Post Archive
September 2009
Shocker: Study Finds Tweets By Lawmakers Boastful or Boring
Raise your hand if you saw this coming from a mile away … Researchers from the University of Maryland who plodded through more than 6,000 Twitter postings by members of Congress have found– surprise! — that politicians spend most of their time on Twitter promoting themselves. [say it ain’t so] …
John Edwards: On the Rooftop and Dreaming
Who hasn’t promised their mistress a rooftop wedding in NYC with the Dave Matthews Band playing? New York Times: For Edwards, Drama Builds Toward a Denouement In the proposal, which The New York Times examined, Mr. Young says that he assisted the affair by setting up private meetings between Mr. …
Obama Will Throwdown With Bobby Flay
Lindsey Graham recently said of the President’s aggressive TV schedule, "he’s appeared on every network but the Food Channel." Good news for Lindsey, that’s about to change. The Associated Press reports today that President Obama will make an appearance on the Food Channel Network show “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” and …
Hyper Hill
Chase Sapphire [girlofwords ] Spend Little [live well ] Family [good for you ] Skins [upperdeck ] Staycation [Zola ]
Famous 5: Tom DeLay
He used to be feared on the House Floor, now he hopes to bring the competition to its knees on the dance floor. It’s the Famous Five with Tom DeLay Are you worried about your level of competitiveness given that you’re the oldest contestant? I didn’t realize until they announced …
The Tale of Two Ads: Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann was recently featured in a political ad. We tend to think his Boston Market ad was better. "It’s not tricky, eat something." Via Mediaite
Who Is Matt Latimer?
It’s a question both the right and left are asking. After GQ magazine ran excerpts of his new book “Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor,” Latimer found himself a target of both the right and the left for telling tales out of school. Among the tidbits that drew attention …
Happy Monday – Mostly Football Edition
The Redskins Defense came up big and held on for a win [beat Rams] Obama’s media blitz continues tonight on Letterman [Lynn Sweet] Joe Dub had a long drive back from Vicksburg, Va. [Va Tech wins] Michael Crabtree is still unemployed [$66 million] The San Diego Chargers’ kicker Nate Kaeding looks …
Your Other WTF of the Week: Seriously?
Dumbest criminal to ever walk the streets, or just extremely addicted to Facebook updates? The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar’s arrest after he stopped check his account on the victim’s computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond …
Subject Line Wars
A few of our favorites are below. Note: Not quite sure about that first one. [David, this isn’t an email to your frat brothers]
(Very Late) Fantasy Football Rant
Week one of fantasy football is behind us… And he’s taking his pants off. Be very afraid. Things didn’t go well for a lot of you. Things were so bad for Patrick Swayze that he decided to die rather than try to rebuild his shitty team from the waiver …
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Barack Obama lunched with Bill Clinton, Hans Nichols celebrated a birthday, Chris Cillizza celebrated the arrival of the Almanac, Roll Call released their Fab 50, Thomas Rushford will lead efforts to introduce the Office of the Historian 2.0, Jordan Stoick celebrated a birthday, Heather Holdridge left Care2 to run online for Fenton …