Utah GOP puts kibosh on speech by Glenn Reynolds due to his gay rights support

http://twitter.com/#!/instapundit/status/288032921179287553 To add insult to injury, Reynolds (aka Instapundit aka “The Blogfather“) had agreed to give the speech free of charge: @rogerlsimon @paulzummo @cajunkate @utahgop The sad thing is, I agreed to speak as a favor, unpaid. — Instapundit.com (@instapundit) January 6, 2013 Moreover, Reynolds’ speech was about Internet activism, not gay rights. @rogerlsimon @paulzummo […]

Read More...

Food stamp nation: Should this woman qualify for SNAP benefits?

http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/397437013991124992 [Update: @_EatMyTweets13 locked down her Twitter account just before noon ET on Saturday. Twitchy has added screenshots of photos to this post so that they can still be viewed by our readers.] Think the food stamp system isn’t broken? Meet @_EatMyTweets13. According to her Twitter feed, @_EatMyTweets13 called to check her food stamp balance earlier […]

Read More...

Ken Jennings ‘quotes’ Andrew Breitbart’s ghost in Obamacare tweet

, ,

http://twitter.com/#!/tvisgreat/status/450761909852446720 “We’ll take douchebags for $1,000, Alex.” “This Jeopardy champ posted a seriously tasteless tweet to mark the deadline for Obamacare signups.” “Who is Ken Jennings?” http://twitter.com/#!/KenJennings/status/450761675281428481 That’s right, the answer is Ken Jennings, who chose to speak for the “ghost” of the late Andrew Breitbart as his contribution to the last-minute Obamacare push. http://twitter.com/#!/bpscan/status/450766031125250048 At […]

Read More...

5 Things We Know About Categories (And Why We Like Them)

, , , , , , , ,

Are you a cat or dog person? Find out what these categories mean with last week’s episode of NPR’s Invisibilia, one of iTunes’ top podcasts. View this image › Alice Mongkongllite / BuzzFeed For their six-part podcast, Invisibilia hosts Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller examine the invisible stuff that shapes us. Are you more of […]

Read More...

Epic: Nick Searcy threatens Twitter itself

http://twitter.com/#!/NotReallyBarack/status/393886608237162496 That’s a good question. Twitchy readers know that international film and television star Nick Searcy takes no prisoners on Twitter, so how has he managed to stay out of Twitter Gulag? The short answer: http://twitter.com/#!/yesnicksearcy/status/393887626752565248 That’s not hard to believe. http://twitter.com/#!/yesnicksearcy/status/393889493763117057 http://twitter.com/#!/NotReallyBarack/status/393890042612940801 Related: Dissent for me, but not for thee: liberals justify Twitter gulag for conservatives […]

Read More...

Austan Goolsbee called out for his role in the weaponizing of the IRS

http://twitter.com/#!/verumserum/status/518914017201360896 Former Obama henchman senior economics adviser Austan Goolsbee is back in the news over comments he made about the Koch brothers’ tax details. The Washington Free Beacon reports on a key legal ruling which prevents the Obama administration from continuing to block an investigation into whether the White House gained unauthorized access to Koch […]

Read More...

Disgraceful: Obama refuses to meet Netanyahu; Claims ‘conflicting travel’

http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/245590611745464320   Twitter is buzzing with the news that The White House has reportedly refused a request for a meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Wow. Can this be true? RT @Mosheh: Ha'aretz: White House has declines Bibi request for meeting with Obama http://t.co/HMIvd9Xv — Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) September 11, 2012 Why, […]

Read More...

Jackass David Sirota: Sequester partly to blame for havoc wreaked by Okla. tornadoes

http://twitter.com/#!/jacobperry/status/336858826038980608 Sigh. Evidently, David Sirota can’t find a better way to reflect upon yesterday’s devastating tornadoes than to link conservatives and the GOP to the fallout from natural disasters. This morning, he penned an asinine Salon.com column entitled “Anyone regret slashing National Weather Service budget now?” In it, he attempted — very poorly — to […]

Read More...

Lib film critic Richard Roeper: Would Hollywood have invited Ann Romney?

http://twitter.com/#!/richardroeper/status/305903305475883008 After Michelle Obama’s shameless cameo during last night’s Oscar ceremony, many lefties were scrambling to make excuses for the stunt. Liberal film critic Richard Roeper was not among them. Falling out of lock-step, Roeper dared to question the White House-Hollywood industrial complex: Question from this card-carrying liberal: if Mitt Romney had won in 2012, […]

Read More...