12) That time Michele Bachmann compared herself to a serial killer.
11) Stress-eating at the mere sight of Chuck Todd’s facial hair.
10) Donald Trump’s very good relationship with “the blacks.”
9) Jon Huntsman speaking Mandarin.
8) “The Original, Famous Ron Paul Survival Kit.”
7) Tim Pawlenty. (He was so benign!)
6) “Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It’s never easy when so much is on the line. I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie.”
5) Newt Gingrich lecturing black people.
4) Newt Gingrich lecturing journalists.
3) Newt Gingrich lecturing unemployed inner city elementary school students.
2) “I’m proud of my gun. And I pooed in space.”
1) But mostly I will miss you guys! Because I’m sad to say this is my last day at Wonkette: I’ve decided to shutter The Gifzette, which means my days as a daily syndicated Wonketeer must come to an end. Do know that I loved doing it so very much, it’s just that my friends have asked that I kindly figure out a way to be able to stay out at night past 8 p.m.
But! Ken has very graciously extended me the chance to moonlight here in the future, so you guys haven’t heard the last from me just yet (at least, that is, until I emerge from the corner of my apartment where I will be curled up in the fetal position for the next nine months until November 6 has come and gone). Until then, you can always find me ranting about politics on Twitter and even sometimes on that Tumblr thing. Thanks guys!!
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Sad, but should also teach young people about starting their own daily news service that requires them to get up at 5 a.m. before going to their *real job*. Also, look for that other famous slacker, Jim Newell, in the morning slot as of Monday!
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Let's kick of Black History month by finally establishing which white guy will probably lose to Obama.
All of them, Katie.
Didja see Colbert last night, saying Newt was like Rocky in "Rocky III" where he competes fiercely to get a shot at getting beat up by a black guy? (And to the tune of "Eye of the Tiger")
And sung by David Bickler, no less!
I like that scene where Rocky is training to Eye of the Tiger, and suddenly the band jumps in and demands they stop the music.
I have it on the DVR thingy for later.
Take care, and don't be a stranger, Matt!
P.S. And…Newt Gingrich lecturing Rmoney.
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Three words: Nine Nine Nine
And ONE solution for Amerikkka.
So Newell gets hired back, fires everyone in sight, then doesn't even bother to work. Did he train at Bain Capital?
Like a bawss
You can't quit! There's no quitting in Gifzetting!
And to quote Donald Trump: "YOU'RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE FIRED!"
Seriously, good luck on your future endeavours.
There are young people with jobs?
The Ginger's coming back??!!eleven!exclamationpoint11!!
The Gifzette is dead, long live the Gifzette.
Alas, poor Gifzette. I knew him…
… Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
Fun while it lasted! I want to say something about one's reach exceeding his grasp, but personally I just woke up.
Thanks for your efforts. I missed the links of Morning (Mourning) in US America and this was greatly appreciated. Good luck with that life thing.
By the way, shouldn't number 2 be "Newt Gingrich lecturing unemployed inner city elementary black school student journalists"?.
elitist correction libel!
Aaah, Matt. We hardly knew ye.
As for the 2012 race… is this really the "best" that the GOPers could come up with? It's a Frittata Frenzy.
Good luck Matt! That 'moonlight' offer is just code for don't let the door hit you on the keyboard on the way out. Ken has got some dirt on Newell, that's probably the reason he's coming back.
Breaking news, Komen has caved and will restore funding!
BREAKING NEWS: Komen has decided to give up all pretense and fund only Botox injections for rich white women.
Seriously? I get breaking news alerts saying some reality star is getting a divorce, but nothing on this?
Well, Planned Parenthood can keep the donation I sent and Komen can still go to hell.
WaPost has this chart: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/po…
Abortion services are only TWO PERCENT of what they do!
Well then they need to try harder. We all need to try harder, in fact.
My grandmother died in child-birth before abortion was a choice, leaving five little girls orphaned when their manic depressive dad left. Free abortions for any who want or need them.
Yay!!!
Glad to see they saw the light!
CBS confirms.
So their original decision had nothing to do with politics (according to them), and this reversal therefore has nothing to do with politics?
Well Penn St. is off the hook, I guess…
P.S. Screengrab of SGK hack.
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I think I still hate them for caving to the forced birthers in the first place though.
