Palin Derangement Syndrome strikes libs at Heat-Pacers game

http://twitter.com/#!/kidfromkidnplay/status/338830444466421760 Christopher “Kid” Reid of the old hip-hop duo Kid ‘n Play wasn’t the only one who noticed Sarah (and Todd) Palin at the Pacers-Heat basketball game Sunday night. After attending the Indy 500, the Palins sat courtside for game three of the Eastern Conference Finals in Indianapolis. http://twitter.com/#!/ArcticFox2016/status/338821263797665792 http://twitter.com/#!/BreitbartNews/status/338773057843888129 The usual, slobbering Palin-bashers spent their […]

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Elected officials now engaging in #negrospotting at GOP convention

http://twitter.com/#!/CouncilmanRice/status/240567187851599873 So this is post-racial America, huh? Jared Rice, a city councilman and NAACP member from New Rochelle, N.Y., is now playing a game he calls #negrospotting as he views coverage of the Republican National Convention. #Negrospotting: An amusing trend emerges on Twitter during RNC http://t.co/Er4HOAzB — theGrio.com (@theGrio) August 28, 2012 Amusing? We’re not […]

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25 Reasons You Should Never Visit The South

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Just stay away. 1. Many people believe the South is some kind of beautiful place. View this image › Digidreamgrafix / Getty Images Lake Jocassee, South Carolina 2. Their beliefs are 100% false! View this image › Flickr: quiksilver1850 / Creative Commons Tallulah, Georgia 3. The South is the opposite of pretty. View this image […]

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Matt Yglesias joke confounds the folks at Visa

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http://twitter.com/#!/exjon/status/430372405916078080 Twitchy favorite @exjon makes us laugh quite often, but it turns out that the folks at Visa don’t quite get his style of humor. http://twitter.com/#!/askvisa/status/430471693744615425 http://twitter.com/#!/exjon/status/430483491248037888 “Oh, Matt Yglesias … now we get it.” Editor’s note: We have amended this post to correct a typo in the first sentence. Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/02/03/matt-yglesias-joke-confounds-the-folks-at-visa/

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Neil deGrasse Tyson finally admits he was wrong. Kind of…

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http://twitter.com/#!/KatMcKinley/status/515945902549131265 As Twitchy noted last week, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has been in a war of words with Sean Davis of The Federalist regarding a number of “quotes/anecdotes” used by Dr. Tyson that cannot be verified or sourced. The most egregious of these errors was a quote that Dr. Tyson had used numerous times in the […]

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‘My president is black’: A post-racial trend for post-racial America

http://twitter.com/#!/austinsqueezy/status/243898765042401280 But … but … post-racial America! You’ve heard the song (laced with racial profanity, natch). You’ve seen the t-shirt. Now feel the healing of the nation’s racial divide as the oh-so-observant Twitterverse trends “My President is Black” after Obama’s DNC speech. How’s this for a #CelebratoryFinish? "My President is black, fuck that nigga Romney. I […]

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Twitchy is hiring

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http://twitter.com/#!/TwitchyTeam/status/499255354174078976 Are you a Twitter-savvy writer who’s fully engaged in politics and pop culture? Do you follow a vast array of journos, activists, politicos and celebs? Then we want you on our editorial team. The ideal Twitchy editor will write clean copy on a tight deadline, know how to push back against false media narratives and […]

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Can the GOP win back the US Senate in 2014?

http://twitter.com/#!/Tara_Cotumaccio/status/338797777851133952 Like Matt Drudge says, 2014 is everything. And with the Obama Administration under fire for the IRS, Benghazi, and AP/James Rosen scandals, a growing number of analysts think Republicans have an outside but realistic shot not only at retaining the U.S. House of Representatives, but also at winning control of the U.S. Senate. Chris Cillizza lays it all out […]

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UK Independence Party wins first ever seat in Parliament [pics]

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http://twitter.com/#!/brovian93/status/520409154163576832 The United Kingdom Independence Party appears to have won it’s first seat in Parliament. The UKIP candidate Douglas Carswell has won in a landslide. VIDEO: Carswell becomes first elected UKIP MP http://t.co/DVrH7SoSfV — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) October 10, 2014 #Clacton: @DouglasCarswell becomes 1st member of anti-EU UKIP elected to British Parliament http://t.co/FciNeRIqoX pic.twitter.com/oZ1NKEA2np — […]

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