9.5, 9.0, 10, 8.5, 10

Add "falling through ice" to the list of possible causes of dinosaur extinction.

RIP Edwin Newman

The gruff but lovable broadcaster, who relished life, language and levity, has passed away at the ripe old age of 91. I always enjoyed his bits on Saturday Night Live, but probably not as much as he enjoyed doing them. Here's the famously stone-faced newsman back in 1978 interviewing rock superstars KISS, in a report that is practically a blueprint for the classic mockumentary This Is Spınal Tap.

Make a joyful noise

Or not.

Truth, love and laughter

I wasn't a huge Bill Hicks fan while he was alive; I preferred the crazed irreverence of his contemporary Sam Kinison, and I thought Hicks mined some of the same territory Lenny Bruce and George Carlin already had. So I missed out on a lot of Hicks' work while he was around.

Grayson: Hey Cheney, shut the f?!k up

The former vice president and White House puppetmaster just can't keep his trap closed of late, accusing President Obama more or less of treason. Even ballsier lawmaker Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, dismisses Big Dick with four familiar letters.

Susan Boyle, Shmusan Shmoyle

Meet 62-year-old Carol Lugo. I haven't seen anyone bust a move this crazy good since David Brent and Napoleon Dynamite. Just skip to 1:48 and prepare to be amazed, nauseated, alarmed and thoroughly entertained.

The ultimate FYI

Vito Acconci as the existentialist MGM Lion who gives away the ending.

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Behold the SprintCam, a high-definition, ultra-high-speed video camera that can record as many as 1,000 frames per second, making it a slow motion sensation. Porn addicts everywhere can't decide whether to be excited or terrified by its potential.

McDada's

The Blue Man Group invents the fast food window slingshot, the french fry Mohawk and other fun stuff.

Iron Mike continues comeback

Many of you have probably already seen the hilarious trailer for the upcoming movie The Hangover, featuring an unforgettable scene with Mike Tyson—still enjoying the acclaim for a recent documentary about his life—playing air drums to Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight." Here is that specific part.

Had to be done -- LEAVE LIMBAUGH ALONE!

You knew it was coming. Via Crooks & Liars, this spoof of Chris Crocker's famous vid stars John Amato himself!

Son of Equus

Now who doesn't like nonsensical Japanese berserkery like this?

McCain booed by own supporters

After repeatedly allowing planted GOP ratfuckers and assorted riff-raff to shout crap about Obama like "TRAITOR!" and "KILL HIM!" at his rallies, Sen. McCain seems to be losing control of the loons his campaign has driven into a desperate fervor. He even yanks the mic away from some old woman terrified that an "Arab" might get elected. He's starting to sound like Anakin Skywalker after he got Mace Windu offed: "What have I done, my friends?"

I expect one of his lackeys will be on Fox soon explaining that those weren't boos, they were joyous calls of "Magoo!"

GOP ought to declare War on Error

It no jocke! Despite the hapless Republicans being roused these last few days by the fiery, fuehrery speeches of "Sarah Barracuda" Palin and John "Bushmastered" McCain et al., the GOP still finds ways to embarrass itself at its own convention to the delight of the world.

For instance, Sen. McCain appeared before a giant photo of what his campaign apparently thought was Walter Reed Army Medical Center, site of a shocking exposé of poor living conditions for wounded veterans that subsequently turned into a cleanup effort/photo-op for Pres. Bush and the Republicans.


Unfortunately, the building shown in the massive picture is actually Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California. Oopsies. (TPM additionally notes that the building was used by West Wing too; a brilliantly subtle jab at Obama then? Doubtful...)

The bumblin', stumblin' Team Magoo have also taken to using the Heart song "Barracuda" at events but apparently forgot to ask the band's permission. Heart's decidedly Democratic members have since had a cease and desist notice issued to the McCain/Palin camp.

More examples of conservagaffes:





Tip o' the hat to all the emailers sending me more goofs.

Video highlights from the non-impeachment impeachment hearing

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is presiding over what some are calling a circus, others calling the most important hearing in the eight long years of Nixonian hell commonly referred to as the Bush Administration.

Some key video moments follow.

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) lets loose...


Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) gets righteous...


Author/attorney Vincent Bugliosi on fire...


Conservative apologist professor Jeremy Rabkin...

Note: Hearing Rabkin speak was like watching a spasming mental patient high on paint fumes getting a blow job from Lindsey Graham. Despite his characterization of the hearing as "demented," check Rabkin's past love for the "I-word"...

Students cheered and applauded government Professor Jeremy Rabkin when he chastised Clinton for "lying and digging up dirt on opponents." Rabkin, who is adviser to the Cornell Review, a politically conservative student tabloid, commented: "Nixon was impeached for lying. It cuts both ways. If we didn't impeach, we'd be giving a message that that is okay."

Congressional candidate and anti-war icon Cindy Sheehan gets booted...

Do eccentric creeps dream of androids?

This heralds a potential catastrophe: if Sega were to join forces with RealDoll (NSFW), humanity would end within a generation. Talk about petering out. I reckon it's better than death by nuclear holocaust.

McSame

In that recent ghastly speech of his, Sen. McCain admits what we already knew. This clip has not been doctored, it's just outofcontextually hilarious, like the famous "Drew Drops" on Loveline.

McCain the Bushophobe

You can interpret Sen. John McCain's revealing hand-wiping gesture after he bids President Bush goodbye in the vid below in a number of ways. Skip ahead to the :36 mark, watch for the next minute or so and enjoy.


Hat tip to David Edwards.

Carlin still kicking ass, taking names at 71

Happy birthday to the greatest comedian alive. His most recent stand-up special, It's Bad for Ya, aired on HBO just two months ago.
Here's a little NSFW blast from the recent past.

Matt Taibbi questions America's sanity

Progressive icon David Sirota says writer Matt Taibbi—who followed William Greider and the late, great Hunter Thompson at Rolling Stone—is "the best American journalism has to offer." I concur, and not just because I had the great pleasure of interviewing the brilliant madman myself.

Taibbi's new book The Great Derangement goes on sale May 6 and he and Eric Merola have put out a promotional video for it that roasts a corrupt White House and an acquiescent corporate media for eight years of greed, terror and blatant, murderous lies.

His fellow citizens aren't exactly spared, either. "Americans are now supposed to make their own sense of the world, but are the right messages even reaching our collective brain?" asks Taibbi. "Are the halves of that brain even connected? Do we know who we are anymore? Are we sane? It's a hell of a problem for a nuclear power."