Me, too. I don't forgive easily.
Firing a certain VP and ex gubernatorial candidate would go a long way to helping me forgive and forget.
Worrrrd. Her true character has been shown and it is lacking.
Same here; eventually being shamed (and facing a cutoff in donations) into doing the right thing doesn't make everything right again.
This is the B-side to the non-apology apology tune.
Ha ha, suck it, right-to-lifers!
Good to hear that enough pro-choice people were willing to vote with their credit cards but Komen can still take their little pink ribbons and their little pink bibles and their little pink lawyers and fuck the fuck off.
Botoxed cunts are scared.
Good. I really hope that more people will the become aware of the constant erosion of women's reproductive rights by the fundies and speak out like that wonderful state senator from VA.
The young'uns (because it affects them more than old farts like me) have to wake up and realize that these evangelical asshats will stop at nothing to completely dismantle ANY form of birth control.
The naivete is disturbing. The ability to control one's own reproductive system is the cornerstone to any real advancements in liberties and equality.
And certainly the fundies are in the 'keep the little lady barefoot & pregnant' camp. GAH
I think gin and tacos said it best.
You should not have a low opinion of Komentm because of their announcement on Wednesday. You should have a low opinion of them because they're a fake charity run like any other company with a product to sell. In this case the product is a combination of guilt, pity, and hope dissolved in a weak acid and dyed a nauseating pink. … OK, there's a lot more to the piece but I will stop copy and pasting there.
Today, we are all shiny happy boobies.
They still have to get rid of whoever made that decision in the first place. I'm sick of it only costing lefties their jobs when shit backfires.
This trainwreck is the upshot of Christian fundies trying to force their agenda on the rest of us. Unfortunately they are probably succeeding with their stealth approach, with instances like this being just the visible tip of the iceberg.
Seems that whenever the right-wing invents a controversy, someone on the left gets the axe. ACORN, Van Jones, Shirley Sharrod, etc. When the righties get caught, well, IOKIYAR.
Careful, tho.
IT AIN'T OVER YET
So Planned Parenthood is still eligible to apply for grants. That's mighty white of the Komen foundation.
That's mighty pink of the Komen foundation.
fixt
They've caved more this week than a Massey coal mine.
So, essentially, they let a right-wing Bush era left-over cunt, with an anti-choice POV, take the helm. Any surprise at what happened? Apparently things didn't work out so well with the conservative approach and now , unfortunately, Komen has lost all credibility as a brand. I predict this is the end for them. Nice fucking trainwreck, fundy Christians, what else do you have for us?
Bitch-slapped by the Invisible Hand? Not so much fun, is it Komen?
Well, that's nice and all but it's just too little, too late.This is just the last and latest of reasons that I won't donate to and/or support anything they do, ever again:
* The upper management's been exposed now as RWNJ's
* They're likely to pull more of these stunts later, when we're not looking
* Only < 32% of all the money they take in goes towards research
* Komen's in bed with Big Pharma. Treatment's where the big bucks are, a Cure would cut the Money Stream.
* Responsible Charities don't pay their directors ~$500.000.
*I despise Pink.
Speaking as someone who's lost dear friends, family and loved ones to cancer, I want results and have no tolerance for enriching the bank accounts of Charity Grifters.
Especially Charity Grifters with ugly personal philosophies.
"Look, everybody! We're going to use the magic of words to unburn that bridge we just torched! Abracadoopsy! There. You like us again, right? Right? Please say yes … also, we still take PayPal."
Good luck, Matt!
Now which Wonkette Editor will have to arise at oh-dark-thirty to give us our morning posts? [PS to Jim Newell: check the fine print in your contract.]
And don't forget the two hour time-lag between the first 9:00 AM-ish post and the time the liquor store starts its delivery service.
#occupySKS
Baby Smith is old enough to start doing janitorial work and mom can get back to writing.
None of them, K-k-k-atie.
Well, shit.
Newt lecturing unemployed millionaires?
May your future success provide succor to our nation in this time of horrible loss.
Or alternatively, may your disappearance be felt as a loss in these horribly sucking times.
When is the Ron Paul rEVOLution going to start, anyway?
The Internets weep, but, frankly, Matt, I like snark for breakfast. Good luck!
