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Posts Tagged ‘blackberries’

Rumors On The Internets: Tastes Great, Fills Country With Cheap Labor

Thursday, September 7th, 2006
  • When Bill Clinton called Disney CEO Robert Iger to tell him to fix that “Path to 9/11″ bullshit, Iger said, “how high?” [The Ostroy Report]

  • All new ABC pseudo-historical docudramas will air the disclaimer, “The film you are about to see has been modified to fit your perceived cultural biases.” [Swedes for Obama]
  • Fred Phelps wants you to know that God hates John Stewart and his “hooligan sidekick” Stephen Colbert just as much as he hates fags. [Comedy Central]
  • Blackberry addiction now a lawsuit worthy phenomenon. [The Volokh Conspiracy]
  • Jack Abramoff called Rove, “a fat fuck,” did loads of other shady stuff. [TPMmuckraker]
  • Michelle Malkin wants you to say “No!” to anarchist beer producers, crushes can with her foot as proof. [Hot Air]
  • Ann Coulter’s “evil quotes” not quite tied directly to book sales, Gawker provides a chart in the hopes she say something that goes off it. [Gawker]
  • Pakistani security services instantly locate a bikini-contest contestant. Osama still lost. [Hit & Run]

Metro Section: All of DC “in a Funk.”

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
  • Linda Cropp’s TV ads started today — “Judgement” and “Determined,” inspired by 7th Heaven episodes. [Cut DC Taxes]
  • Blackberries seriously damaging to mental health. [The Conservative Futurist ]
  • U r 2 cool 2 b sad. [Carrie Broadshoulders]
  • Masturbation poll: 48 year old man. Q: At your cubicle / in your office? A: Yes, and often. [Craigslist]
  • She can’t get any finer. “Perhaps you can provide us with a way to appropriately handle the most obscene thing I have witnessed recently. One of our co-workers showed up today covered in spandex. Yes, a spandex body suit.” [WP's Professional Refinement Chat]

Bob Ney Really Sorry He Left That Voicemail Last Night, but, uh, Do You Wanna Get Coffee or Something Some Time?

Friday, June 9th, 2006


This is a lesson in why a) politicans shouldn’t carry Blackberries when angry/drunk, b) politicians shouldn’t have the email address of journalists programmed into said Blackberries, or c) politicians should be better at hiding their massive corruption. Bob Ney, drunk dialer:

In two rambling e-mails sent from his Blackberry device to Copley News Service reporter Paul Krawzak, the Republican congressman from Ohio ridiculed the veteran reporter, challenging his ethics and mocking the 5-foot-7-inch Krawzak as “big man.”

Ok, we’d really like to get our hands on the full emails. We must say we admire Ney for not handing off his manhood-questioning to a subordinate. That’s dedication to his constituents. More excerpts from his creatively-punctuated and spelled missive, after the jump.

Update: Ney was not drunk. Response from his office, also after the jump.

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Ask a Hill Staffer: “Flat” Tax! Geddit?

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: 25