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The editors at Huffington Post will turn their back on these important stories:

Is Sonia Sotomayor A Three In One: Hispanic, Female and Gay?

Murta Buddy Suspended from Dealing With the Navy Due to Fraud Allegations.

Sheriff Joe Soft on Rape.

Oliver North Faves Wackenhut Accused of Fraud.

Democrats Go Royalist and Rally Around Accused Drunken Murderer Son of Former California Speaker.

Evidence Building That Con Artist Informant Hoaxed FBI.

Lawrence Livermore Lab Kicks Off Multi-Billion Dollar Experiment That Could Mean End to Carbon Based Energy Generation.

Climate Change Causes 315,000 Deaths a Year Worldwide.

Are Anti-gang Injunctions Being Overused? Generally, No, But Perhaps in This Case.

Republicans in Conservative Stronghold Go to War Against Each Other.

University of Illinois Concedes Admission Process Corrupt.

Japanese University Using IPhone to Check Student Attendance.

Are Latinos Keeping Gay Marriage Down?

Is Pakistan Going Strategic Hamlet Program in Battle Against Taliban?

Shoes Thrown at Bush Posters in Canada.

Oklahoma Republican Congress Ctitter Admits to Being a Drunk.

FDIC Orders Changes at Five California Banks.

Republican Cops Engaged in Beer Bashes With At Risk Kids.

Unemployment Down in Tennessee, But Hate Crimes Are Up.

Conservative Town Whitewashes Racism Incident Involving Famous Native.

Reality TV Show Results in False Arrest For Murder.

Another Love Canal in the Offing? Tacoma Allows Building of Condos at Superfund Site.

Neighbors of Seattle Area Brothel Mad at Police. Yes, You Read That Right.

Other Municipalities Take Note: Stadium Deal in Portland Will Mean Net Job LOSS.

Vietnam War Hero and Marijuana Smuggler.

Democrat NY State Senator a Maniac.

Pathetic Men Paying for, Get This, Platonic Dates.

Censorship at Huffington Post and ESPN

Over the last couple days, I have had most of my comments censored even though none of them violated the site's posting guidelines. I know, everybody has had that experience and it is the main thing that makes Al-Arianna so frustrating.

Anyway, everyone knows about HuffPo's product placement relationship with the Orange County hegemons at Disney and one of my deleted comments had to do with who I wanted to see go at ESPN. So I present them here and I am sure you will agree with me.

Jettisoning Stephen A. Smith was a good start, as his George Jefferson act got old real fast. But they also need to drop that brown nosing blowhard, Dick Vitale, who makes me change channels everytime he is on. Vitale, who had a short stint at Detroit University as a basketabll coach, is now in the Basketball Hall of Fame only because his tongue has rimmed the right folks. He has about as much right to be enshrined as Chuck Cottier does in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Next on the chopping block should be whoever the blithering idiot they make the excellent Pam Ward put up with on their collegiate softball broadcasts. Not only does this bimbo talk too much, she often doesn't know what she's talking about and seems to be there to be a cheerleader more than an analyst. Compared to her, Fernando Vina is Vin Scully.

And speaking of "Mr. I Can't Criticize Anyone" and steroid abuser Vina, he has to go, too, as does Eric "I can't string two words together coherently" Young. How in God's name anyone could decide to hire these two spluttering bozos is beyond any rational contemplation.

Next to receive a pink slip should be sideline stroke queen Erin Andrews, who is notoriously (and unprofessionally) touchy and huggy with players in the locker room. She sets the cause of women in broadcasting back 40 years.

And can anyone, and I mean anyone, tolerate Chris Berman and his cloying nicknaming of players, his general pomposity and assholiness as well as his pathetically overweening constant attempts to prove that he's hip? I didn't think so. This guy's style is as dated as faux wood paneling.

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Among the stories you won't see on Huffington Post:

And the Hits Just Keep on Coming: Another Catholic School Charged with Molestation Incidents.

Abortion in ALL Cases About to be Outlawed in Tennessee.

Arizona Judge Bans Dad from Taking Kids to Mormon Church. No, Really.

