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Beck Snarks On Palin, Calls Himself Ridiculous

You still want to tell me this is a guy who should be taken seriously as a political leader of some kind? One can imagine the sound bytes we'd be hearing from his relatively low-rated radio show. If he's your cup of political infotainment, fine. But thinking of him as anything more than that is silly. h/t Jennifer

Bet: Ratings Fail - Oprah/Obama Christmas Special

Let's see - Sunday Dec 13 features a night game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the NY Giants on NBC? That's a division rivalry between two large market teams in the East. Bonus points if they're fighting it out for so much as a wild card. They have a Celebrity Apprentice show after the game for the West Coast. Cold Case on NBC? No idea.

Oprah in the evening? Not her usual slot and she's rarely done it. Christmas time and politics? Good luck with that. This bad idea will under produce. But Oprah still has the clout to get the spot, obviously.

The queen of daytime will interview the president of the country during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.

The network has announced "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special," which includes an interview with the president, a conversation with the First Couple and tour of the White House. The special will also go behind-the-scenes as staffers prepare the White House for the holiday season.

The special marks the first time Winfrey has interviewed Obama since he took office. "Christmas at the White House" will air Sunday, Dec. 13, at 10 p.m.

Why Does The Left Want Beck To Lead The Conservative Movement?

Don't pile on me. Just a link to Brian Mahoney at Radio Equalizer, who is always more than a fair man in his analysis. Some of his links and quotes are rather troubling. Given the liberal media's tendency to ignore, or impugn so many conservative personalities who have had great success, it is something of a puzzle while they seem so intent on propping Beck up. Is it only because he has prominent liberals handling his business and image? I wish I knew. But it has always been cause for alarm given how little I trust liberals and the liberal media. See both links if you haven't. I'm open to opposing views. That doesn't mean some of this isn't rather curious imo. They do love to set the Right up, just as they did with John McCain. Remember? He was the candidate the Left feared! Yeah, sure, how did that work out for us? feh!

More important is the state-run media's curious role in promoting Beck. Is it designed to install someone they see as highly vulnerable to oversee conservatives, leading to subsequent damage?

Lefties recognize Beck's unpredictable behavior and habit of making strange statements that serve the movement poorly, such as his assertion that McCain's presidency would have been worse for America than Obama's.

In addition, it is then relatively easy to use Beck's words to undermine Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Levin, Sarah Palin and others.

Another tactic: pitting other conservatives against Beck, accusing them of "jealousy" in relation to his "success".

Glenn Beck Is An Ass

I'm getting spam now for the fourth book this clown wants to sell this year. How much money does he have to make? And I don't even really care about that other than the spam. He's more than welcome to make every buck his scheming little fingers can snatch up. But if he's going to keep up his bullshit about down with Democrats, down with the GOP in 2010, it's America who will be the ultimate loser. Right now the ultimate loser looks like Glenn Beck.

We don't need a rodeo clown distracting people from the realities involving our current two party system going into 2010. There isn't enough time to create a third party movement that will accomplish anything but to empower the progressives by watering down Republican votes. And that's true no matter how many cheap books Beck has his assistants scratch out for him next year. He's every bit as much a charlatan as is Obama. And we don't need two of them getting in our way right now.

“Coming this January, my whole approach changes on this program,” he hinted cryptically on his Wednesday show. “This next year is going to be critical and I think it's going to change and I think we are going to set it right, at least set our course right. And if that means the Democrats or the Republicans are destroyed along the way, well, good. Good.”

Beck's Saturday rally, which is set for 3 p.m., is timed to coincide with the kickoff of a tour promoting his new book, “Arguing with Idiots.”

Rosie Gal Pal Replaced By Dog

Yeah, it's a cheap shot. I feel bad. But only because I like dogs so much. Besides, it was time to bring back my Rosie O'Donnell favorite hit. See below.

O'Donnell confirmed: "She does! She burrows in the bed right next to me."

And, when asked who "sometimes looks after her," O'Donnell explained her four children all fight over caring for the pup, which she got three days after Carpenter left. "What happened [was] when Kelli moved out two years ago, I got the dog. Because I wanted another child or something to love. And I got the dog."

Hey, this took a while to make. And it still ticks the feminazis off.

Updated: Wow, I'm A Gangsta! I Rock!

Update: A translation of the voice in the ad here. Scroll down. Still dumb and twisted.

I don't know why Feministe is so upset. The game isn't that hard. Dayum, I knocked her around so well I scored 100% Gangsta first time out. Not quite as challenging as PacMac. But she mouths off so much, it makes it at least somewhat enjoyable.

