Hillary Clinton ‘South Park’
Hillary Clinton will make her first "appearance" on Comedy Central's "South Park" on Wednesday. The episode, which is still in production, will have the town at the heart of "South Park" preparing for the arrival of Clinton for a big campaign rally. At the same time, the character Cartman suspects a new Muslim student is behind a terrorist threat - ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 27, 2007 12:32
YouTube, Copyright Law, and Political Speech
Radley Balko has an interesting post sparked by CBS' forcing YouTube to take down a short cllip from a 40-odd-year-old episode of the "Andy Griffith Show" wherein "Sheriff Taylor explains to Opie that it's illegal to eavesdrop on conversations between criminal defendants and their lawyers, and how in a free society any conviction resulting from such tactics does more harm ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 27, 2007 08:33
Sarah Silverman Show Pushes the Envelope
The "Sarah Silverman Program" has the title character having sex with God. Comic Sarah Silverman not happy that God is cuddling with her after sex on Comedy Central's 'Sarah Silverman Program' Comedy Central consummated its season of "the Sarah Silverman Program" last night by featuring the title character having sex with God, and then trying to brush him off after a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 8, 2007 15:11
Romney’s Mormonism Redux
TNR has a cover story by Damon Linker which takes a detailed look at Mormonism and how that may affect the candidacy of Mitt Romney for president. Within days of stepping down as governor of Massachusetts on January 4, Mitt Romney is expected to announce his candidacy for president. Shortly after that, Romney will almost certainly need to deliver a major ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 2, 2007 16:08
Saddam Hussein Executed in Baghdad (Video, Photos)
Saddam Hussein is dead. Some Arab media, including state-run Iraqiya television, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya and the U.S.-financed Al-Hurra, reported about an hour before daylight Saturday (about 10 p.m. EST Friday) that Saddam had been executed. There was no confirmation from the Iraqi government. A U.S. judge on Friday refused to stop Saddam's execution, rejecting a last-minute court challenge. U.S. District Judge Colleen ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 29, 2006 22:54
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from the OTB gang. Professor Chaos has a South Park Christmas. Michael Demmons is counting down to Santa's visit Dean Esmay is sticking to positive news today. John Hawkins is going retro. Becks wants a list of your loot. Ed Morrissey is going multicultural. Steven Taylor hopes you have a friendly Christmas. Ann Althouse is blogging, like every other day. Venomous Kate is being very catty. LaShawn Barber ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 25, 2006 08:34
Mitt Romney and the Politics of Mormonism
Steven Taylor has a longish, detailed discussion of the bearing Mormonism might have on the chances of Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gaining the Republican nomination, much less winning the presidency in 2008. I've got no real dog in this one, as I tend to think of most religious belief systems (although not religious people) as rather odd, coming as I ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 1, 2006 15:30
Caption Contest Winners
The Sec Def Salute Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/File/Mandel Ngan) The Winners: First: Cowboy Blog - A li'l Dubya do ya. Second: Phil Smith - The 1001st, and final, Rumsfeld Fighting Style: Swan Palm Seppuku. Third: Rachel Edith - "This qualifies as a known known now. But it was an unknown unknown because we didn't ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 13, 2006 22:23
South Park Mocks Steve Irwin
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have managed to make the news again, this time by making fun of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin on South Park." The creators of South Park have never been afraid to upset celebrities - and many of the show's viewers. From jokes about religion and homosexuality to four-letter tirades, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 27, 2006 11:30
Things That Offend Muslims: Cartoons, Books, History, Operas…
James Lileks observes that the list of things that spark outrage and violence from Islamists is long, indeed. Clip and save, for this may come in handy: If you mock Islam with a drawing or a novel, you get riots and dead people. News of mishandled holy books yields riots and dead people. Insufficiently reverent short films by a Dutchman yields ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 27, 2006 09:04
