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Katie Halper: The Week In Headlines

2009-11-09T12:26:09Z

Wal-Mart Push Back On After Olympics Bust

2009-10-06T11:03:05Z

Now that Mayor Daley's Olympic dream has gone up in flames, a South Side alderman is turning up the heat for City Council approval of Chicago's second Wal-Mart -- and first supercenter that sells groceries.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review!

2009-09-25T15:02:00Z

Blitzer, Wolf
• crushing defeat of on Jeopardy (finishing with minus $4600!) makes for some mighty entertaining viewing if you're the kind of person who finds a pompous anchorman revealing his howling ignorance (Jesus was born in Jerusalem?) amusing

Blunt, Representative Roy
• Values Voter Summit is regaled by with story comparing President Obama and his fellow Democrats to jungle monkeys, but hey, it's not like anything racist was meant by

Bush, George W.
• former aides to attempt to discredit memoir by former speechwriter for, many of the sweetest details from which can be found here and here and here
• imagined reminiscences of

Cameron, Kirk

• video promoting an altered creationist version of Origin of Species -- a version containing an introduction citing "Darwin's racism" and "his disdain for women" and tossing in an obligatory link to Hitler -- is narrated by, and made fun of, and made more fun of

Cantor, Representative Eric

• fool is made of self by with the suggestion that an uninsured cancer-ridden woman should just find some charitable organization to pay for her operation

Coburn, Senator Tom

• Values Voters Summit is told by chief of staff for that pre-teen boys hate homosexuals more than anyone else does, and that "all pornography is homosexual pornography," so if you explain that to them they won't want to read Playboy, and -- oh, just read it for yourself

Corzine, Governor Jon

• obesity of opponent of is none-too-subtly pointed out in ad for

DeLay, Tom

• booty of is shaken and "Wild Thing" is lip-synched and air-guitared to by, after which daughter of urges viewers to repeatedly vote for "to keep him on the show that he's enjoying so much!"

Dylan, Bob

• surreality of upcoming Christmas album by can be experienced here

Edwards, John

• preternatural caddishness of

Egypt

• slaughter of all the pigs in turns out to have been not such a brilliant idea

FBI

• extreme displeasure of with New York City detectives who blew the cover on a major counterterrorism investigation by

Finke, Nikki

• profusion of excuses by for occasionally sporadic postings of

Fiorina, Carly

• Web site for senatorial race of -- "Carlyfornia dreamin'!!!" -- is not respectfully received

For much more, including some serious dirt-dishing by Mackenzie Phillips, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Baucus, Birth Control And More!

2009-09-18T15:38:04Z

ACORN
• punking of particularly dim employees of by actors blatantly not who they claimed to be leads to cutting off of federal financing to

Anastos, Ernie
• unusual on-air banter with weatherman by

Antichrist, the
• poll shows that 21% of New Jersey voters think President Obama is, or at least might be

Bachmann, Representative Michele

• fear of that President Obama is going to "decide how many calories we consume or what types of food we consume"

Baucus, Senator Max

• bipartisanship is achieved by with health-care-reform bill hated on both sides of the aisle but, unsurprisingly, loved by the health-care industry that has given so much money to the campaigns of

birth control pills

• antiabortion Floridians seek to criminalize

Brady, Representative Kevin

• complaints of about the failure of the D.C. Metro system to provide better service for 9/12 tea partiers ring hollow considering that government funding for improving the subway was voted against by

Brown, Dan

• new book is published by

Bush, George W.

• Arlington, Texas, students who were not allowed to hear President Obama's speech to them last week will not, after all, be bused off campus to hear a speech by

• former speechwriter for is the author of the latest, though surely not the last, book containing embarrassing examples of the ignorance of

Carter, Jimmy

• refreshing refusal of to back down from unpopular yet obviously valid assertion by that racism has a little something to do with why at least some people -- particularly the ones with spittle-flecked faces contorted in rage -- feel so free to express their hatred of President Obama

FCC

• solemn assessment by that the "graphic and shocking, albeit brief, exposure of Janet Jackson's bare right breast to a nationwide audience composed of millions of children and adults" warrants -- lo, these 5½ years after that insanely overhyped distraction from the Iraq war -- further investigation

