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The Mystery of David Letterman

David Letterman has been much in the news lately due to his fondness for the flesh of young female staffers, and the alleged blackmail plot regarding his exploits in that direction. It seems that old Dave is a bit of

What Makes Anderson Cooper Happy?

[youtube MuqCsuEEMV0 nolink] In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: President Obama, Russia, Missile Defense, Iran, Liberal Media, Sarah Palin, NPR, Michael Moore, Barbie Movie, Anderson Cooper, and Kelly Osbourne.

Saudi Bank Denies Talks To Ditch Dollar

Independent: In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the

Daily Gut: An Olympic Fail

So while chuckleheads like Jesse Jackson and Senator Roland Burris hilariously blame George Bush for Chicago losing the 2016 Olympics, whiny columnists like Mike Lupica are up in arms that conservatives might be gloating over President Obama’s big screw-up. Apparently

Is US Diplomat Sex Scandal a KGB Hoax?

Russia Today: A diplomatic incident has broken out between Moscow and Washington after a spicy video of a U.S. embassy employee appeared on the internet. The U.S. State Department has dubbed the video footage – depicting diplomat Kyle Hatcher with

The Gulag Archipelago

Like everyone else driving along Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park last year, I couldn’t help but notice the now-iconic Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster of candidate Barack Obama emblazoned 20 feet high on the side of a building near Dodger Stadium.

FOUND: Bush White House NEA Conference Call Transcript

[ed – Rush transcript! Leaked NEA conference call from my mom, proving the Bush Administration did it too] TRANSCRIPT OF CONFERENCE CALL OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 21-Jan-2007 MR. SMIRNOV: Hello everybodies! Who we gots on the phones

Artists and Their Marching Orders

My old Communist girlfriend was an exotically beautiful actress whose parents had emigrated from Russia and settled in New York City. Nola went to Party meetings and kept up with the correct way to think and behave by reading The

Bibles

Liberalism is Communism is Atheism “A rose by any other name is still a rose.” Liz is driving me to the 9-12 Westwood Tea Party. I’m biting my fake fingernails because I’m one of the speakers and I don’t have

9/12: The Revolution Has Begun

What began on the border in 2005 has spread to DC and every state in the union. The Revolution isn’t coming, it is here. Call it the Constitution Revolution. The genie is out of the bottle and there will be

PTVP Playlist: Six Videos Featuring the Band

Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com AFP: Brashly shouting out his lyrics in crowded, smoky clubs, Alexei Nikonov zeroes in on provocative themes that most musicians here ignore — authoritarianism and injustice in today’s Russia. Nikonov, the outspoken

Cockroaches in the Hospital on Your Chest

Since I turn 50 next month, I’m focused on my Bucket List. There are only 2 things left I haven’t accomplished. 1) I’ve always wanted to be “an airhead on a sitcom.” Of all the roles I’ve played, many of

This Week's Late Night Winners and Losers

It’s going to be a very sparse one this week, since Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart were all on vacation. (Last week, everybody but Stewart and Colbert were on vacation so I didn’t watch.

Daily Gut: Pop Goes The Nukes

So if there`s one thing we learned recently, it`s that it`s not nuclear war that can wipe everything off the map. It`s the death of a pop star. Think about the things that mattered back in June: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,

My Own Private Sputnik!

Recession? What recession? Big X here, broadcasting live to every corner of the globe via satellite from the legendary Peacock Lounge, high atop the mighty Breitbart Tower on Sunset and Cherokee in the heartless heart of Hollywood, U.S.A.! Yes folks,

Obama, Medvedev Agree to Pursue Nuclear Reduction

Embedded video from CNN Video President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are countering “a sense of drift” in relations between their nations with preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world’s two largest nuclear stockpiles to as

Obama's Diplomacy Being Tested in Russia

AP: President Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit with confidence on Monday, predicting “extraordinary progress” out of meetings set to test his diplomatic skills on important priorities such as nuclear arsenal reductions and the fight in Afghanistan. “The United