Tenneseeans Buying So Many Guns They Are Short of Ammo---No, Really.

Scientology on Trial in France for Fraud.

Las Vegas Media, Pols Blames Obama Campaign Remarks for Drop in Tourism---No, I'm Not Kidding.

The State of the So-called Educational Miracle to Shut Out Some Deserving Incoming Freshman Students From Enrollment to its Most Prominent Universities.

GM Bankruptcy Springtime for Lawyers, Winter for Workers and Pensioners.

GOP Senator Accused of Endangering GM Jobs.

Religious Right Trying to Cashier Medical Privacy for Teens.

Is China's Yuan Going to Replace the Dollar as the Chief Reserve Currency?

Heckuva Job George and Dick! China Now Has Stranglehold on U.S. Debt Markets.

Chinese Academic Fights ISP, Censorship While Spotlighting Corruption.

Roland Burris Goes Big, Totals Up $8 Billion in Earmarks.

GOP Rep Wamp and the Call of the Krank.

Does Showboating Sheriff Joe Apraio Own Arizona Republic Columnist?

India vs. the U.S. in Education.

British MP Expenses Scandal Masking More Spectacular Construction Rip Off.

Gamblers Call NFL Ingrates.

Republican Clears Siegleman of Wrong Doing

And the media largely ignored it. This is a huge story, but the folks in the journalistic sphere who are supposed to be looking out for you fucked you, our legal system and our democracy in the ass.

If anyone does finally pay attention to it, this puts the nail in Karl Rove's coffin because he ginned up a conspiracy to get rid of a popular Democratic Party governor of Alabama. Read the account here. Here's to hoping another federal investigation dime's Bush's brain.

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Huffington Post Deigned to Not Bring You the Following:

Wealthy Wingnut Enclave of Dana Point Builds Bridge to Nowhere.

Republican Candidate Seeks to Remove Campaign Contribution Restrictions in Tennessee.

Is Murtha Earmark (Read: Pork) Funding for Airport Wasteful or Not (Make Sure You Read Comments)?

Richly Compensated Liberal L.A. City Council Tries to Defund its Critics; How Rightwing of Them.

Creepy Old Guy to Remain a Republican (Birds of a Feather, You Know).

Good for Him! Obama Nominates Lesbian Parent for U.S. Attorney Post.

Another Republican Sex Perv Headed to the Gray Bar Hotel. Gay marriage, GOP, Israel,

Another Republican Accused of Sexual Harrassment.

Anti-Gay Marriage Wackos Committing "Logocide."

Book Asserts That GOP Has Abandoned Free Markets.

Man Driving Israeli Militarism Not Allowed to Enter U.S.

Anti-Abortionists Are Overreaching Control Freaks. Duh.

Republicans Bring Ethics Scrutiny in Tennessee to a Screeching Halt.

Republican Federal Attorney Replaced Over Possible Hatch Act Violation.

Corruption Investigation in Kentucky Moving Forward.

Did Abstemious Woodrow Wilson Have an Affair?

How Health Care in Holland Works.

Rightwing Radio Host Uses Notorious Convicted Con Artist as Expert on Terrorism

Sieg heil on your dial KFI, a clear channel radio station with a long reach in the west, had convicted swindler Craig Monteil on Friday as an expert to talk about the arrests of accused synagogue bomb plot conspirators in NYC. Orange County Weekly has the blow by blow here.

Yet another reason why if you listen to wingnut talkers you will be misinformed.

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Among the stories missed by Huffington Post Friday:

Uh Oh: FBI Agent in Synagogue Bombing Plot Investigation Has Sketchy Record.

Mary Kay LeTourneau Hosting "Hot for Teacher Night" at Seattle Club. This is Not a Drill.

Agribusiness Gets Book Banned at Washington State University.

Judge Judy Backed NYC DA Candidate Got Bamboozled by Mafia.

Corporate Jets Becoming an Object of Shame for Companies in Tough Times.

From State Prosecutor to Death Row Inmate.

What Hath Hannity Wrought: Connecticut Rep Says Bush Should Volunteer to be Waterboarded for Charity.

How Much of a Bitch is it to be Poor? Check This Out.