For more bad behavior, including transcendent new repulsiveness from Rush Limbaugh, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review: Bachmann, Big Food & Blagojevich

2009-09-11T14:05:53Z

American Idol

• it's beginning to look like Paula Abdul really isn't coming back to

Anderson, Pastor Steve
• karma catches up with and smacks upside the head after vile preaching by -- "I hate Barack Obama ... God wants me to hate Barack Obama ... God hates Barack Obama!" -- prompts investigation into business practices of and things are found out about that could have tax consequences for

Archerd, Army

• death of at the age of 87

Ashcroft, former Attorney General John

• lawsuit can be filed against, according to a federal-appeals-court ruling, for the "repugnant" evidence-free preventive detention of American Muslims by

Bachmann, Representative Michele

• claim by that Democrats seek the defeat of in 2010 because they fear the possible ascension to the presidency of, rather than the more likely explanation that they're simply appalled by the relentless barrage of batty statements by

Big Food

• laughable inclusion by of Froot Loops and other sugary cereals on "Smart Choices" list of ostensibly more nutritious items

Blagojevich, Rod

• compilation of amusing bits from the new book by means now you don't have to buy it, like you were ever going to

• highlight of appearance by on The View is guest host Meghan McCain -- yep, her again -- saying, "You definitely must feel like you didn't do anything wrong, I mean, to write a book and whatever, like, that's how secure you are that this is something else"

Democrats

• humiliating failure of to utter a peep of outrage at deranged parents opposed to schoolkids being addressed by the President of the United States unless he's reading them an upside-down book about a goat when he really has much more important things he should be tending to

Duvall, Michael

• unawareness of that cameras were capturing boastful descriptions by of simultaneous sexual escapades with two female lobbyists ("So, I am getting into spanking her. Yeah, I like it," to give just one printable example) leads to apology by ("I deeply regret the comments I made in what I believed to be a private conversation"), then to resignation by from the California Assembly (where, of course, family values had been staunchly espoused by) and then, since the law might look askance at trading votes for sex, to a ridiculous denial by ("My decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs. My offense was engaging in inappropriate story-telling")

For much more, including the long-awaited return of Orly Taitz, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review!

2009-09-05T12:27:08Z

afterbirthers
• Obama's placenta, according to the Onion, is demanded by

ArmorGroup North America
• State Department personnel stationed in Kabul who are guarded by Animal House-emulating employees of will not be reassured by these photos

Bachmann, Representative Michele

• one hates to pay another nanosecond of attention to, but who can ignore this clarion call by to fellow anti-health-care nuts to "slit our wrists"

Bartiromo, Maria

• a 44-year-old Congressman is asked by why he doesn't have Medicare coverage if he thinks it's so great, to which he responds, "Because I'm not 65," and somehow manages not to add, "Duh!"

Bauer, Lieut. Governor Andre

• denial of gayness by does nothing to halt the spread of rumors about the gayness of, which are rumored to have been spread by the man who would be succeeded by

Beck, Glenn

• one hates to pay another nanosecond of attention to, but who can ignore this spot-on Dan Quayle impersonation by

Blob, The

• remake of will feature a new kind of blob because, according to director Rob Zombie, "that gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now"

Buchanan, Pat

• inability of to stop defending Hitler

Cheney, Dick

• "the hell" is offended "out of" by the Obama Administration's brazen intention to launch a torture investigation instead of bowing down and shouting hosannas to for saving the country by breaking laws
• "interrogation" of by Chris Wallace is compared by Andrew Sullivan to "a teenage girl interviewing the Jonas Brothers," and then David Letterman weighs in
• zeal of the Washington Post -- and especially its egregious David Broder -- to keep carrying water for, though the New York Times refuses

Cheney, Liz

• disregard of for the truth is clearly genetic

For more, including the latest obnoxiousness from Larry King, Donald Trump, Geraldo Rivera, and, of course, Sarah Palin, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review

2009-08-28T16:04:40Z

Anderson, Pastor Steve

• belief of that "every homosexual in the world is a deviant, is evil and is a predator"

• prayers of for the death of President Obama

• sermon entitled "Why I Hate Barack Obama" is delivered by so rabidly that one can imagine the spittle flying from the lips of

Bachmann, Representative Michele
• supporters of are urged by to defeat health-care reform by praying and fasting

