Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Hacking Just Ain’t What It Used to Be

Meet David Kernell, the 20-year-old University of Tennessee student who's probably going to jail for a very long time for "hacking" into the Yahoo email account of Sarah Palin by correctly guessing her security questions with information he gleaned from her Wikipedia page. OMG. I'm sorry, but can we please stop calling this kid a "hacker"? That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard. This kid is not a hacker. I remember the Golden Age of hacking, where you actually had to know stuff abou...

Bill Clinton Talks Politics on The View

This set of clips from Slick Willy's appearance on The View -- put together by a (disclosed) McCain/Palin supporter -- is worth watching, because in the final minute and a half the former President says an awful lot of things that sound like a quiet endorsement for John McCain. Clinton says he'll be voting for Obama, "because I'm a loyal Democrat," but then proceeds to offer some unmitigated compliments to John McCain. Interesting. /> This set of clips from Slick Willy's appearance on The View -- put together by a (disclosed) McCain/Palin supporter -- is worth watching, because in the final minute and a half the former President says an awful lot of things that sound like a quiet endorsement for John McCain. Clinton says he'll be voting for Obama, "because I'm a loyal Democrat," but then proceeds to offer some unmitigated compliments to John McCain. Interesting. ...

Just Something I Find Interesting

Hillary Rodham Clinton was advised, in no uncertain terms, to remove the "Rodham" from the name she used while campaigning for office, lest she seem like one of those "aggressive" women unwilling to abandon her own last name. Sarah Palin campaigned for mayor of Wasilla as Sarah Heath Palin, where "Heath" is her maiden name. I'm just saying. /> Hillary Rodham Clinton was advised, in no uncertain terms, to remove the "Rodham" from the name she used while campaigning for office, lest she seem like one of those "aggressive" women unwilling to abandon her own last name. Sarah Palin campaigned for mayor of Wasilla as Sarah Heath Palin, where "Heath" is her maiden name. I'm just saying....

Today Is Just a Sad Day

So I'm bummed about David Foster Wallace today. I'm bummed because here was a brilliant guy who knew what the solution was and just couldn't live it consistently. And so where does that leave the rest of us? It scares me. I'm bummed about Lehman Brothers today, and I'm bummed for my friends who work there. I'm bummed, just in a general sense, that Sarah Palin is on a Presidential ticket instead of Tina Fey (or, ya know, Hillary Clinton). And then I come across Holly Madison's new MySpace blog, and it's called "RIP David :(" and I'm like "OMG Holly Madison is sad that David Foster Wallace died? I guess I'd underestimated her." But no. This is the post:
RIP David :( I am so devestated right now. I had this amazing Flemish Giant rabbit that my friend gave me. She was a rare smoke blue color and was the sweetest animal you could ever meet. I named her David LaChapelle after my favorite photographer. After the great zoo staff here at the Mansion and I raised her, we had her fixed and set her free on the property to play with the other rabbits. She loved to hang out on the front lawn and becuase of her close interaction with me and the staff, she was not afraid of people. Long story short, some stupid fucking drunk asshole picked her up during one of the parties and dropped her, breaking her back and paralyzing her without telling anyone. I can only imagine how much pain she was in before someone finally found her and had her put to sleep. I am so devestated by this. I hate stupid fucking drunk people and I will never be able to walk outsode this house into one of the parties again without thinking about this whole incident. It makes me hate everybody. Thanks for listening. Please excuse the typos. I am too emotional to care. Love-Holly
And this just breaks my heart even more. It makes me think of how sad I was when Charlie died and how devastated I'd be if any of my animals today were hurt -- and especially if someone did it to them and then allowed them to suffer -- and I'm just really angry for Holly and sad and disappointed in general. Say something to cheer me up, you guys. />So I'm bummed about David Foster Wallace today. I'm bummed because here was a brilliant guy who knew what the solution was and just couldn't live it consistently. And so where does that leave the rest of us? It scares me. I'm bummed about Lehman Brothers today, and I'm bummed for my friends who work there. I'm bummed, just in a general sense, that Sarah Palin is on a Presidential ticket instead of Tina Fey (or, ya know, Hillary Clinton). And then I come across Holly Madison's new MySpace blog, and it's called "RIP David :(" and I'm like "OMG Holly Madison is sad that Dav...

Michael Phelps on SNL: What’s the Verdict?

My opinion, in general, was quite simple: NOT NAKED ENOUGH. Honestly, though, between the Palin/Clinton sketch at the start and the Cathy bit on Weekend Update (if you find that bit on YouTube, PLEASE let me know), I hardly even noticed Phelpsy was there. Probably for the best. I would have noticed him more if he were nakeder. And more in my bed. With his gold medals hanging around his neck and a pillow draped gently over the entirety of his face. And he would be silent except to occasio...

It’s Working!

After McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as VP and the Republican National Convention, John McCain's numbers went up six percent, mostly because he gained a TON of support from independent voters, and even won over quite a few Democrats. Here's my theory: Before the Sarah Palin nonsense, Barack Obama's campaign had all the hype, all the glamor, all the excitement. Sarah Palin brings those things to the McCain campaign, which had previously been a non-story about an old white dude who's run fo...

What’d We Think of the VMAs, Kids?

She may not have performed, but The Britney Spears Comeback officially started tonight, at the VMAs. Collecting all three of the awards for which she was nominated and appearing calm, poised, gracious and sober on-stage, it was the Britney we all used to know and love. Some more thoughts as I was watching: So I thought the bit at the beginning with Britney and Jonah Hill was actually really cute. Mostly because Jonah Hill is awesome, also because he called her "Brit-Brit," and lastly be...

Uh, Dude … Your Mic’s On

It's always fun when the talking heads don't realize they're being recorded and let you know what they really think. Here are two conservative commentators on MSNBC talking about Sarah Palin -- when they think nobody's listening. Thanks Rebecca! /> It's always fun when the talking heads don't realize they're being recorded and let you know what they really think. Here are two conservative commentators on MSNBC talking about Sarah Palin -- when they think nobody's listening. Thanks Rebecca!...