Former New England Patriot Indicted for Murder for Hire Plot.

Huffington Post Contributor Hijacks Alternative Weekly Column Name

After the controversy over Maureen Dowd playing copycat with one of outstanding liberal blogger Josh Marshall's articles, the Huffington Post has now allowed one of its contributors, Carolynn Carreno, to steal the name of a column by Orange County Weekly and L.A. Weekly columnist Gustavo Arellano, "Ask a Mexican." You would think that Arianna's crew would be more careful, but I guess not.

Arellano's work, which can be found here, seeks to clear up misconceptions and stereotypes about Mexico and Mexican immigrants.

Carreno's is apparently a cooking column, which can be found here, thereby trivializing the work that Arellano is doing.

I wrote a comment about it at HuffPo, but, of course, it was censored.

Considering that the number two in charge at HuffPo is former RIAA lobbyist Hillary Rosen, you would think a little piracy would outrage her. Not in this case, though. Hypocrite.

Anti-Gay Marriage Activist is Thrice Married Wife Abuser

You can't make this stuff up.

Iraqi Refugees Treated Like Shit by U.S. Government

For you chuckleheads out there who still think that the situation in Iraq is just hunky dory thanks to your boy Bush, here is a motherfucking clue it ain't.

Yes, in a country the supposedly good Christians of the USA "liberated," Chaldean Christians are being raped, beaten and killed by Muslim zealots. So thousands of them have fled to the U.S. and have mainly settled in El Cajon, which is now becoming Little Baghdad (kind of like how a section of Garden Grove, CA became Little Saigon in the wake of the Vietnam War) after being treated like shit by our wonderful (or not) INS.

Heckuva job there George and Barack!

And if that weren't bad enough, the Bush Administration left an intelligence asset in Iraq to twist in the wind and he is still alive today because some Marines intervened on his half and smuggled him out of Iraq. If Bush can't even keep this guy safe, you think he was competent to keep the U.S. out of harm's way? Only if you believe that Harry Potter is a real person.

The Pelosi-CIA Battle Royale Disturbing, But Not for the Reason You Think

There was a time in this country (like up through the beginning of WWII) where the United States didn't think spying was very cricket. No, I'm not kidding. So we basically had no intelligence capability until the creation of the OSS (later called the CIA). That is one reason why, for example, that when West Germany was born, a former Nazi was put in charge of its intelligence agency since the Nazis had all kinds of information about the Soviet Union and we had just about bupkus.

Anyway, one of the most effective tools a spy network uses is called "disinformation," which is the dissemination of false but plausible (which makes it believable) tales in order to attain some strategic goal, whether it's as large as destabilizing an entire nation or more localized such as luring a suspected double agent into a trap.

The CIA's farcical attempt to set up Nancy Pelosi as regards the torture issue, though, should set off alarm bells to anyone concerned with U.S. national security. Not because what they did to Pelosi was necessarily going to undermine our government per se, but because this bit of disinformation was done on such an amateur hour level that other intelligence agencies abroad, especially our enemies, are now laughing their asses off. Or using this incident to enhance their own disinformation (also known as propaganda) they spread to willing media stooges, who then relay it for public consumption, half of that public being comprised of under 100 IQs (think your average Glenn Beck viewer or teabagging attendee). That puts the U.S. image in the world in a much tougher position.

Look at it this way: you have a baseball team that is all slow footed sluggers and no speed. An entire team composed of David Ortiz'. Sure, they will hammer some teams into mince meat, but not having fleet feet also means you can forget scoring them from first base on a double and perhaps holding runners up at third that faster runners from second would have scored on with a single. That is what not having a viable disinformation game is for an intelligence agency.

Because intelligence, first and foremost, is predicated on the acquisition, interpretation and manipulation of information. Obviously, the Pelosi contretempts was like something out of a fifth grade play. It is hard to believe that the CIA would have deliberately tanked this to make themselves look like boobs. Bureaucracies, which tend to foster a bunker mentality among its members, of any stripe just don't do that.