Barton, Mischa
• evident assumption by that people are total imbeciles who'll believe anything

Calley, William
• 40-years-late apology is offered by

Cheney, Dick
• claims by that the release of CIA documents would prove that the Bush Administration's enhanced interrogation techniques worked are, unsurprisingly, not borne out by release of said documents
• Obama is accused by of -- oh, this is sweet -- politicizing the Justice Department

CIA
• approved enhanced interrogation techniques of included "prolonged diapering"

Dowd, Maureen
• bloggers who post snarky things on the Internet without signing their names are scolded by

Dunne, Dominick
• death of at the age of 83

Ebert, Roger
• 30 years of sobriety are chronicled by

Greenwich, Ellie
• death of at the age of 68

For much more, including John McCain spilling water on himself and more quitting by Sarah Palin, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review

2009-08-21T12:34:20Z

Atkinson, Kristen
•annoyance of after article by claiming that Obama's mother-in-law is practicing witchcraft in the White House is made fun of
•article by is removed from Website that initially saw fit to post it

Bachmann, Rep. Michele
•declaration by that "under no certain circumstances will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions" is kind of funny coming from a rabid anti-choicer
•presidential race will not be undertaken by unless call to run comes from God

Baucus, Sen. Max

•observation by that protesters at health care conference came "with YouTubes"

The Beatles
•Mikal Gilmore's definitive story about the break-up of

bipartisanship
•belief in is akin to believing in Santa Claus

CNN
•desperation of is evidenced by cringe-worthy new segment called, "Just Sayin'"

DeLay, Tom
•fabulous story is told by about how protesters at town hall meetings are nothing new -- "This has been going on forever. When I did my town hall meetings, I'll never forget one back in the '80s -- on health care, by the way. They brought in quadriplegics on gurneys and dumped them on the floor in front of my podium" -- except, sadly, the tale seems not to be, you know, true
•giggle-inducing demand by to see Obama's "gift certificate"
•terpsichorean talents of are to be televised

Dylan, Bob
•New Jersey cop fails to recognize, leading to one headline after another after another after another after another containing the phrase "complete unknown"

Edwards, John
•mistress of, with child of, is moving into the neighborhood of, to the dismay of wife of, who nonetheless insists to Larry King that "everything seems to be going pretty smoothly at my house" and even smiles through the ghoulish host's questions about her cancer ("You're stage four, though, right?")

Ensign, Sen. John
•explanation by that illicit affair of wasn't as bad as Bill Clinton's dalliance with Monica Lewinsky because Clinton "committed perjury" while "I haven't done anything legally wrong"

For much more, including Bernie Madoff's tiny penis, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review

2009-08-14T12:49:35Z

Bachmann, Rep. Michele
•AmeriCorps, a program recently attacked by as "re-education camps for young people ... as a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this," is -- hah! -- joined by the son of
•mere reporting of Harrison Bachmann's joining AmeriCorps is disingenuously attacked by as "a hit piece on one of my kids!"

Blagojevich, Rod
•new career of as Elvis impersonator

Bush, George W.
•conservative economist Bruce Bartlett places blame for current economic crisis squarely on

Cheney, Dick
•contempt of for White House insiders who went on to write tell-all memoirs is apparently being withheld by from self

Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary
•misunderstood Congolese student receives inappropriate tongue-lashing from

Cyrus, Miley
•Disney Channel declines to comment on slutty Teen Choice Awards performance by

Dylan, Bob
•Christmas album is being recorded by

Edwards, John
•imminent admission by that, despite a year of absurd denials by, a DNA test shows that Rielle Hunter's baby bears an uncanny resemblance to because -- duh! -- she was fathered by

England, Lynddie
•unrepentant comparison by of Abu Ghraib abuse to what "happens at colleges and dorm rooms or whatever here in the U.S. all the time"

Facebook
•genuinely funny song about

Family Guy
•live performance of abortion episode Fox is declining to broadcast
•Stewie is outed by the creator of

For more, including the obligatory ridicule of Sarah Palin, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review

2009-08-07T17:59:32Z

American Psychological Association
• conclusion of that therapeutic efforts -- or even extreme measures like exorcisms -- to change people's sexual orientation from gay to straight (the only kind of change there seems to be much demand for) don't work

