* The waiting is over, Mitt Romney is now officially “Satan.” [Wizbang Politics]
* Gay inmates in California are hoping the ACLU can get them conjugal visit rights, uh, lickity split. [SFGate]
* Getting a picture with the president is cheaper than ever, but still worthless. [Newsweek]
* Army’s elite “graffiti corps” created for the express purpose of sending Neck Face and Borf to Iraq. [Passport]
* New Republic editors are porn stars on the weekend. [TNR]
* OH NOEZ, this is Intern Nick’s last day! Tell him good-bye in the comments, and NEVEH FOGET! [NM.com]

They hired a Foer, they refuse to institutionalize Marty Peretz, and now they’re owned by the McKenzie brothers. A “Canadian media giant” has purchased a majority stake in the New Republic, that venerable 92-year-old joke. MORE »

Hate your friends and family? But very passive-aggressive? Has Franklin Foer got the Holiday Gift idea for you!

They did, in their defense, choose the most appropriate TNR cover ever to top that gift-wrapped pile.

Ace national security journo Spencer Ackerman quit his editing gig at The New Republic this week, announcing it officially with a tiny little note on his brand new, aptly titled blog. Considering that we’d been told it would happen a month ago, the lack of shock echoing throughout the DC mediasphere is hardly surprising. Why’d Spencer leave? MORE »

New Republic owner/editor Martin Peretz is a man of many descriptions. We like this one from Jack Shafer: “Self-promoter, braggart, Arab-hater, name-dropper, and bad writer.”

So what’s Marty up to these days, beyond writing unreadable love letters to himself (and Israel!) in his magazine?

He’s writing unreadable love letters to himself (and Scooter Libby!) on a crappy new blog!

Painfully collected samples, after the jump ….

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New Republic senior editor Lee Siegel was suspended Friday for anonymously attacking people who left mean comments on his TNR blog. MORE »

The New Republic’s “The Plank,” blog of the contrarian liberal magazine that hates blogs, takes a little break from accusing Kos of setting the Reichstag on fire to, uh, well, this: MORE »

• Today The Week announced the slate of nominees for their third annual Opinion Awards. Let’s have an eating contest between Arianna Huffington and Michelle Malkin for Blogger of the Year. [FishBowlDC]

• Franklin Foer’s pet peeves: outsiders ranking on D.C., and projectile panties. [DCist]
• Kelly Ann Collins, formerly of Washington Socialites, has returned to the blogosphere (again). [Ask KAC via Big Head Rob]

Dear Washington: MORE »