That means that the agency's disinformation capability has been badly eroded. Who or what is responsible for that I haven't a clue, but it is true that Dick Cheney tried mightily to morph the CIA into another extension of the RNC like Karl Rove did with the Justice Department. So who you had as CIA Director were the likes of Porter Goss, a Levrentiy Beria wannabe (too much of a jackass to pull that off, fortunately) and George Tenet, a colossal dope who I wouldn't allow to walk my dogs.

And Leon Panetta? Still arranging the furniture in his office. I can't believe that he would willingly have anything to do with the orchestration of the Pelosi debacle. He is, by reputation, more savvy than that. If he did initiate all this, he should be fired and quick for being both disloyal to the Constitution and for just being an incompetent twat.

Therefore, what Bush has left us is a degraded CIA and that does indeed threaten our national security. A top to bottom investigation of the agency is thus in order to put things right and prevent embarrassments like this Pelosi matter from reocurring.

Are Lake Havasu Police Dishonestly Shaking Down California Tourists?

Not sure how accurate this is, so make of it what you will, but it is nonetheless an interesting discussion that shows the lengths some communities will go to in an attempt to keep their finances in the black.

That's one of the things I object to here in Washington state. The state troopers aren't there to enforce the law, they are there as basically a shakedown racket done at the behest of Governor Christine Gregoire. The speed limit on the freeways is only 60mph and the limit on big city streets is 40mph. In California and just about everywhere else, those limits are five mph higher. Washington does this to harvest more tickets and, as a result, there are many owner operator truckers who won't haul loads to the state.

Of course, this does zero for the comity between cop and civilian, too. Just what the police and the quest for public safety need, no?

Yet Another Reason Why Newspapers Are Dying

The Seattle Times announced Wednesday that 36 year old Ryan Blethen, the son of current Times publisher Frank Blethen, would become head of its editorial page editor.

Look, I realize that the Times is a family run enterprise, but if you want to tell me that Ryan Blethen was the best potential candidate for that post in a time when papers have either been laying employees off or closing entirely then I have a bridge I want to sell you.

So you can look forward to three things: the continuation of the erosion of the Times subscriber base; endorsements of airheaded congresstwat and Bush buddy Dave Reichert solely because Reichert wants to repeal the estate tax; and further questions as to the journalistic heft of the Times, which already features too much AP (undercover wingnuts) content while it lets go more and more of its own reportorial staff despite being the only paper in a town of half a million.

Blethen tried to dialog with the Times reader base a couple of weeks ago in a patronizing gesture that resulted in him getting scorched from sea to shining sea. Yet, even after seeing just how passionately disaffected readers are with the paper, Blethen basically stonewalled them, not responding to any of their complaints, proving that he has a typical view of normal folks held by the wannabe aristocrats in corporate America, that you can't take the whinings of the populace seriously because they just too stupid to understand.

Of course, like GM, Ford and Chrysler, this is emblematic of just how resistant to change the circus of douchebags that corporate America is, including firms that run newspapers. So nepotism it is and if you don't like it, fuck off.

With that attitude, while I am very uncomfortable with newspapers disappearing since I more or less grew up reading them everyday and they have been such an important part of lubricating our democracy, it is understandable that a part or all of us would would like to see the backside of these arrogant shits. If they aren't honest with their customers and don't act ethically, there is no moral reason we should continue to support them. Too bad, then, that newspaper managers are too elitist and insular to realize the building resentment against them that will result in no one missing them when they finally take their suicidally induced economic dirt nap.

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It's Fiscal Gotterdammerung in California,. the World's 8th Largest Economy, After Several Misbegotten Propositions Fail to Pass (Though State Legislators Will Have to Take an 18% Pay Cut With the Passage of One Proposal).

Liberal Shame: The L.A. City Council Raping Taxpayers, Says Liberal Weekly.

CBC News Report Doesn't Offer Much Hope for a Reduction in Mexican Drug Violence.

Obama Ends Bush Lawsuit Policy to Benefit Consumers.

L.A. Teachers: Tony Villaraigosa One Stupid Ass Mayor.

Craig's List Grandstanding by SC Pol Making Him Look Like a Jackass.

