Archive
January 23, 2012
Newt And Marianne Gingrich's 1995 Christmas Ornament
1995 would mean Gingrich had been having an affair with Callista for two years already.
Mitt Romney's Debate Temptation: Throw Mud
His supporters want him to eviscerate Newt. He probably shouldn't.
The Problem With Pringles Solved Once And For All
And I think to myself... what a wonderful world.
Funny Or Die's Callista Gingrich Addresses Open Marriage Rumors
SNL-alum and current "Happy Endings" star Casey Wilson hilariously parodies Newt Gingrich's current wife. (Caution: Some strong language.)
Washington Will Almost Definitely Be The Next State To Legalize Gay Marriage
Great news out of Washington State! Senator Mary Margaret Haugen says she will support Washington's gay marriage bill, thus becoming the 25th vote needed to pass the bill out of the Senate.
Ron Paul's Grandchildren Sing The Ron Paul For Congress Song
This is from a Ron Paul for Congress infomercial that ran in 1996.
Peter And Venom: A Calvin And Hobbes Tribute
Best Bill Waterson fan art yet. Many pop culture relationships have been given the Calvin treatment, but artist Ninja Ink nails it.
Mitt Romney's Father Palled Around With Saul Alinsky
Newt regularly inveighs against the radical figure. "I think you ought to listen to Alinsky,’ George Romney said after the '67 riots. Romney Sr. made Alinsky "sound like a Republican."
Courtney Stodden Is A Pop Star And Other Links From Around The Web
Popcorn is at least a thousand years older than historians first assumed. Looks like the Peruvians enjoyed a good train wreck snack as much as the next culture.
The Most Depressing TurboTax Question Of All Time
As if tax season wasn't grim enough.
Starbucks To Start Selling Alcohol
Good news. You may be able to get drunk at Starbucks soon.
The Bloodied Romney Businessweek Cover That Hasn't Run
This image, which appears to be a cover of Bloomberg Businessweek that has not -- at least yet -- run, was unearthed by Capital New York's Azi Paybarah. Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel tells BuzzFeed they didn't use it because it didn't meet the zeitgeist. It does now.
New York Senate Hopeful Features A Porn Site On His Blog
Marc Cenedella, the Republican CEO and founder of the online job-search website TheLadders, is running for Senate in New York. Until recently there was a blog on the company's website that featured a photo of the candidate and the tagline "the personal blog of Marc Cenedella." It featured some pretty surprising content.
The Florida Company Mitt Romney Helped Bankrupt
The local press is already writing about it, and it's bound to end up in a Super PAC ad soon. A brief guide the Dade-Behring story.
Paul Campaign Attacks TSA
Adds it to the list of government agencies to abolish. Rand, meanwhile, is no longer being held in Nashville.
Romney Campaign Fundraiser Lobbied For Fannie Mae
Romney is now attacking Gingrich for his ties to the government-backed mortgage giant.
Is This Barack Obama's Willie Horton?
There's a long political history of tying a politician -- from Michael Dukakis to Mike Huckabee -- to a dangerous felon who was released and committed more crimes. A Republican points BuzzFeed to this Miami Herald article about Kesler Dufrene, a convicted felon released by immigration authorities because of a moratorium on deportations to Haiti. He's accused of three murders, including that of a 15-year old girl.
21 Enchanting Photos Of Chinese New Year Celebrations
Happy Year of the Dragon! Also known as the Spring Festival, the annual holiday begins this year on January 23rd and celebrations will continue until the Lantern Festival fifteen days later.
Newt Gingrich In 2008 On Fannie And Freddie: "Anyone Who Profited Should Pay"
Newt Gingrich has come under fire recently for his consulting work at Fannie Mae and Freddie. In September 2008 Gingrich commented that he worked with both institutions "consulting and advising" on a "general public policy level." Gingrich also comments that he was happy to not "push the issue" of their mismanagement while he was working for them a long as they "weren't failing." This is the substance of Romney's latest attack on Gingrich.
Mitt Romney Or Stephen Colbert?
This passage from Romney's stump speech sounds like something you might hear in a Colbert Report monologue.
Representative Gabrielle Giffords Finishing The Congress On Your Corner Event She Started Over A Year Ago
If you didn't already know, Rep. Giffords announced this weekend that she would be resigning from Congress. Here she is finishing the "Congress On Your Corner" event that was tragically cut short just over a year ago. Inspiring stuff.
Hey, What's Tom Arnold Been Up To Lately?
Oh, just making money being the spokesman for CMT's "Redneck Overload" Saturday night programming -- which just so happens to be the home of the new hit series "Bayou Billionaires". In terms of television comebacks on ill-fitting cable networks, the advantage goes to Roseanne Barr. Sorry, Tom.
Mitt Romney Tells A Drug Joke On Fox News
Let's all hope that marijuana humor is a major part of Mitt's strategy for tonight's debate in Florida.
Senator Most Likely To Make A Fuss At Aiport Security
Yes, it's Rand Paul.
This Guy Is Extremely Mad About The Ravens Loss
And he wants his jerk friends out of his house. NOW!
The New Attack: Nobody Loves Romney
This new video casts Mitt Romney as just plain unlikable. Obama once told Hillary Clinton she was "likable enough." This one's the freelance product of Sara Haile-Mariam, a Democratic consultant.
Why To Re-Elect Obama
The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza makes what will likely become the central case for re-election in a long article today, based on access to private White House memos. The argument: Forget unity, Obama 2.0 is ready to fight partisan wars against Republicans he'll convince you to trust less than you trust him.
Ron Paul Congressional Baseball Legend
Ron Paul is the only Congressman to have ever hit a home run in the annual Congressional baseball game. The home run was hit during a game in the 1980s.
Paul Newsletter: OK City Was An Inside Job
A strange new claim from one of the newsletters that have dogged the libertarian's bid. The reporter who dug up the newsletters, special to BuzzFeed.
Why You're Hearing About Newt Gingrich In New York
Readers from California to Texas to New York say they're hearing advertising for Newt Gingrich. Here's the deal.