Al Franken beat Norm Coleman, Minnesota Supreme Court says (Coleman concedes)
Great news for Al Franken, terrible news for the U.S. The Minnesota Supreme Court has just ruled in Franken's favor (link) and has determined that he won the election. Coleman has stated he won't appeal, although who knows what he'll do. And, governor Tim Pawlenty had said he would abide by the state court's decision.
Maybe Coleman will decide to fight on, although that doesn't seem likely. So, let's all welcome Senator Stuart Smalley to what will formerly have been known as the World's Greatest Deliberative Body but which shall henceforth become a joke. Set your Tivo to record CSPAN at 3am just in case Franken engages in chair-throwing fights on the Senate floor.
UPDATE: Norm Coleman has conceded.
UPDATE 2: I think this is from Franken's acceptance speech, although I'm not sure:
Yes, that's our new U.S. Senator.
Posted in StuartSmalley at 11:44 AM
Randi Rhodes screeches back to Air America! (WZAA)
Air America Radio has announced that starting today, Randi Rhodes will be screeching on their (new) flagship station, WZAA in Washington DC (airamerica.com/washington). Their previous flagship was located in New York, until that failed due to low ratings. But, now they've got a new one.
She'll be screeching from 3pm to 6pm weekdays, until such time as she melts down, "gets mugged", or whatever it'll be this time.
Posted in RandiRhodes at 02:12 PM
Air America sells out, now part of 9/11 coverup!
Where's Janeane Garofalo when you need her? Earlier this month, Air America's "Break Room Live" - their exciting new show shot in some form of cafeteria or whatever you call it of some kind - interviewed Richard Ben-Veniste about the 9/11 Commission's report. The person on the left with the beard - Marc Maron - just sat there without raising any kind of questions or anything. Even when Ben-Veniste mentioned the thoroughly debunked Popular Mechanics "debunking" article and even when he used the strawman argument about some people thinking there had been no planes!
Not only that, but Maron doesn't even bring up the thermite! He should change his name to Marc Moron, he's that moronic.
Air America has completely sold out to BushCo and Halliburton's NeoCon handlers. I am weeping for them as I type.
Posted in Meta at 10:48 AM
In April, WINZ AM 940 in Miami dumped Air America Radio
I'm sorry I didn't get to this earlier, but it's not my fault: Air America Radio's listener in South Florida just informed me that in April, WINZ AM 940 in Miami switched from Air America Radio to an all sports format (link). Once again: it's not my fault. I spent months looking for a backup affiliate of my own in that area, but I was never able to find another AAR listener.
Now, with Mike & Mike doing the morning drive with their zooish antics, Jim Rome, Dan Patrick, and J.T. the Brick, that station will no doubt have no trouble finding listeners.
Posted in Janeane at 01:08 PM
Garofalo stands by tea party screed, enters 24th minute of fame
Some time around her appearance in Boston, ex-cutie turned Chained Heat extra impersonator Janeane Garofalo was asked about her screed about the tea parties by Griff Jenkins of Fox News and a local radio host. Determined to stretch her 15 minutes of fame to unheard of depths, she responded thusly:
Posted in Janeane at 07:20 PM
Garofalo: "If there are any tea baggers here, welcome, and white power."
It looks like someone needs more attention (link). Troubled ex-cutie Janeane Garofalo - now looking like one of the minor antagonists from Chained Heat - did a show at the Somerville Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. on Friday. The 900-seat auditorium was "nearly full", and her multitudes were in for a treat:
"If there are any tea baggers here, welcome, and white power," she said to laughs, before darting into a commentary on thongs, Spanx and a 22-hour flight to Australia... The pint-sized Providence College graduate paired heartfelt confessions with jabs at pop culture... At one moment she would share her fear of having children... The most suprising part of Garofalo’s show was her vulnerability. The alt comedy darling, a confessed Catholic-turned-atheist, said she joined CYO in high school because she was with other kids "that said no to life."
UPDATE: Maybe she's just angry about this scene from 24:
Posted in Janeane at 12:09 PM