Reward Offered for Stolen Hard Drive Containing Personal Info of Former Clinton Staffers. Now THAT is Homeland Security We Can Believe in (or NOT!).

Regular Law Enforcement, Not Invasive Random Civilian Wiretapping, Shuts Down Bomb Plot.

Homophobic San Diego School Stigmatizes Student in the Name of Conservative Correctness.

With Seemingly Half of Florida in Foreclosure, Closet Case Crist to Sign Bill Easing Oversight of Developers.

Is Obama Insane? Proposes to Share Nuclear Technology With UAE.

NY Democrat Assemblyman Gets Ten Years in the Slammer for Racketeering.

I'm an Environmentalist, But You Gotta Know When to Pick Your Spots: Tree Huggers Hinder Green Development.

WashingtonState May Levey $2 Beer Tax to Fund Health Care.

How Mass Transit Becomes Inefficient: A Classic Case Study.

Stadium Huckster Trying to Bamboozle Portland (Oregon). Kansas City Template for That Project Failing.

Portland (Oregon) to Finally End Abstinence Only Sex Education.

Evangelist Buys Way into Notoriously Secular Portland.

Democrat Provided Tax Breaks Result in Debt for Oregon.

Flashback: Returning Korean War POWs Discuss Treatment at Hands of Chinese

There is no way to sugarcoat how incompetent and brutal the Communist Party has been, and continues to be, in China, killing untold millions of its own people thanks to political and logistical abortions such as the 100 Flowers Movement and the Cultural Revolution.

However, the L.A. Times, in an edition dated May 18,. 1959 offered an interview with two American soldiers who had been taken prisoner by Chinese forces during the Korean War (1951-1953). With all the discussion over how Americans have treated detainees at Bagram Air Base, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the Times article, which you can view here, should prove a startling contrast.

The caveat here, obviously, is that this is anecdotal, but nonetheless food for thought. .

Rachel Maddow's Ratings Drop

There was this piece in HuffPo about a decline in the ratings of MSNBC hots Rachel Maddow. I posted the following comment:

What's disturbing to me is the marketing of news program hosts and anchor people as celebrities to the exclusion of quality of news content.

Rachel's show is pretty journalistically meaty (not to get on a Talk Soup parody thing) and her criticisms of Obama's refusal to deal with the torture issue as it should be (prosecutions all around) is a worthy topic because Obama is sweeping it under the rug while the rest of the world waits and hopes we finally cleanse ourselves by recognizing the enormity of the crimes committed by the Bush Administration. Yeah, nobody wants to hear about the U.S. torturing because it's pretty painful to accept, but somebody has to keep the fire lit under Obama's behind about it. The media already ignores enough sleaze.

If you want bimbos and himbos discussing pre-digested pablum (Fox News and just about any local news program you can name), then watch that. But you're doing you and your country a disservice.

It doesn't matter that it's Rachel giving us this stuff. It's that SOMEONE is. I don't care about her appearance, the set, or whatever. It's about content. Her show delivers it.

As for why she doesn't get more political guest, they are scared. They saw what she did to Colin Powell and exposed the fact that he's a douchebag. She has become the new Mike Wallace, the person no scam artists wants to be confronted by because even Chris Wallace has punted on being that. .

How to Tell if You're a Douchebag

When the history of pop culture during the first ten years of the 21st century is written, it will go down as the Douchebag Decade.

Indeed, the biggest threat to this country arguably does not lie in the financial crisis or with Islamic fundamentalism, but with the plague of self important high maintenance low brainpower poseurs who have propagated with more virulence than Swine Flu. No insult to that disease intended by the way, so PETA get off my back you douchebags!

So here is how to tell if you have been swept up in the Weenie Wave:

Do you sport sweptback hair and a goatee? If so, you are a douchebag.

Do you regularly mangle simple phrases and turn nouns or adjectives into verbs? Are you always indignantly declaring, "I could care less" when you actually mean "I COULDN'T care less"? Are such inanities as "that is very concerning" and "I am efforting that" a regular part of your verbal repetoire? Guess what, call a feminine hygiene product manufacturer, you are a douchebag!

