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Happy Monday, not. George Carlin is dead. Heart attack, Sunday afternoon. Carlin had just won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. We have, whenever circumstance demanded, posted some George Carlin monologues. MORE »

NBC/MSNBC political broadcaster Tim Russert died today at work in Washington, killed by a sudden heart attack. Russert and his family had just returned from a vacation in Italy where they were celebrating the college graduation of son Luke. The VP of News for NBC and head of all Washington operations for the network, Russert joined the company in 1984 after working for Democratic campaigns. He took over Meet the Press in 1991 and won myriad awards for his journalism and books. Good-bye Tim! Election night won’t be the same without you. And now, let’s enjoy a Wonkette/YouTube/Photo tribute to “Lil’ Russ.” MORE »

For the great crime of hooking up willing ladies with horny politicians, “D.C. Madam” Deborah Jeane Paltry was facing four to six years in prison, and today she was found dead in a shed behind her mother’s house in Florida. The men who paid for hookers through her service, such as Republican Senator David Vitter, have paid no price for their crimes, and they remain in power as the very people who make up the laws. Anyway, good-bye, Deborah Jeane. Though we didn’t know you at all, you had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled. They crawled out of the woodwork, and they whispered into your brain. They set you on the treadmill and then Dick Cheney had you killed. But Wonkette just sent your name to this moon spaceship, Deborah. Enjoy the ride to a better place! [Washington Post]

Ah, the video that started it all. But today it’s defeat, and not a blimp, that’s in the air. The Paultard Blimp has been returned after making its last “go” of things in Florida, which mostly resulted in elderly car accidents. From Ron Paul Blimp’s website: “Current Blimp status: The blimp is headed back home to it’s hangar in Elizabeth City, NC. The blimp did not receive enough sponsorships to keep it afloat any longer.” Hey now, that’s not the Paultard spirit we know! Is defeat a word, or a Mainstream Media “spin” tactic? That blimp will be in the air in no time! MORE »

Maryland Delegate Jane Lawton left her Montgomery County home this morning prepared to do battle with the cable companies as a speaker at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s 2007 Telecommunications Symposium. Jane planned on talking to her audience about local government’s constraints on competition in the cable television market and how that’s being changed by telephone companies - i.e., she was weighing in on the Comcast - Verizon FiOS wars currently being waged in suburbia. MORE »