I was curious as to what the end message was going to be, so I kept “hitting the bitch” thinking after one or two times there would be some sort of lesson in all of this. But… no. You have to hit the woman like 15 times as she cries and touches her face and staggers backward and is bruised and bloody. It’s horrific. When you finally reach “100% Gangsta,” she falls over.

Oh, that must be it. Fifteen times?? Chick must swing like a gurl. I had her down with about 5 or 6, including a good back hand. Now, that takes some skill. You can't land any body shots though. See, that way, the bruises are mostly hidden. You have to nail the broad square in the face. But the blood makes her less attractive, so hitting her again isn't such a big deal.

Click on the image here to play, maybe we should keep like a team score?

Warning: Allegedly some anti-domestic violence group in Denmark developed the on line ap to fight domestic violence. I can't find a source for the campaign. If that's true, the action group must be about as sick as half the wife beaters in the world. That is one very twisted game.

Yes, I did score 100% Gansta in far less than 15 shots. The imagery is not pleasant to see. You've been warned. I guess that's the point. But I still find the concept sick as a serious effort at anything.

MSNBC's Scarborough Reportedly Moving On

While being billed as a national day of service in line with the Obama administration's volunteer-ism agenda, people in the know insist that on November 21st Mourning Joe host Joe Scarborough will be taking a test to enter Starbuck's employee training program for counter help at a Starbuck's location just around the corner from his current MSNBC studio. Scarborough was reported to have discreetly slipped into the location last week after MSNBC executives informed him they thought he might want to start looking for a new job.

Unconvinced he was able to pour their many flavors of coffee at a reasonable clip without becoming confused, Starbuck's manager Van Jones insisted Joe take the standard qualifying test prior to being granted a 90 day probationary period. Joe is said to be thrilled that his benefits will kick in after the probation period assuming he goes on to join Starbucks full-time.

In 2008 alone, Starbucks partners and customers in the U.S. and Canada volunteered 246,000 hours of service toward our goal to contribute over 1 million hours of community service by 2015. We're off to a great start! As we continue to work toward this goal, we will look for creative opportunities to gain wider awareness of the importance of volunteerism and giving back to local communities. With that in mind, we are proud to announce that we are working with MSNBC's "Morning Joe".

On November 21st, participate in the Brewing Together Day of Service, co-sponsored by Starbucks and "Morning Joe." Make a difference on this day, by logging into the HandsOn Network, and finding a local volunteer opportunity in your area.

In tandem with the event, we are introducing the newly updated Starbucks Gold Coast Blend®: Morning Joe Edition, an intense, full-bodied blend that showcases our finest Latin American and Asia-Pacific coffees. Available exclusively where you buy groceries this bold, flavorful coffee is a fitting accompaniment to conversation, whether around the kitchen table, on the set of "Morning Joe", or during a break while you're volunteering in your community.

Click here for a message from Joe & Mika about Brewing Together Day of Service event on November 21, and look for Starbucks Gold Coast Blend® Morning Joe Edition at a grocery store near you.

William Shatner Does Levi Johnston

Ha. Father in name only Levi Johnston claims he was "Shat" on by William Shatner for this bit. Get used to it, punk. It won't be the last time. It isn't even the first time. Your handlers do it to you every day, you're just too freaking stoopid to notice.

Good Lord

So I see this tweet about Miley Cyrus saying Twitter should be banned. Okay, pathetic confession - I've never actually seen the girl before this video, though obviously I know the name. So, I look her up on Wiki, as I knew she was a kid. She's 17?

In between trying to pick a food particle out of her teeth with her fingers, she tells how her latest song was actually only cut for her clothing line and, like, um, like, like, um, her movie is coming out and she's trying to reach an older audience at this point in her career. And, well, college might be cool if she ever has time to, um, like you know, check it out and stuff.

American popular culture is so upside down and freaking screwed. And I got old. I don't know which sux worse sometimes. ; )

PS - If she isn't careful, she'll be a wealthy fat dumb ass by thirty-five, assuming she makes it past the crank use in her early middle years. I don't care how grounded she may or may not be. But I do hope it works out better than that.

The Horror Of National Health Care

What were they thinking? Liberal ideology, or a ploy to garner some headlines? Both, probably. But talk about insipid stupidity, at least in terms of selling health care reform. Obviously, it simply provokes jokes comparing reform to horror and makes the topic totally un-serious.

Hey, maybe the filmmaker is a closeted Conservative?

Mr. Jigsaw goes to Washington in “Saw VI.”

The demented serial killer stumps for health-care reform in this odd political turn by the torture franchise.

John Kramer (Tobin Bell), the Jigsaw killer, slipped this mortal coil in “Saw III,” yet he continues to gobble up screen time.

In flashbacks, Kramer reveals that a battle with Umbrella Insurance over his cancer treatment is what created his blood lust.