11.)/Crazy eyes saying that U.S. of America should admire China, because, y'know, crushing poverty and birth restrictions.
please come back anytime gay soldiers are warmly 'booed'
13. "Oops…"?
I don't remember that Pokemon quote or who you are, but I wish you the best
I don't know if Tim Pawlenty was all that benign – there's a certain bridge that would probably disagree.
What?! No mention of Rick "I'm a Complete Dipshit" Perry? I'm shocked that one could forget this goat fucker.
We're going to miss you, but it is hard to hold down two jobs. Come to think of it, it's hard to hold down one job.
As if Newell was ever really gone.
Wow! Maybe he was actually on a secret mission in Afghanistan or something! Just like Red Rider in Doonesbury!!!!
Like the Devil, his greatest trick was convincing people he didn't exist!
Keyser Soze.
Sorkh Razul!
Good luck, Matt!
You've got another job somewhere too? No wonder unemployment is so high!
Man the turnover at the Wonkette is about as bad as that of Mitt's latest business venture.
C'mon, going to bed at 8 pm prepares you for parenthood, where you wish to hell you could go to bed at 8 pm but there is still laundry to be done.
You do laundry? I just jump everything in a corner and pull out whatever I need – or something close enough that Child Protective Services is unlikely to intervene.
"Yes, I know it's warm today but I can't find any shorts. Wear these fleece pants."
Moon lighting= drunkin ramblings about ex-girlfriends on Wonkette.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/03/3709448/d…
Dallas-based Komen Foundation apologizes, plans to restore Planned Parenthood grants
Awesome. Though, a PR nightmare.
Matt. (tisk). And you never even had a chance to show us your tits.
And what was his hair color? Another ginger?
But Giffy, you'll miss the Right chanting "Four More Wars!" while secretly betting on higher oil prices while Israel plays the Beach Boys singing "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran." Maybe Hopey can bring things around by bombing somewhere important, like Grenada.
The things I will miss the most are: Barbarian Glitter-bombing videos, Michele Bachmann's debate outfits/corndog eating, evangelical xtians booing the golden rule, the opportunity to buy a feces encrusted sweater vest and Rick Perry's eloquence. Thanks for everything, Matt and good luck staying out late. Just don't forget your condoms and a designated driver.
With your snark and drums and drums and snark
The enemy nearly slew ye
Oh my darling dear, Ye look so queer
Giffy we hardly knew ye.
This may sound odd, but the song playing in my head in honor of Newt's spacerock-filled dreampipes, might also apply to you too, Langer. For how often has fate left one wistfully humming the tune "Nobody's Heart Belongs To Me"? – -
I admire the moon … As a moon … Just a moon..♫ ♬
Go out and play in the moonlight then,
Newterm, Matt: tear down the danged fence — a.k.a. "teh interwebz" — that blocks us from fuller physical engagement with our immediate surroundings & steals too many of our waking hours!Herman Cain's sex tapes were REALLY GOOD!
It'll all be over in the spring, when our 51st state bombs Iran and starts WWIII.
Offering statehood to Israel is a GREAT IDEA, except why would Israel want to become part of the country that basically serves as it's doormat?
Two words: Jerusalem, D.C.
The Moon is going to bomb Iran? Heinlein was right!
You had two jerbs? Pffft, you had to work three jobs back in the Bush Administration before you were uniquely American!
Notice Matt didn't include any mention of Sarah Palin in his list. Perhaps our long, national nightmare is over.
Don't count your turkeys before they're wood-chipped.
We should have elections every year.
No. Just….no.
#13. I'll miss the sober, rational discussions of our most intractable national problems. No seriously…that shit is missing…has anyone seen it…anywhere?
Why, that's been the whole basis of the Republican debates. Haven't you been watching?
Romney needs to carry a wad of $20 bills to pass out to poor people (basically EVERYONE not in his family). I think this would be a good way to improve his perception as an out of touch billionaire.
More endorsements from rich people we all love will help him too – all of us like to imagine ourselves as friends of these people, right?
I know I strive to be part of the .00000025% every day. I'm Louis Anderson's character in "Coming to America" :
Maurice: Hey, I started out mopping the floor just like you guys. But now… now I'm washing lettuce. Soon I'll be on fries; then the grill. And pretty soon, I'll make assistant manager, and that's when the big bucks start rolling in.
