Nothing here is worthy of posting when so many of our international neighbors are suffering. Until then … UPDATE: You can visit Facebook.com/FacebookDC and Facebook.com/Government for resources on the Haiti earthquake and how you can help. H/T – Andrew Noyes

There’s a new book on shelves that’s all the rage.  No, not this one – this one. It’s called “Game Change,” not to be confused with Patrick Gavin’s “Game Changer.” It’s a love story about low-level Washington aides who finally get a chance to poop on their old bosses. According …

Conan O’Brien wins.  NBC loses, again: People of Earth: ——– In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid …

This is what happens when you are your own campaign spokesperson: “I don’t mind gays, I just don’t want them stuffing it down my throat all the time and certainly in my kid’s face” Awful.

We were half way to Tijuana when our friends on Capitol Hill informed us that HIR had given us a clean bill of health. We still have no idea what happened, but we blame the Russians.  We also blame the third grade class in Bethesda who act as our web …

Go big or go home. Google’s founders hate PR and marketing. But that hasn’t stopped them from hiring lots of PR and marketing executives. Jill Hazelbaker, who previously served as communications chief for John McCain’s presidential campaign will now head up communications for Google. Hazelbacker also recently worked as “media …

For the first time ever, the Clinton Family is happy that Harry Reid stole the spotlight: “Game Change” peels back a decade of careful renovations off Hillary Clinton’s carefully constructed public face, casting her in the terms that defined her at her lows in the mid-1990s: scheming, profane, sometimes paranoid, …

We might be bed-ridden, but we’re not dead.  Yet. In news related to people who make their living on the internet:  Marc Ambinder has tweeted that he will no longer publish political committee web videos that are not intended for TV. @marcambinder: Note to DNC/RNC/DSCC/NRCC/NRSC/DCCC: our website will not publish …

Fans, Haters and Awful Spammers, The Lords of the Tubes have informed us that we’ve been attacked by disease-ridden spammers. We don’t know what that means, but hopefully it won’t itch. So what is a spammer?: From what we can tell a spammer is a socially-inept character that spent their …

To be a fly on the wall when Emily Miller found out the National Enquirer referenced her latest column. Emily Miller, a correspondent for the website Politics Daily.com blogged yesterday with the headline: “Does the National Enquirer Deserve a Pulitzer for Breaking the John Edwards Scandal?” Love or hate the …

Never heard of Sean Medlock?  You have now. Sean Medlock, aka Jim Treacher, has joined Team Carlson at the Daily Caller. Tucker writes: Our blog is called The DC Trawler. It’s hosted by Jim Treacher, a demented genius we convinced to move from Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago. Not …

This line is generally reserved for the warm up to the outrageous quote.  In this case, no warm up is needed. I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where …

In case you wanted to know: Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) and father of the year recipient told WAMC radio that he wouldn’t have appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to replace Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) because her “views on issues are either wrong or too malleable.” [really, guy?] …

Proof that you don’t need depth perception to play in the NBA [short comings] Democratic lawmakers admits his party might totally suck this election cycle [short comings] Harry Reid: racist or political realist? [short comings]

It’s like bringing booze to an AA meeting. Ford unveils Tweeting car [file this under the dumbest thing we’ve learned all year] The first 500 narcissists who purchase Ford’s new car also receive a year subscription to Cat Fancy.