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Sarah Palin

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Frank Caliendo

    Irvine Improv

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2012

    Waiting for Righty: Hey, Kids, Three Fun Books on Conservatives!

    Young Noam with Mom and Dad​ I considered titling this week's review "Conservatism for Dummies" but that seemed unnecessarily cruel. As someone raised with your basic anti-social, self-hating, ahistorical so-called "conservative" values, I enjoy reminding myself and others of both my shame as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Anthony J. Tarquinto Still a Virgin, Still OC

    ​A couple years ago I introduced readers to Anthony J. Tarquinto and The Real 40 Year Old Virgin of Orange County, the Aliso Viejo author's self-published tome that mixes his unique lack of sexual experience with a political ideology that finds Barack Obama a threat to America. In the months since ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 6, 2011

    When Should You Use Usted instead of Tú?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And are the letters in this column real?

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2011

    Kathy Griffin

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    [UPDATED: Distributor Claims Opening Numbers Were Strong] Sarah Palin Movie Debuts in OC to an Audience of . . . One Lone Atlantic Reporter

    ​UPDATE, JULY 19, 4:57 P.M.: Despite the abysmal turnout at The Undefeated's midnight debut in OC, the film's distributor, ARC Entertainment, is declaring the opening weekend numbers a win. A news release called the opening "stronger than expected," earning a per screen average of more than $ ... More >>

  • Film

    July 14, 2011

    'The Undefeated' Is Fan Fiction

    Sarah Palin, flawless, in Stephen K. Bannon's documentary

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Common: More Worthy of the White House Invite Than Sarah Palin

    ​As everyone knows by now, rapper Common has been the target of various right wingers, including Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller, Fox Nation, and, of course, Sarah Palin after accepting an invitation to be part of the White House's "Poetry Night" this week.  As we talked about earlier this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    The Good, Bad and Legalese of Eating Roadkill

    Flickr user webhamster​Here in Southern California, where progress has eliminated almost all native fauna from our streets and cities, running into a deer or cow and wondering what to do with the carcass isn't really an issue. But in the rest of the country, what to do with roadkill is something m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Where to Watch Obama's State of the Union Speech

    ​An offshoot of the Democratic National Committee holds a State of the Union "Watch Party" tonight at a pizza parlor in the People's Republic of Irvine.Meanwhile, local Republicans are viewing President Barack Hussein Obama's speech before both houses of Congress at their neighborhood country club ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Sarah Palin Fingers Ed Royce For Powerful House Financial Post

    Royce​Ed Royce, the Fullerton Republican congressman dreaming of taking over Rep. Barney Frank's House financial services committee, has captured a powerful ally: Sarah Palin.The new alliance apparently wasn't based on Royce's competence but because he is not Spencer Bachus, a more senior Alabama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010
  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Under Bieber Achiever: Bio's Biggest Crime Isn't That It's Bad But That It's So Damn Boring

    Bluewater Comics/Michal SzyksznianTo preview ​tonight's concert at Honda Center, Heard Mentality reviews the bio comic Fame: Justin Bieber Unauthorized so you don't have to read it.It's a common and universally agreed-upon idea among critics that there's nothing easier--and in most cases ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Justin Bieber's 3D Movie Trailer for 'Never Say Never' Out Today, is as Darling as You Expected

    www.huffingtonpost.com/​While idly Googling Justin Bieber, you may find some gems such as the Jollibee mascot dancing to "Baby," or his action figure, or this photoshopped image of Sarah Palin and Bieber, or an  unauthorized comic from Bluewater, Fame. Or you could find the first official tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2010

    Sarah Palin Excites Orange County Republicans For Van Tran

    Palin visited OC on Saturday​Orange County has an endless supply of ironies.Friday, ex-President Bill Clinton held a pep rally for Democratic Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in Santa Ana.Yesterday, Sarah Palin--a Fox News contributor and likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate--participated in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Are Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina Giving Sarah Palin Cold Padded Shoulders?

    ​As Bubba ties up Santa Ana traffic and rallies the Democrats behind his former foe Jerry Brown, his brown amiga Loretta Sanchez and that San Francisco mayor with the hair today, Anaheim is bracing for a traffic/media/politico crush Saturday with the arrival of Sarah Palin, plain and tall.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Sarah Palin, Mama Grizzlies to Infest Anaheim

    ​A day after surviving a swarm of Secret Service agents, central Orange County will withstand an infestation of mama grizzlies.Mox just told you about Bill Clinton attending a campaign rally for Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) in Santa Ana on Friday, Oct. 15. Sarah Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Five Episode Arcs for Trent Reznor's Upcoming Sci-Fi Show

    ​As reported earlier, Trent Reznor is adapting the Nine Inch Nails concept album Year Zero as a science fiction television show for HBO and BBC.Released in 2007, Year Zero was created by Trent and Co. as a rallying cry against both the Bush administration and the overall fucked-up state of the wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Five Jewish Foods For the Alaska Distillery To Infuse Into Vodka

    Flickr user 96683394@N00​A couple of weeks ago, the Internet was aflame with the news that the Alaska Distillery in Wasilla had started producing salmon-flavored vodka. This was chiefly news because Wasilla is the home of sportscaster pageant queen Alaska Governor vice-presidential candidate autho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Thank God It's Thursday Friday: Shows You Don't Want To Miss

