Bill O'Reilly Calls Glenn Beck Insane, Glenn Beck Calls His Viewers "Zombies"
Glenn Beck's doing well in the ratings these days. So well, that Bill O'Reilly doesn't mind letting his viewers know what he thinks of Beck, and that Beck doesn't mind letting his viewers know what he thinks of them. Frankness? It's an underrated virtue. When these two get together, it's usually pretty fun. You can enjoy the quiet seething of Bill O'Reilly, who'd probably rather have thought of Beck's shtick first, if it weren't so beneath him. The setup: Beck and O'Reilly are arguing about the Swine Flu shot. Beck will not get the shot; he thinks it's a conspiracy. O'Reilly will get the shot; he thinks it's better for the general public that he doesn't infect everyone around him. Any symbolism here is purely coincidental. Beck jokes that his viewers are zombies. There's never truth in any joke, ever. Bill O'Reilly suggests that Glenn Beck might be the highest rated pundit in sincere need of mental health care. Thank you, Media Matters: Bill O'Reilly might have mixed feelings about Glenn Beck. MORE >>
Conde Nast's Dating Site, Featuring Si Newhouse's "Profile"
Conde Nast's having survival issues. Not to worry. Despite shuttering Gourmet and clearing out all the Orangina, Si's got a brand new bag: a Conde Nast dating site. We test-drove it with a profile on behalf of a certain chairman. Welcome to TrulyMadlyDating.com. British Vogue gave it a shoutout in a clever little advertorial plug yesterday: TRULYMADLYDATING.COM is Conde Nast International's first dating site, supported by GLAMOUR.COM and GQ.COM, and created to unite glamorous girls with fashion-conscious GQ-reading boys to create matches made in style heaven. So! Conde Nast setting up Conde Nast fans with Conde Nast fans. And we are nothing if not Conde Nast fans. Some people think there may be a problem with this: Trying to set up Glamour readers and GQ readers seems like a pretty clever idea. One Fashionista editor, Abby Gardner however, is worried that most of the people in said "style heaven" are gay, so setting them up with a site that seems geared towards heteros will be hard. She also wonders why Condé thinks that entering the online dating business is a good idea: "I simply don't understand this use of resources or what on earth it has to do with your core business. If someone else can explain it to me, please do." Not being an expert in this field, I can't exactly provide a cost-benefit analysis of how much TRULYMADLYDATING.COM is going to assist the beleaguered media corporation on behalf of the people who still work there that would like to keep their jobs, thank you very much. But! I am a consumer. And as a consumer, I can provide you with a review of my experience on the site! For a site that more or less serves as an advert for the properties it's associated with, it's pretty expensive! 6 months : £9.99/month Invoiced in one payment of £59.94 Save 50% on the normal 1 month rate! It's filled with lots of Canadian people. Of course it's filled with Canadians. Can't really verify them, can you? [Ed. We have yet to try.] Since Si's busy these days, we decided we'd test it out on his behalf. This profile basically took about two hours to fill out, and the email confirmation landed squarely in my SPAM box. Decent, right? Si's assistants, feel free to help me fill in the brackets. Because, as of right now, it's a little lonely out here. We'll be keeping you updated on our friend-finding progress for Si. Place your bets, ladies and germs. Hopefully, the field will get a little thicker as time goes on. In the mean time, I'm gonna have to give Conde's latest launch a little bit of a downward-titled thumb. It's a pain in the ass to use, it costs money, and it made me feel lonely (on behalf of Si). Also, its competition is the Gentile-friendly J-Date. Enough said. MORE >>
Peggy Noonan, Teaching at Harvard: "You Have To Let Your Freak Flag Fly."
Three-steps-from-crazy-cat-lady WSJ columnist Peggy Noonan is teaching at Harvard. Our spies report: "Peggy's a ridiculous, hilarious person to speaking with any authority on anything at all." They've provided us with her awesome quotes. We're presenting them emoticon-contextualized them for you. Now, credit where credit's due: a few weeks ago, John wrote: You do not want to miss the weekly festival of swooning self-regard and misty incoherence that will be Peggy Noonan's "Study Group" for undergrads this year, during her fellowship at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics. Let's see how on the money he was. Tipster, take us away: After about an hour with the woman, I'm happy to report that she seemed incredibly inebriated, and seldom more than a little coherent. Peggy was a ridiculous and hilarious person to speaking with any authority on anything at all. It gets better: First of all, she spoke. Exactly. As. She. Writes. She emphasized these fragments by pounding on the desk with each word. Her eyes focused, and and more frequently unfocused. A couple of times she spit onto her brown vest and pretended it didn't happen. She looked older than her press photos. Ms. Noonan spoke in a sing-song, condescending voice reserved usually for developmentally delayed 2nd graders. After she completed a thought, she'd pause and smile, staring at the air in front of her, reflecting on her impeccable delivery and overreaching wisdom. She used baseball metaphors more than twice. I'll count that as a double. More, please: She isn't teaching a class. It's a study group. It's just two hours of listening to a woman who should not be permitted to operate heavy machinery. Sometimes, this job does itself. Here are your context-free Peggy Noonan Goes to Harvard quotes. Someone get this woman to a kegger. Or at least a regatta. Do enjoy these quotes from Peggy Noonan. I provided context with them strictly with exclamation points at emoticons. I think, for all intents and purposes, they otherwise speak for themselves: "I'm not a brain surgeon. You have to be a professional. I did my best and I didn't kill anybody. I can't remember what the point of my answer is." : ) "You know, and the problem with George W. Bush, is that he made the whole world so nervous. Y'know!" :-O "My study group is about being a person who thinks things and believes them and turns them into words that convey thoughts and feelings." : / "You never have to feel that you're not allowed to think what you think." (>.<) "I wasn't sure I could wear mascara every day. One should dress. One should wear mascara when one can." 8< "I wasn't sure I could stay awake all day. This is one of the major stresses of life - making sure you can stay awake all day. I happen to think sleep is one of the most important things in life. Trying to wake up, trying to fall asleep. I don't know why I'm talking about this." :,( "It's not a faux pas to love your country. Its history. Its traditions.... MORE >>
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