Daily Archives: August 18, 2011

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Liveblogging Project Runway Episode Four!

Oh, hello there. It’s me again, your substitute liveblog slunt. Think back to high school when you had that same substitute teacher time after time. The one who had pretty much stopped trying. The one who smelled like vodka and breath mints. The one who basically let you kids do whatever the hell you wanted as long as you didn’t kill one another. Yeah, that’s me, and I’m flexible on the murder thing.

Can you believe we’ve already been watching this shit for a month? I still can’t remember most of the design goblins’ names, but at least we’ve done a pretty thorough job of creating nicknames for them. That makes me feel warm inside, but that could just be the vodka. Continue reading →

Rick Perry Would LIke You To Know Evolution Is “Out There”

Rick Perry mugged for the crowd while giving out canned answers to questions in New Hampshire today. One little boy [through his mother] asked about Evolution and the age of the Earth. Rick Perry seemed quite ready to speak to this question, answering it before the boy could follow the prompting of his mother.

“That’s a theory that is out there — and it’s got some gaps in it. In Texas we teach both Creationism and Evolution. Because I figure you’re smart enough to figure out which one is right.”  [ USA Today ]

This is precisely why we have so many 10 year-old teachers down here in Texas. They’re just great at figuring things out. Here’s something Rick Perry should be trying to figure out: How’s he going to get elected with less than 40% of the Latino vote?

Soderburgh’s Male Stripper Movie Now Starring Basically Every Hot Guy in Hollywood

Have you heard about Steven Soderburgh’s upcoming film, Magic Mike? It’s a total sausagefest about a veteran male stripper mentoring a newbie. Casting news has come quickly (mmhmmm), with news that Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer are set to play mentor and protoge, respectively. It was announced yesterday that perpetually half-naked Matthew McConaughey joined the cast; he will play an ex-stripper who owns the club where Pettyfer and Tatum work. Are you getting hot yet? Not enough? Earlier today the announcement came that Matt Bomer has been added to the cast, and now EW has an exclusive which is sure to steam you up even more: True Blood‘s Joe Manganiello has been cast in the role of Big Dick Richie. Subtle! Obligatory beefcake shot of Manganiello after the jump. Continue reading →

Christine O’Donnell: “I’m Here To Talk About My Book…So Let’s Not Talk About the Book!”


Hey, remember that anti-masturbation, pro-coven-witch Delaware Tea Party Candidate Christine O’Donnell? She ran for office and lost mostly because no one could figure out what she was talking about, and well, the whole coven witch thing? Basically she was some sort of Sarah Palin clone without the high-profile, but with all the requisite bubble-brained word mashing. Yeah well, she’s written a book about who knows…perhaps how to tend to a vegetable garden now that you’re a failed politician! She attempted to sit for an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan until he started asking questions in line with the book’s contents and then she imploded into a thousand stupid pieces.

Here’s what happened. Continue reading →

John Kasich Suddenly Learns About ‘Compromise’

Pity poor John Kasich. After enjoying the rousing round of Republican victories in the 2010 elections that saw him win the governorship of Ohio without so much as a majority of Ohioans voting for him, Kasich had to watch last week as Republicans in Wisconsin lost two seats in the legislature there. Then, of all the indignities, the two Democrats up for recall there this week retained their seats.

Now, normally Wisconsin state politics have nothing to do with Ohio state politics.  However, when both states pass draconian anti-union laws within weeks of each other-laws that were eerily similar, they sort of do. Continue reading →