He's a regular John Bearsford Tipton if I've ever seen one.
Without a date, we can't be sure. But I'm going to suggest that #8 – Ron Paul Famous Survival Kit – was wildly over-priced when it was offered.
Funny, though, today it might actually be worth quite a bit more than those suckers paid for it.
I'll miss Gifzette.
Speaking of ongoing obligations…New unemployment numbers are out, so it's time to update my Reagan vs. Obama chart.
I'd never seen that- very interesting!
Also.
We are constantly told that Carter gave us 10% unemployment. In fact, that number was reached Two Years Into Reagan's Term. Contrast that with today, when everything that occurred from 20 minutes after GW Bush flew out of DC was Obama's fault.
And as to "Morning in America?" At this stage of the Reagan Administration unemployment was at 8% and the deficit was increasing. Now it's 8.3% and the deficit is down about 300 billion from last year.
That's exactly the takeaway I got from it when I actually examined the numbers.
I'm hesitant to compare deficits, though, since the value of the dollar changes over time, there's a difference between public and gross national debt, different types of recession affect government revenues differently, etc. However, the deficit being back on the way down is a good sign.
OK, Matt. I'm sorry I suggested you were getting high or partying with the Wonkette staff. The Gifzette was brilliant. Unsustainably so, obviously. Great try, though.
Next time, Matt, name your blog The Griftzette. Lots more monetary possibilities, especially in today's 'Mur'ca.
When you find the meaning of our existence and subsequent ‘calling’ please don’t tell us.
The shock will be too great to bear.
I just saw a picture of Roseanne Barr, who is running for Prez on the Green ticket. She has lost a ton of weight, and now looks like what I expect Sarah Palin to look like in about 20 years. Or ten years if she stays in Methland.
and now i have to go find a picture of roseanne barr to chuckle about future sarah palin.
Oh man, the racism from the GOP and their Super PACs in the general election is going to be *high pitch* AWWWESOME! What can we expect??>> New renditions of the Whitehouse watermelon patch, new Obama/Muslim conspiracies, etc etc etc!
It's too bad that this was too late for the latest bit of comedy – that Roseanne Barr is running for the Green Party nomination:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/idUS623…
Just what we need – screeching and lugees.
Can't possibly have a top-12 (?) list with no mention of Hermie. Becky-becky-becky-stan-stan….Libbey-a? And, of course, forced crotch sniffing. Good times!
Well, fuck it, I'm going over to Meghan McCain's blog.
Langer out, Ginger in, I see how it works. Fuckin' Wonkette, man…
Good luck, Matt.
Matt,
You were my favorite. Favorite what I'm not sure.
Good luck.
MG
Was it something we said?
What about our Corndog Pr0nstars?
Corndog Millionaire? I love that movie!
Farewell and goodbye, we hardly knew ye…..No, really, I didn't know you at all; but good luck.
Best of luck Matt, hope you will gif-bomb us from time-to-time.
OMG!!! Number 2!!!!
13. All of them, Katie
Noooo!!! I love Gifzette! What is this "putting a real social life ahead of internet time for strangers"? That's not an America for American Americans who love America Americaly.
Take care, Matt.
Goodbye Matt. The Gifzette has been a great way to start any morning…., at least for those of us that don't have to get up and write it.
See you soon Matt… Wonkette is a lot like Hotel California: you can check out, but you can never leave. Well you can't leave, except if you have a baby, it appears. SKS, you found the way!
Good Luck, Mitt.
What? Oh, MATT. Good Luck, Matt!
Take care, Matt — it was fun reading your posts, even if I had to do so in the middle of the afternoon because I'm barely up in the morning, much less speaking English or thinking coherently. And don't let that work stuff get you down — John Boehner doesn't, and neither should any of us.
Matt didn't stick around long enough to piss off either Sarah Palin or the PUMAs!
The Ron Paul Survival Kit: A lawnchair, a balloon and a gun with bullets in it, to shoot down if you get too high…
LANGER! I went to school with you, broseph, and think it's cool that you ended up here. But I'm also at my desk by the time you're getting up for Gifzette and I can sometimes stay out as late as 7:30…sometimes. Guess I see your point.
Best of luck!
loved your way around an insult to the GOP.
best and come back often!
fuflans.
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