Wonkette

Out of all the fallout of last week’s story of bear David Phillips and Sen. Larry Craig’s seedy Hill hookup, and Phillips’ non-response to the story, we most enjoyed Air America Media’s The Young Turks coverage hosted by the talented Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Kimmell’s distant cousin, who was able to give a newsy, casual recap of the latest developments without giggling.

The Young Turks [YouTube]

This is Cenk Uygur from ‘The Young Turks,’ Air America’s morning show. He is suing Stephen Colbert for $65 million, just like the pants guy, for stealing a joke about Klingons. You can see both jokes in the clip. Of course, we’re bloggers, so we steal all of our material, but apparently standards are different for basic cable and niche radio people. Still, you can sue for a “stolen” joke? Milton Berle is shaking in his boots while rolling in his grave. After the jump, a fun assignment! MORE »

* According to David Brooks, many pundits correctly predicted the direction the Iraq war would take. But not David Brooks. [Radosh.net] MORE »