At the Movies
• Ben (I Am Legend is "one of the greatest movies ever made") Lyons and Ben (never said anything quite that stupid, at least not on the show) Mankiewicz are fired as co-hosts of

Barrett, Justin

• lawsuit is filed by against the Boston Police Department (and the police commissioner and mayor) demanding compensation for the "pain and suffering; mental anguish; emotional distress; posttraumatic stress; sleeplessness; indignities and embarrassment; degradation; injury to reputation; and restrictions on personal freedom" endured by as a result of the suspension and threatened termination of for sending an e-mail renowned for its racism but insufficiently recognized for its misogyny and illiteracy

Beck, Glenn

• fans of are urged by not to vent their frustrations by going out and killing a bunch of people because it would be very bad for Republicans

Chirac, Jacques

• 2003 phone call is recounted by in which George W. Bush said "Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East" and the only way to keep the biblical prophecies of the Apocalypse from being fulfilled was to invade Iraq

Church of Scientology

• more defectors from tell more horror stories about

• response by to horror stories told by defectors from

• ridiculous fashion statement is mandated by for global staffers of, possibly leading to more defectors from

Clinton, Bill

• two American journalists are freed from North Korean jail thanks to the diplomatic efforts of, which, of course, greatly upsets the ultimate undiplomat John Bolton and the nasty little troll Dick Morris

Fox News

• ignorance of just exactly where some of those Middle Eastern countries are, anyway, is hilariously displayed by

Fromme, Lynette (Squeaky)

• imminent parole of is announced -- of all times -- mere days before the 40th anniversary of the Manson murders

For mockery of, among others, Ryan O'Neal, Sarah Palin, Dylan Ratigan, Orly Taitz, and the Washington Post, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review

2009-07-31T14:55:41Z

Barrett, Justin
• placement of on administrative leave by the Boston Police Department leads to assertion by that "I am not a racist. I did not intend any racial bigotry, harm or prejudice," leaving observers to ponder the actual intention of when mass e-mail was sent by describing Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" -- a phrase acknowledged by as a "poor choice of words"
• pondering by observers can stop, as attorney for explains that intention of was not "to malign [Gates] racially" but was merely "a characterization of the actions of that man"

Beck, Glenn
• Obama is doltishly called a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people" by

beer

• much ado about

Berens, Ricky

• exposed butt of

birthers

• description of by Stephen Colbert as "decent, old-fashioned Americans who just want to overturn a democratic election"

• desperate need of to cast Obama presidency as illegitimate

• imbecility of is so blatant that even the far right is denouncing

Borowitz, Andy

• America is deemed "less safe" by now that Palin is "no longer keeping an eye on Russia"

Cohen, Richard

• self-pitying column by is appropriately savaged

Cunningham, Merce

• death of

Daniels, Stormy

• campaign by for adulterer David Vitter's Senate seat suffers setback with arrest of for battering husband after becoming "upset because the way the laundry had been done"

Denny's

• excessively salt-laden meals served by result in lawsuit against

Dobbs, Lou

• disingenuous defense of by CNN president Jonathan Klein

Foxx, Rep. Virginia

• debunking of claims by that Obama's health care plan will "put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government"

For Madonna's scary arms, Michael Jackson's scarier nose, Sarah Palin's even scarier brain, and a guy who likes this one horse maybe a little too much, click here.

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review

2009-07-24T14:05:07Z

Bachmann, Rep. Michele

• heartening addition of to list of most vulnerable Republican incumbents

Blackburn, Rep. Marsha

• virtue of balanced budget legislation is overenthusiastically -- "We're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina" -- extolled by

Brown, Chris

• forgiveness for beating up Rihanna is publicly "axed" for by

Bush, George W.

• all the gory details of the end of a beautiful friendship between Dick Cheney and

• falling rates of teen pregnancies and STDs were sharply reversed during White House years of, so maybe obsessively preaching abstinence at the expense of educating kids about contraception wasn't such a hot idea

• 2006 embrace by was sidestepped by Bono, to the delight of then Senator Obama, who said, "Nice work with the hug dodge," a sentence that had probably never before been uttered in the history of humanity

Campbell, Rep. John

• asinine bill that would require a presidential candidate to provide a copy of his or her original birth certificate is proposed by

Castle, Rep. Mike

• town hall meeting held by is interrupted by lunatic shrieking, "I want my country back!"

