barack-obama

Washington Post Loses It on Twitter

Ryan Tate · 01/26/09 10:29PM

Here are some of Chris Cillizza's tweets from the White House press briefing, where he represents the Washington Post. What is wrong with him, and why won't he stop?

Obama Hottie Goes Into Facebook Hiding

Ryan Tate · 01/24/09 01:30PM

The attention, it was just too much: Barack Obama 's single, 27-year-old speechwriter apparently disappeared himself from Facebook within three days of his boss' inauguration. We blame young women.

Unsettling Photo Ruins Friday Afternoon

Pareene · 01/23/09 05:52PM

This is your "soul-melting funny foto of the week," a terrifying morph from dumb old George W. Chimpy McHilter to President Hopey Hussein.

Obama Smack Seized

cityfile · 01/23/09 02:05PM

Hope you weren't counting on rounding out your inauguration memorabilia collection with some Obama-branded smack. Earlier this week, cops in upstate New York broke up a drug ring that was selling baggies of heroin with "Obama" stamped on the glassine wrappers. Expect to hear all about Obama's nefarious ties to drug gangs on right-wing talk shows for the next week or so. [TSG]

Year of the Ox Promises More Volatility

cityfile · 01/23/09 11:40AM

It's a new year, the dawning of a new political era, and on Monday your calendar should be marked for the most important shift of all: the start of the Chinese lunar year! The Year of the Ox, according to Feng Shui gurus, won't bring an end to the world's woes, nor an easy ride for Barack Obama's first months in office, even though he was born in the Year of the Ox, which apparently means he's patient, hardworking, stable and tenacious. Then again, other Ox leaders have included Richard Nixon and Margaret Thatcher, so make of that what you will.

Bakery Celebrates Obama with 'Drunken Negro Head' Cookies

Richard Lawson · 01/23/09 10:00AM

The Lafayette French Pastry bakery in the Village is super trendy. Their cakes were used on Sex and the City! And, like every other trendo, they're showing Obama some love. With, um, "Drunken Negro Head" cookies.

President's Press Honeymoon Over

Ryan Tate · 01/23/09 06:40AM

It took all of two working days for the Obama Administration's relationship with the media to get testy. The president shouldn't seem so surprised.

Obama's Big Fake Inauguration

Ryan Tate · 01/23/09 04:18AM

The credulous public didn't hear the REAL performance by Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman at Barack Obama's inauguration. It heard a two-day old recording. Along with that fake oath.

Larry King's Scoop on Blacks and Lesbians

Ryan Tate · 01/22/09 10:33PM

Trend alert: Did you know it's very "hot" to be black or lesbian right now? We know it's true because CNN coolhunter Larry King, 112, said so. Everyone laughed nervously.

Technology's White House of Horrors

Owen Thomas · 01/22/09 11:40AM

Staffers plucked from Obama's campaign operation, used to cutting-edge technology, are finding the White House to be a Mac-free technological museum. In other words, they're learning to work like the rest of America!