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Maher: Santorum thinks about gay sex more than a dildo salesman
Bill Maher on Thursday said that there was a connection between Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s sexual frustration and his desire to bomb Iran. In an interview with Chelsea Handler, Maher explained that former candidate Herman Cain was scheduled to appear on an upcoming episode of his HBO show. “I…
Cop who endured Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic tirade gets trial
LOS ANGELES — A US sheriff’s deputy who endured an anti-Semitic rant from Mel Gibson for arresting the star won the right to a trial Thursday, over his treatment by bosses after the notorious incident. A judge ruled that James Mee could take his lawsuit to trial on the grounds…
Palin slams Romney’s jobs record: ‘Is there proof?’
Failed Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Wednesday urged current GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney to release his tax records and prove that he had created more than 100,000 jobs as the head of Bain Capital. In an interview on Fox & Friends earlier this month, Romney said that he…
Make money not arthouse films: British PM tells industry
After a period of critical and commercial success, Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the British film industry to focus on making more mainstream movies to allow them to compete with Hollywood. Six months after the multi-billion-dollar grossing “Harry Potter” series came to an end, and almost a year after…
Shuster slams National Review for cover-up of Romney’s Bain bailout
Countdown guest host David Shuster on Wednesday night chided the National Review, a leading conservative publication, for claiming Mitt Romney’s firm Bain Capital invested in struggling businesses and “never asked for a bailout.” But the firm received a federal bailout of $10 million. “All news publishers, even [the National Review],…
O’Keefe confederates could face charges over video
Those who helped conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe create his latest exposé on voter fraud could themselves face criminal charges, election law experts told Talking Points Memo. In the video, O’Keefe’s confederates obtained ballots under the names of dead voters at polling locations in New Hampshire during the state’s primaries. O’Keefe…
C-SPAN caller asks if ‘Romney has a big penis’
As voters were heading to the polls in New Hampshire on Tuesday, one C-SPAN caller suggested that Mitt Romney’s opponents might be up against some stiff competition. A man identifying himself as “Dan” called in on C-SPAN’s Republican line pose a question to Wayne MacDonald, Chairman of the New Hampshire…
Shock poll finds Colbert statistically tied with Perry in South Carolina
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert is officially a third-tier GOP candidate. If he wants to be, that is. A survey (PDF) conducted by the Democratic-affiliated Public Policy Polling, published Tuesday, asked South Carolinians if they would vote for Stephen Colbert. Surprisingly, 5 percent said yes — bringing Colbert to sixth overall,…
Buchanan: ‘Van Jones’ and ‘militant’ gays are out to get me
Pat Buchanan on Tuesday blamed “militant gay rights groups” and former Obama administration official Van Jones for a campaign to oust him from his commentator gig at MSNBC. MSNBC President Phil Griffin suggested last week that the former Republican presidential candidate had been indefinitely suspended from MSNBC after the publication…
Ex-policeman arrested in phone-hacking probe
Police probing the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the Worldtabloid arrested a former Scotland Yard officer on Tuesday onsuspicion of leaking information to a journalist. The 52-year-old was arrested at his home in Berkshire, west of London, by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), and is currently in custody at a police station in the area, the IPCC said…
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