Cavuto, Neil

• overweightness of Dr. Regina Benjamin -- "The President's pick for Surgeon General is fat" -- is deemed a discussion-worthy topic on Fox News by, and then a moron wearing a "No Chubbies" T-shirt comes on and says she's "obese" because she's "lazy" and makes "poor food choices"

Cheney, Liz

• increasing difficulty of in accepting that -- ha ha! -- father of is no longer in power and -- ha ha ha ha! -- Barack Obama is

Cronkite, Walter

• death of leads to CBS decision to stop using the voice of to introduce the CBS Evening News

• decision to stop using voice of to introduce the CBS Evening News is reversed because, according to a CBS spokesman, "His presence is always felt here ... nobody wants to let him go," which begs the question of why, in 1981, during the absolute prime of, Dan Rather was forced down America's throats as the twitchy replacement for

• replacement of by Jon Stewart as America's most trusted newscaster

• 2002 opinion about the Bush Doctrine -- "I think it is about as dangerous a foreign policy as a nation could adopt" -- was unfortunately kept to self by

Dobbs, Lou

• becoming by of a national laughingstock (and a humiliating embarrassment to CNN) -- thanks to the obsession of with the thoroughly debunked "birther" conspiracy theory that Obama was actually born in Kenya and is therefore an "illegal" president -- provokes Agnewesque attack by on "limp-minded, lily-livered lefties"

Foxx, Rep. Virginia

• giggle-inducing declaration -- "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on you" -- is made by

Frago, Gary

• racist e-mails are forwarded by, but it's no big deal because "I'm not the only one that does it. I didn't originate them, they came to me and I just passed them on"

Gates, Henry Louis

• arrest of for breaking into own house while being black

• Obama says "the Cambridge police acted stupidly" by arresting, and when they voice their hurt feelings, he doesn't offer a knee-jerk apology like almost every politician does whenever anyone objects to almost anything, but instead says he's "surprised by the controversy surrounding my statement because I think it was a pretty straightforward commentary that you probably don't need to handcuff a guy, a middle-aged man who uses a cane, who's in his own home"

For G. Gordon Liddy, Sarah Palin, and more mindless racism, click here!

Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Beck, Brooks, And More!

2009-07-17T14:59:14Z

Bachmann, Rep. Michele

• anti-census legislation is introduced by

Beck, Glenn

• outrage of that, "as our country burns to the ground," no questions were asked of Sotomayor at her confirmation hearings on Monday (since, despite the howling ignorance of, questioning was scheduled to -- and, indeed, did -- begin on Tuesday)

• phone call from listener to unleashes shrieking lunacy of

Brooks, David

• coyness of in not revealing which Republican senator once groped the inner thigh of

Brownback, Sen. Sam

• legislation is proposed by to ban the creation of "part-human, part-animal creatures, which are created in laboratories, and blur the line between the species," because this -- not the economy, or health care, or education -- is what's really important

Buchanan, Pat

• discrimination against white males is decried by

Courtney, Rep. Joe

• colleagues of are challenged by to explain just why they feel justified in denying to unelected Americans the same public health insurance option they as members of Congress are entitled to

Jackson, Michael

• likely 50-year-old visage of had face of not been subjected to endless resculpting

• 1984 ignition of head of

• unquenchable desire of public to read bound drivel about will be met

McCain, Sen. John

• ridiculous defense of Palin by -- a five-minute barrage of blather clearly not believed by and including the Bartlett's-worthy quote "I don't think she quit, I think she changed her priorities" -- leaves viewers wondering if it's possible for a politician to fall further from grace than

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Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week in Review: Sarah Palin, Michael Jackson, And More!

