Wonkette

• Not much to say, except that this is the funniest post about anything we have read all week. [Alicublog]

• More than you perhaps ever wanted to know about the VRA renewal fuckup. [ePluibus Media]
• Still angry at Bill Keller. Guys, it’s been days. We forgot about that already. [TAPPED]
• Claude Allen — remember him? We might not get a big garish public trial. FOR SHAME. [TPM Muckraker]

We read the big ol’ Post story on disgraced former White House adviser Claude Allen. We know we’re supposed to feel sorry for him. We know we’re supposed to understand that he’s a complex, flawed human being. And boy, leading off with that direct confrontation with racism in North Carolina anecdote, yeah, he’s dealt with a lot, etc. etc. But you know what? Between the “queers” comment, the MLK-as-commie talk, the “hyper-moralizing” administration of HHS, and this story: MORE »

It’s still up over at the White House site, in case you’re curious. As Hotline points out, this little chat happened “over a month after Allen reported to CoS Andy Card that he had been cited for theft following a ‘misunderstanding’ at a Montgomery Co. Target and 8 days after he publicly announced he wanted to, um, ’spend more time with his family.’” MORE »

Right, it’s settled, we totally love Republicans. MORE »

Josh Marshall, who apparently has “researchers”(ha!), found Claude Allen’s yearbook. MORE »

What’s the sort of news that can rouse us from our weekend weather intoxication? The arrest of a former White House adviser, of course: MORE »

Our geeky sister showed us the Google Slut-o-meter, which uses a complicated mathematical algorithm to determine precisely levels of skankiness. Our initial tests, using Nancy Pelosi’s score of negative 5% and Paris Hilton’s 84% for reference, had a couple surprises: MORE »

Claude Allen (right), the President’s principal domestic policy adviser, resigned abruptly this week, citing the old Washington Classic about spending more time with one’s family. Allen was a Movement Conservative with strong ties to the fundamentalist Christian element of Bush’s base and acted as “point person on abstinence initiatives.” MORE »