Do you twitter as if the world should regard your mindless, narcissistic blurting as worthy of the same kind of contemplation as Immanuel Kant and Aristotle? Would you like to make that douchebag paper or plastic?

Do you admire anyone named Tucker, be it Tucker Bounds, Tucker Carlson or, hell, I'll even throw in former NY Giants running back Tucker Frederickson? Is your own first name Tucker? Then you are a card carrying member of Douchebags of America.

Do you wear suit blazers over tee shirts and go to formal events wearing tennis shoes with your tux? You're a douchebag!

Do you wear those tee shirts that look like the front of a tuxedo? Douchebag!

Are you a televangelist or pastor for a megachurch? Yep, I will crucify you for being a douchebag!

Do you have a non-military tattoo? As Carlos Mencia once observed, "what's your tribe, Chad?" You've been stained with the mark of the douchebag!

Are you a suburban white guy who acts black? I dub you an "Afro-Douche"!

Are you Terrell Owens, Starr Jones, Charlie Gibson, Flavor Flav, Alex Rodriguez, Kathy Lee Gifford, Cory Feldman, Charlie Sheen, Judge Judy, Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Don King, Dick Vitale, Bud Selig, David Stern, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, a Fox News employee, Katie Couric, Luke Russert, David Gregory, anyone who dated, fucked or married Britney Spears, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopie Goldberg, Jessica Simpson, Bruce Willis, Jon King, Leslie "Wolf" Blitzer, George Will, Mike Tirico, George Stroumboulopoulos, Ed McMahon, Stuttering John, Rick Sutcliffe, Chad Johnson, Steve Phillips, Vince McMahon, Vince Neil, Rich Lowry, Tommy Lee, Axl Rose, Joe Scarborough, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Larry King or a local news anchor? Well, when you read the teleprompter, it will have you mouthing the words, "I'm a douchebag!"

Are you a fan of Dane Cook? You're a douchebag and neither that nor Cook are funny.

Do you get really emotionally caught up in reality shows? Watch yourself because you are a douchebag!

Do you actually spend money texting in votes to American Idol? You are a tin eared douchebag!

Ever audtioned for American Idol? No R-E-S-P-E-C-T for you douchebag!

Have you ever bought anything you saw in an infomercial or, even worse, have you starred in an infomercial? Uber douchebag!

Do you robotically repeat intellectualy dishonest Republican talking points you heard on Rush Limbaugh's show? When somebody says, "welcome to Club Douchebag," you reply, "mega dittos!"

Are you a male and have had plastic surgery? Come on, turn in your man license and exchange it for a douchebag!

Are you David Duke, Lindsay Graham, David Dreier, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, John McCain, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor, Dick Cheney, a Bush, Robert Byrd, Ben Nelson, Sarah Palin, Marilyn Musgrave, Jessie Jackson, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Richard Shelby, Howard Berman, Tony Villaraigosa, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Orrin Hatch, Alberto Gonzalez, Douglas Feith, Dana Perino, Ari "The Butcher" Fleischer, Stan Cornyn, Tom DeLay, Peggy Noonan, Pat Buchanan, George Stephanopoulos, Elaine Chow, Phil Gramm, Trent Lott or Barney Frank? By unanimous consent, the chair recognizes you all as douchebags!

Do you mosh and/or stage dive at club shows and concerts? I hope you get pounded for being a douchebag!

Ever been a guest on a trash tv talk show? Today's topic, "You're a Douchebag!"

Did you get religion in prison? The judge said 5-10, but I say double that again because you're a douchebag!

Are you French? Mon dieu, you're a douchebag!

Are you a gay hairdresser? Straight eye for the douchebag guy.

Do you feel empty inside when you miss an episode of a celebrity gossip show? If douchebags were celebrities, papparazi would be amassing in your front yard!

Are all the books in your home recommendations from Oprah? The book on you, then, is that you're a douchebag!

Do you wear black sox with shorts? Or wear them while having sex? You're a gross douchebag!

Do you wear dockers and/or polo shirts? The little label on the pocket reads, "douchebag!"

Are you a fat ass who wears speedos? You know that doesn't hide your douchebag!