2009-07-10T15:03:29Z

Jackson, Michael

• brainlessness of

• columnists Bob Herbert and Gail Collins weigh in on

• crowd at Staples Center memorial service for is astonished by resurrection of ... oh, never mind, that was just that insufferable jerk Corey Feldman dressed up like

Palin, soon-to-be-ex-Gov. Sarah

• ability of to spout incomprehensible babble is undiminished by decision of to quit in a huff

• Anderson Cooper isn't buying the inane excuses of the spokeswoman for

• angry tweets of

• David Letterman is still making fun of

• eagerness of to get back to "slaying salmon"

• efforts of to make people stop saying bad things about or they are going to get so sued by

• excuse offered by for quitting is -- as is so much of what passes the lips of -- of questionable veracity

• explanation by that, as President, unfair ethical allegations against would be dealt with by the (nonexistent) "Department of Law"

• Fox News contributor is unimpressed -- "the woman is inarticulate, undereducated ... She just begs for adjectives like flaky and wacky ... (she) has no credentials for any job" -- by

• self-pitying Facebook page of

• Shannyn Moore says "Bring it on!" to

• "whining" about unfavorable media coverage used to "bother"

• wondering by author of this index if presenting enough unflattering material about, like this and this and this and this, and this, will prompt the threat of a lawsuit by

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This Week In Reality TV: Faceplace (VIDEO)

2009-07-03T07:32:06Z

Kathy Griffin's mom is pretty much the cutest woman on TV. She is horrified, horrified I tell you, about her daughter's "Faceplace" account and the types of messages she receives there. Unfortunately for the Bachelorette, the messages she's getting from her men aren't as explicit. She cannot for the life of her figure out if they are being genuine or not. Perhaps the whole being on TV thing could hold the answer.

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This Week In Reality TV: It's About To Get Real (VIDEO)

2009-06-27T09:07:13Z

We can't resist reality TV and summer is when it really gets trashy (read: fabulous). Each week we will bring you the best of the rest: All the cliches, all the ridiculous god talk, all the foot rubs, just for the love of the game.

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Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review: Farrah, Bachmann, Burqas And More!

2009-06-26T14:52:08Z

Academy Awards
•doubling of number of Best Picture nominees for

Anderson, Chris
•Wikipedia is liberally ripped off in new book by

Bachmann, Rep. Michele
•warning by that, though "I'm not saying that's what the administration is planning to do," Obama could use census-gathered data to put people in concentration camps

Brooks, Joseph
•ads posted by on Craigslist saying an "Oscar award-winning composer" (for the execrable You Light Up My Life) is looking for a girl between 18 and 22 with a "new face" leads to 82 charges against, including 11 rapes

Buchanan, Pat
•Republican conference proposing support of English-only initiatives as a way to attract blue-collar Democrats is co-hosted by, along with white nationalist Peter Brimelow, under a banner with the word "conference" spelled "conferenece"

burqas
•French government plans to establish a commission to look into the possibility of banning the public wearing of

Davis, State Rep. Cynthia
•unhappiness of with summer food giveaways to low-income Missouri kids because "hunger can be a positive motivator"

Ensign, Sen. John
•letter complaining about cuckolding by -- "Please help me! This should not be how the leadership of our country should be allowed to behave" -- was e-mailed to Fox News anchorwoman by husband of mistress of the day before the public confession of

Fawcett, Farrah
•death of Ed McMahon is instantly upstaged by long-expected death of

guns
•people on the government's terrorist watch list can be prevented from boarding planes or securing visas but apparently cannot be stopped from purchasing explosives or

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Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review: Michele Bachmann, Mel Gibson, And Chickens!

2009-06-19T15:33:39Z

Bachmann, Rep. Michele

• intention of to strike a major blow against the empire and refuse to answer most of next year's census questions

Bay, Michael

• claim by that the King of Jordan is a "fan of Transformers" cries out for an emphatic royal denial
•claim by that Obama "likes my movies" cries out for an emphatic presidential denial

Becton, Elizabeth

• strong desire of to NOT BE CALLED "LIZ"!!!

Block, Francesca Lia

• burning -- yes, actual setting fire to -- of latest book by is urged by group of Christian extremists in Wisconsin

chickens

• increase in backyard raising of, to the general dismay of next-door neighbors

Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary

• fractured elbow of

DePass, Rusty

• Facebook posting about an escaped gorilla prompts racist comment by -- "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors" -- that leads to the loss of the job of and the offering of the obligatory apology by

Edwards, John

• interview is granted by with the condition that no questions be asked about the only things people want answers about from, and the craven Washington Post agrees

