05.30.13 | 1:01 pm
The Right-Wing Day In 100 Seconds

More ricin letters appear, and Howard Dean lets loose against “silly right-wing nonsense.”

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George W. Bush On Rubio: He’s “Articulate”
05.30.13 | 12:58 pm
05.30.13 | 12:23 pm
Getting Ready for 4:30

The upside of the rash of departures from Mayor Rob Ford’s office is that it is presumably getting easier for Ford to crackdown on leaks, simply because there aren’t that many people left working for him When a leak does emerge, it gives a smaller population of people who it could have come from. And that can make it easier for the press to figure out who’s talking. So from a scandal management perspective, on the Mayor’s and press’s side, it’s a net positive. Read More

05.30.13 | 12:04 pm
We’re All ToonTown Now

If you have nothing better to do than hang around on Twitter in the evenings, you may remember that a couple nights ago there was a momentary full bore scare about a bomb going off in a trash can at Disneyland’s Toontown. It turned out it was a ‘dry ice bomb’ and no one got hurt. But not before a lot of people got pretty scared and a few ordered up Toontown Strong t-shirts. But now they’ve charged the ice bomber, Disneyland employee Christian Barnes.

05.30.13 | 11:57 am
Rob Ford Crack Update

Toronto Mayor and purported crackhead Rob Ford is scheduled to speak to reporters at 4:30 PM. So far two staffers in Ford’s office have quit today.

Erickson Fires Back At ‘Emo Lefties’
05.30.13 | 11:25 am