Do you think that drinking Captain Morgan and/or eating Mentos makes you cool and subversive? Hey barkeep! Douchebag on the rocks here!

Do you own Barry Mainlow records? Listen, you're a douchebag!

Do you say, "whatever!" frequently? Well, then pretend to not care when I say you're a douchebag!

Have you put your child in a beauty contest or been a contestant yourself? You've just been named Miss Douchebag!

Are you a fashion designer? You're neither funky or chic, but a douchebag!

Are you a rock critic? You don't want to hear this (hell, you probably can't), but you're a douchebag!

Have you ever given your kids douchebag names like Rumer or Scout or Ambrose? I name you douchebag!

Are you a rock star who allows his/her songs to be used in tv commercials? At least you get some bucks for being a douchebag!

Are you a rapper or an alternative music "artist"? Well, you're also a douchebag!

Are you Morrissey or one of his fans? Whine, mope and cry because you're a douchebag!

Are you Emo? Well, kill yourself because everyone thinks you're a douchebag!

Do you make lists enumerating who is a douchebag? If so, well, if I need to finish this sentence for you at this point you are not just a douchebag, but you're also a colossal dumbass.

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Among the Items That Got Overlooked by Huffington Post Saturday are:

Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Some Republicans More Than Willing to Sell out to Teacher's Unions.

Google Accused of Trademark Piracy.

Is Cloud Computing Pie in the Sky?

Democrats Give Polluter a Freebie.

Even With Bank Bailouts, Small Business Finding it Tough to Obtain Credit.

The Idiocy of Religion on Parade Again as Parishioners Offer Opinions on Priest's Being a Normal Sexual Human Being.

Are Parents Using Religion as a Form of Intentional Self-Delusion? Duh!

Is France a Model for Health Care?

Rock and Roll Hosebags Flog Alleged Hendrix Sex Tape.

When Activism Becomes Just Another Way to be an Asshole.

How the Fuck Can a District Vote for Airhead Dave Reichert (R-Blank Stare) and Yet Go for Obama Big?

Arnold the Legislative Flopinator.

L.A. Top Cop Bratton, Once on an Obama Homeland Security Shortlist, Continues to Earn the Enmity of Reformers, Other Chiefs.

Boutique Doughnut Shop Top Pot: Sipping on a Scam?

Hey, if You Don't Think Copyright Crackdowns Are Going Too Far, Read This

A pay per view outfit has sued an American Legion chapter in Chino, California for $160,000 because the veterans get together on occasion to take in boxing matches. They've been doing this since time immemorial. Well, not anymore.

And if that weren't enough, an asshole Pasadena lawyer named Thomas Riley is preying on veterans over this by filing suits against other American Legion chapters who have pay per view get togethers. Note that the halls do not have a cover charge, so nobody at the American Legion is making money off of this. It's more like you inviting your buddies over to your place to watch the fight with you. Conceivably, that means that if an American Legion hall can be sued, it won't be much of a leap to start suing fans for taking in matches with their friends at home.

One of the companies engaging in this sort of litigation is owned by slimebag convicted murderer and noted Republican Don King. A Google search on it turned up scores of lawsuits it was embroiled in, so it appears to me that King is using his company as a racket with which to wage legal terrorism. Always the hustler. God bless America, huh Don?

Here is the ugly L.A. Times story.

Media Credibility and Lack of Professionalism

So Wednesday, as Huffington Post showed, the White House briefing was interrupted several times by the ringing cellphones of reporters. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs confiscated one of the offending devices and hurled it into a hallway. That still didn't stop others from TAKING calls during the briefing, including the asshole from CBS.

Here is what Gibbs should do: next time a cellphone goes off in the briefing room, he announces that the session is over and leaves. And he keeps doing this until they finally get the message.

That supposed media pros can't hold to the kind of conduct expected of schoolchildren, that is, keep your cellphones off until the event ends, shows not just incredible disrespect to government officers and our democracy, but it also demonstrates the arrogance and boorishness of what passes for journalists these days.

I would normally say that the media should be ashamed of itself, but it has no shame, so such an assertion would be fruitless.