Ensign, Sen. John

• severe setback is suffered by rumored 2012 presidential bid of after oh-so-deep regret is expressed by -- and, really, how could it not have been, given the pious pronouncements of about the "sanctity" of marriage in the service of crusading against allowing gays to partake in it, and the membership of in the marital-fidelity-promoting male evangelical group the Promise Keepers, and the strident demands of for the resignations of Larry Craig and Bill Clinton in connection with their sex scandals -- for a nine-month affair had by with a campaign staffer married to a friend of

Gibson, Mel

• song is co-written by with pregnant girl friend of

Goforth, Sherri

• regret is expressed by, not for sending out a racist email -- a collage of images of the 44 presidents with Obama represented by a pair of white eyes against a black background -- but merely for sending it out to the wrong list of people

Green, Mike

• racist tweet -- "JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS" -- is apologized for by

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Willie Geist's Week In Review: Tasered Granny, Dethroned Miss Cali & An Irascible Palin

2009-06-13T09:29:59Z

'Morning Joe' co-host Willie Geist presented his usual, always-amusing Friday run-down of the week's top stories. There were only three, but they are extra absurd.

3. The texas great-grandmother tasered by cop
2. Miss California loses her crown
1. Sarah Palin fights David Letterman

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Week in Review: Iranian election and N. Korean leadership

2009-06-12T21:20:04Z

Carol Giacomo, a member of The New York Times editorial board, and Gideon Rose, managing editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine, join Martin Savidge to discuss the top stories of the week. They look at the election in Iran and changing leadership in North Korea, where two American journalists were also sentenced to 12 years of hard labor earlier this week.

Week in Review: Iranian election and No. Korean leadership

2009-06-12T18:12:44Z

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Paul Slansky: This Preposterous Week In Review: Glenn Beck, Mady Gosselin, And Cow Burps

2009-06-12T15:49:02Z

American Life League
•warnings by that you could die from using birth control pills

AT&T
•loathing of iPhone users for

automobiles
•utter lack of knowledge about -- "I don't know anything about cars" -- of incoming General Motors chairman

Beck, Glenn
•horrific dolphin impression of

Burkle, Ron
•salacious details about

Bush, George H. W.
•bikini-clad young woman plops in lap of, after which speedo-sporting young man sidles up to wife of

Cheney, Dick
•catalogue of damage done by

Cheney, Liz
•opinion of that Obama's refusal to go to other countries and declare that "America is the best nation that ever existed in history, and clearly that exists today" -- in other words, to travel the world thumbing his nose at other people and telling them they suck compared to us -- is "troubling to Americans," or at least to this one American

•ridiculous ubiquity of

Colbert, Stephen
•self is debated by about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

cows
•problematic burps of

Department of Homeland Security
•prescience of in predicting right-wing violence is followed by failure of to actually release the report containing said predictions because, boo-hoo, some right-wing groups didn't like it

•right-wing extremism report of is mocked by right-wing extremist group

Doherty, Pete
•arrest of after being found slumped on a toilet on a British Airways flight on which a hypodermic needle was also found, followed by arrest of for driving erratically in a car in which drugs were found, puts in perspective recent claims by of being "mostly clean"

Dowd, Maureen
•defense of Obama's leisure activities by in a column that also contains a devastating one-sentence summation of Bush's ignorance, arrogance and incompetence gets Karl Rove's dander up

Gosselin, Mady
•complaint of thirst to mother of results in stunning spectacle of said mother procuring a bottle of water, drinking some herself, and recapping the bottle without offering any to

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In Case You Missed It: The Week In News (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

2009-06-06T08:49:37Z

In case you missed them when they first broke -- or simply want to read about them all over again -- here is a roundup of some of last week's more noteworthy stories. Please let us know just how noteworthy you find each story by voting for them.

Week in review: Obama's Mideast speech and Tiananmen

2009-06-05T13:42:26Z

Carla Robbins of The New York Times editorial board and Garrick Utley of the State University of New York join Martin Savidge to discuss the week’s top stories: The substance and impact of President Obama’s speech to the Muslim and Arab worlds and China 20 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Carla Robbins of The New York Times editorial board and Garrick Utley of the State University of New York discuss the week’s top stories: The substance and impact of President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world and China on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Full Show: May 29, 2009

2009-05-29T17:50:04Z

Watch the show from Friday, May 29: More threats and missiles from North Korea, the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, deforestation and the week in review.
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