We’re all for keeping it real, but this is just f*cking depressing. Al, it was a commencement address, not a funeral.  We can only imagine how many students are now heavily medicated after listening to you ramble on and on about the world coming to an end.

Last night Paul Begala took a stab at explaining the rational behind Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s false record as a Vietnam War veteran. “Voters are going to have to sort through whether this is some sort of fundamental character flaw, right– which I think many might think– or whether …

If you’re a foodie and enjoy unscripted fun, you’ll love this: International Food Celebs Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert hit the Warner Theatre Stage for ONE NIGHT of behind the scenes stories, kitchen tips, and a fair amount of smart-ass-ery. TOMMY McFLY will try to keep it all together for …

The U.S. government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been wrong about its hurricane forecasts three out of the last four years, and 7 out of the last 11 years. The National Center for Public Policy Research believes there may be a better way, so they commissioned a forecast by …

We would’ve held out for $45,000. Bristol Palin has signed with a speakers bureau for a tidy sum of between $15,000 and $30,000 per speech, RadarOnline reports. In comparison, Levi rakes in $45 a speech.

From the “Department of Let It Go”: Ex-Obama pastor: ‘Obama threw me under the bus’ Gin and Toxic? The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is “toxic” to the Obama administration and that the president “threw me …

It’s good to be Bo. Bo is the Sixteen Hundred Dollar Dog, according to Barack Obama’s newly released financial disclosure form for 2009. In the White House’s reckoning, that’s the market value of the dog the Obama family received as a gift from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy and his …

We’ve spent hours writing posts about this type of behavior and to be quite frank, it’s growing old. [good riddance] Indiana Rep. Mark Souder (R) will resign his congressional seat after an affair with a staffer came to light, he said in a statement this morning. “It is with great …

Lesson of the Day: When telling a story about your service in Vietnam, it usually helps if you actually served in Vietnam. [minor details]

We’re talking soccer this time.

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Fox News’ Chad Pergram: Read the Fine Print So with the COMPETES Act in the till, the GOP again hatched an artful motion to recommit. This MTR would require the government to can all employees disciplined for using government computers to view pornography. FOX obtained an internal GOP memo that …

This is what happens after you drink 13 cups of coffee and attempt to shoot a campaign ad. We love how this guy mentions Facebook while he holds up his rifle. “Who on earth would support such a dummy?” Brilliant. h/t HA

Meet John Stanton: Congressional reporting, fireworks eating, all-American bad ass. Mr. Stanton took a break between covering the SCOTUS madness for Roll Call and brutal Gaelic football practices to answer a few questions for a FamousDC Famous 5 interview. 1. You’ve been on the hill for several years and we …