May 2008
WatchAuthor and columnist David Sirota braves the Colbert treatment to talk about his (Sirota’s) latest book, “The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington,” and to brazenly assert that, “People are angry with the status quo—they think the establishment isn’t working for them, and frankly, it’s not.” Truthdig
WatchO’Reilly’s nonsensical rantings: The remixed version. Tonight’s Countdown-Keith Olbermann
WatchCountdown’s Keith Olbermann interviews Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan
Murdoch: Olbermann is “Crazy”
Last night at the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital conference, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch appeared for a wide-ranging discussion Murdoch staunchly defended the Fox News Channel’s “Fair and Balanced” motto as accurate, adding that even Bill O’Reilly “gives both sides all the time” — a remark that prompted laughs from the audience. So why aren’t there more liberal voices on Fox...
WatchOlbermann: Dunkin’ Donuts ‘weak as their decaf’ in ‘jihadist chic’ flap MSNBC’s Keith Olbermmann bestowed his “worst person” honors on Wednesday’s show to Dunkin’ Donuts of Canton, Massachusetts, for pulling an advertisement featuring Rachel Ray because of the “xenophobic paranoia” created by the scarf worn around the...
WatchJeff Bewkes Made to Answer for Lou Dobbs The first question from the audience: ‘Lou Dobbs is a hateful xenophobe. Why are you employing him?’ Jossip
WatchSteven Colbert interviews Family Research Council President Tony Perkins a ’pro-family’ pundit over gay marriage. rawstory
Watch Unbelievable Triple Play Story: Buck Showalter of ESPN’s Baseball Tonight tells a truly amazing triple play story that you will not believe, I promise… Hot Foot
“Bobby Abreu checks his closet for the outfield wall before he goes to bed each...”
– The700Level’s Comment of the Week
WatchJohn Sterling Is Not Sure Of His Own Team’s Batter Order (Even After He Just Read It On-Air) Can you tell Robinson Cano and Jose Molina apart? Apparently John “I Am Legend” Sterling cannot. In the midst of the eighth inning rally today, he started with his “Robbie Cano, don’t you know” and “a ribbie from Robbie” bullshit when the Yanks scored the go...
WatchMcCain housing policy shaped by lobbyist. “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” reported Tuesday night that lobbying disclosure forms, filed by the giant Swiss bank UBS, list McCain’s campaign co-chair, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, as a lobbyist dealing specifically with legislation regarding the mortgage crisis as recently as Dec. 31, 2007. Gramm joined the bank in 2002 and had registered as a...
“Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.”
– Wes Westrum (via soupsoup)
WatchPadres relief pitcher Josh Banks had to take a turn at bat during this recent extra innings game between the Reds and the Padres. The analyst during this at bat recalled a fantastic July 4, extra innings game played back in 1985 between the Braves and the Mets. In that game Braves pitcher Rick Camp hit an extra innings game tying home run that prolonged the game even further. Here play by play...
