Category: turd blossom

Remainders: Every Little Thing He Does Is Scaring The Bejeezus Out of Me Edition

• There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out. There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt. Dick Cheney's closely guarded, much beloved, iPod playlist. [Attytood]

• Karl Rove indicted in leak scandal. The worst leak scandal of all! [The Onion]

• Merry Christmas from everyone's favorite illiterate, intoxicated bastard. [Slate]— DCEIVER

READ MORE: christopher hitchens , cries for help , dick cheney , karl rove , turd blossom , war on christmas

Banned Words and Phrases

The idea came to us last week, when paralysis set in at the thought of writing another item about Judy Fucking Miller. There are some people, some ideas, some words that we've just had enough of. Already know just about everything one would want or care to know about Patrick Fitzgerald, for instance. And, fuck: Will we ever get out of the "Situation Room"?

With a nod to Matt Groening, here's some nominees for "banned words and phrases," 2005:

• Fitzmas
• Scalito
• "You're in the Situation Room"
• "No one died when Clinton lied"
• "Ongoing investigation"
• Plamegate
• Maureen Dowd
• Jeff Gannon
• "The Gang of 500" (Idea for Wonkette t-shirt: "Gang of 500 reject")
• Joe Wilson
• "Turd blossom"
• Governator
• "You're doing a heck of a job"
• Jon Klein
• "Bush derangement syndrome"
• Bleg
• Pajamahadeen
• "Double super secret"
• "Personal waiver"
• Butterstick
• "Wonkette"

We could go on. And yet, we're curious: What words/phrases/people have you seen enough of in 2005? You can keep it to a political/DC axis,, though I would not be adverse to a special "civilian/cultural" category just to be able to put an end to "Desperate Housewives" and all Britney Spears-related jokes. Send your ideas to , with "go away" in the subject line. We have no power to make it happen, but we can whine about it.

You know I'm a Democrat, right?

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Inside the Bubble: Working for the Man. Or Eric Alterman, Whatever.

• Air America gets all up in McClellan's face! Because no one else has. [BTC News]

• We somehow missed the chance to mock Eric Alterman. [Gawker] And again! [Fishgirl]

• Now that's what we call a leak: "Karl Rove looks surprisingly hot in lingerie." [AdAge]

• Gawker and Fishgirl share a certain obsession. And totally horning (ahem) in on our turf!!! (Hint: It's about penises.) [Gawker, Fishgirl]

• Turd turd turd turd turd turd turd. Gosh, the internet is liberating. [E&P]

READ MORE: eric alterman , gawker , plame investigation , roundups , scott mcclellan , turd blossom

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