

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business


The unthinkable has happened. The price of gasoline has risen above $4.00 per gallon. People in rural parts of America are giving up meat to fuel thei...

Non-Bush Employment At An All-Time High

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


The Washington Post reports that senior officials in the George W. Bush administration are abandoning that sinking ship by the hundreds, leaving half ...

Is There A Section On Craig's List For Former White House Employees?

23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


The Washington Post reports that senior officials in the George W. Bush administration are abandoning that sinking ship by the hundreds, leaving half ...

Swing 'Em Home: Unlike President Bush, 23/6 Won't Let The Iraq War Stop Them From Golfing

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home


Swing 'Em Home: Unlike President Bush, 23/6 won't let the Iraq War stop them from golfing....

The 23/6 Roundup Of Various Other Things We Didn't Cover

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home


Congress overrode a Bush veto for the second time on Wednesday, enacting a $290 billion farm bill. Bush claims he only vetoed it because he thought it...

Thought Process Flowchart: Scott McClellan

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics


Based on advance coverage of the revelations in Scott McClellan's upcoming tell-all book about the Bush White House, McClellan has no interest in hang...

What We've Learned: Bill Kristol's Memorial Day Column

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


When Bill Kristol was hired by the New York Times, it was announced that he would continue on as the editor of the Weekly Standard. This led many to b...

Ask The Oil Industry Magic Magic 8 Ball

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home


In their latest testimony before Congress, executives from the five largest oil companies were absolutely contrite smug over the rising cost of gas. T...

Top Ten Feeds Of The Week (VIDEO)

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home


Each week, we trawl the depths of television, the Internet, and commercial news feeds to bring you the best news clips, jaw-dropping on-air moments, a...

Hillary Clinton: Thought Process Flowchart

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton's hellbent on staying in the Democratic presidential race. She won Tuesday's Kentucky primary and last week's in West Virginia by huge...

If They IM'd: GOP And Minorities

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


The GOP appears to be having trouble wooing minorities into their fold. Just a few years after they announced a new effort to diversify their party, t...

Geraldine Ferraro Live Chat

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


Geraldine Ferraro appeared on the Today show on Tuesday morning, re-affirming her assertion that the media has been sexist in its coverage of Hillary ...

American Idol Finale: Will Diebold Rig It Just For Fun?

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment


On Tuesday night's "American Idol", Season 7's crushingly obvious finalists David Archuleta and David Cook each sing their last three songs, and their...

Obama's Oregon Trail: A Perilous Journey Of Superdelegates And Cholera

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


Before heading to Iowa on Tuesday night, Barack Obama and his staff a few days campaigning in Oregon in anticipation of Tuesday's primary. Unfortunate...

John McCain's Browser History: Sites Unseen

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


As the nation awaits two more Democratic contests in Kentucky and Oregon tonight, Republicans decided long ago that Senator John McCain was the clear ...

US Lists Polar Bears As Threatened Species, Joining GOP

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


The U.S. government announced that it will label the polar bear as a threatened species in order to protect it. Coincidentally, this comes right on th...

Cindy McCain's Memoirs Canceled

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics


Cindy McCain will not be publishing her memoirs, despite signing a book deal with Viking in April. Said a spokesperson, "Due to the demand of the camp...

Barbara Walters' Autobiography: Table Of Contents

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media


Barbara Walters long-awaited sex tape memoir, "Audition", finally comes out today. The unfortunately tasteful Walters reminisces about her groundbreak...

Secret McCain Campaign Slogan Memo Leaked

236.com | Lee Camp | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics


With McCain likely to face Obama in the general election, it appears his staff has realized they have an uphill marketing battle ahead of them. Obama ...

If They IM'd: North Carolina And Indiana

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics


Tuesday is the last of the big delegate contests for the Democratic Primary, and all eyes are on Indiana and North Carolina. It's not very often that ...