Glenn Beck is apparently peeved that Fox News is no longer setting national policy - at least, not as overtly as it used to. So he's doing something about it, goddammit. In what sounds like a prelude to Mussolini's March on Rome, he is attempting to organize the sort of ignorant saps who put George W Bush in office with a campaign unnervingly ( Read more... )

Yes! It appears that the rumors I mentioned a few months ago are joyously true! The man Skippy accurately describes as "the unholy spawn of George Will and Pee Wee Herman" has lost his regular slot! Tucker - the show, if not its eponymous host - has been euthanized by MSNBC!


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Will someone please get Carson Daly off my television?

Thanks.

There were few surprises last night - and most of them were pleasant. A recap of the nominees and my predictions can be found ( behind the cut )

Guest Host Tina Fey on SNL's "Weekend Update" last night (as their Women's News Correspondent):

FEY: ... And finally, the most important Women's News item there is: we have our first serious female presidential candidate in history, Hillary Clinton. And yet, women have come so far as feminists that they don't feel obligated to vote for a candidate ( Read more... )

Okay, onto the awards people actually care about - the ones that score four and five points in our annual competitions here. (The other nominees and my preferences, and predictions regarding them can be found in The Oscar Post - Part One.) As I'm so totally disappointed in this year's lackluster nominees, for some of these I'll be adding a "Should ( Read more... )

This is a tough year to predict, especially since the actual best films and performances tended to be ignored altogether in favor of the emperor's entire wardrobe. Rather than just making this a grumble-fest from the outset, I'll try to disperse my disdain for the Academy's choices throughout my assessment. This year, though, my "Should Win" ( Read more... )

Gaaah!

The campaign season is hitting new lows and the election is nearly a year away. Not in smears or attacks or the standard lies and misinformation. No. We are new hitting new lows in taste. Okay, Christmas is about as kitsch as it can be anyway, but do we really need our potential national leaders compounding it?


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On Decision '08: Countdown to the Debate (a.k.a. "Who the Fuck Cares?") Chris Matthews just said, in reference to Romney and Huckabee's Great Devil War, that "this is the first time in recent history" that religion has been a divisive issue. Hello, Chris, are you at all familiar with the pro-choice/pro-life issue? Gay marriage? The "culture wars ( Read more... )

I just finished watching the most recent Republican Presidential Tap Dance (or whatever these wastes of time are being called) - and much of the follow-up commentary. Why is it so difficult for our political analysts to even recognize truth? There is only one Republican candidate who even seems capable of being honest - and that, of course, is Ron ( Read more... )