    Portugal. The Man perform at House of Blues in Anaheim on Saturday​A little late, but your weekend planner is here to choose shows you would've probably missed otherwise.  we've got a whole slew of local acts to witness for the weekend. For a better, more informed decision, listen to these ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    1, 2, 3, 4 ... Katy Perry Declares A Boob War! See Who is Pulling Out the Big Guns in This Fight

    Katy Perry fires the first volley of Boob War in this screen shot from her "California Gurls" video​In the past week, Katy Perry has claimed the summer as hers. Not with the inexplicable success of her single "California Gurls," nor her inexplicable romance with the inexplicably charming Russell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Today's Important Unimportant Election, From My TV Screen to Your Computer/Phone Screen

    ​11:15 p.m.: Don't be surprised if KOCE is accused of turning over its election coverage to that rare Orange County bird known as the "Democrat." The "live, election night edition of Real Orange" came from the Artists Village in Santa Ana, OC's version of Havana. Their election expert was the Voic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Map Brings Home British Petroleum Disaster

    ​The website If It Was My Home allows anyone to personalize the magnitude of the British Petroleum (BO) Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill--also known as "the greatest environmental disaster in United States history."The site opens with a map superimposing the shape of the spill as of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    UPDATE: Palin Endorses Fiorina, Adding to Chuck DeVore's Endorsement Blues

    Therealbs2002 / Wikimedia / Creative CommonsBackstab DeVore? You betcha.Originally posted May 6, 12:41 p.m. Updated May 7, 8:22 a.m.: DeVore really is sad! See bottom of post.​Half-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin has endorsed ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina's run to dethrone Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Sen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Dana Rohrabacher Says He's Not a Republican

    Dana: No longer afraid to be called a racist. ​"I'm not a Republican! I'm not a conservative! I'm a patriot, and it's time for us to take back America! Now is our time! . . . What is the United States? Us! Us! Us! . . . We have to secure our southern border. That has to be the number one issue peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Rep. Ed Royce Nails Olympic Backflip!

    Royce: Olympic-size fickleness​Ed Royce, the Orange County congressman who claims blocking consumer financial protections from sneaky Wall Street bankers is actually a pro-consumer stance, has found another topic to fumble. This month at Red County blog, the Fullerton Republican blasted President ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Tea Party 'Founder' Hates on Sarah Palin

    Chris Victorio / OC Weekly​If you're a journalist who has written about the "tea party" movement ever, chances are you've been added to a half-dozen e-mail distribution lists affiliated with it. At least, after covering the party in Santa Ana last April, I was. Or maybe I signed up for these e-mai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Today in Music News: No Doubt, Sonic Youth, Jay Reatard, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert

    OC's most awesome music export, No Doubt, continues battling with Activision over the group's (mis)use in the game Band Hero.Sonic Youth, which performs at the Fox Theatre in Pomona Jan. 8, plan to record new album in 2010.Garage-punk badass Jay Reatard attacked by fans in Austin--fights back with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Birther Update: Wiley Relents, Orly Cops Palin and Reagan's Corpse Sells Stickers

    Star Foreman / OC WeeklyOur Orly Taitz costume is on discount for Black Friday.​Yesterday, I gave thanks to birthers, who have provided the Weekly with so much fun material in 2009. So let's check in on them. What's new in the wonderful world of people who don't believe that Barack Obama is an Ame ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    Feeling Slutty? Let Us Dress You Up as OC's Scariest People!

    Star Foreman / OC WeeklyOur Orly Taitz costume is on discount for Black Friday.​Yesterday, I gave thanks to birthers, who have provided the Weekly with so much fun material in 2009. So let's check in on them. What's new in the wonderful world of people who don't believe that Barack Obama is an Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    As FCC Weighs Net Neutrality, McCain Tosses in Monkey Wrench

    ​As the Federal Communications Commission meets today to develop some "rules of the road" for the Internet, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Sarah Palin) has thrown up a roadblock.The bitter, defeated presidential nominee today introduced legislation that would block the FCC from creating new "net neutral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Keith Olbermann Weighs in on the John Ziegler WCPAC Kerfluffle

    MSNBC's top talker spent some time last night on the confrontation between John Ziegler and David Keene at the Newport Beach Radisson this past weekend: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy If you missed it, Olbermann at one point speculates that Zielger was "de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Friday Film Funnies Fun: Shut the Hell Up, Hugh Hewitt!

    I haven't paid much attention to Hugh Hewitt as of recent, mostly because all he seems to talk about is Obamacare, and that's not exactly the sexiest of subjects. But I did tune in yesterday, at the very end of the show, and he was playing one of my favorite songs: Lulu's "To Sir with Love" (don't a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Incoming: Portugal. The Man, Satyricon at the Glass House

    ​Wasilla may now forever be inextricably linked with Sarah Palin jokes, but the small Alaska town has more going for it than just the ability to see Russia from there. Post-hardcore troupe Portugal. The Man are also from there, and though we don't know what newspapers they read, either, they're pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Shatner Reading Palin vs. Huell Howser Tripping

    Earlier today, Weekly food blogger Lesley McCave forwarded a video from The Tonight Show Starring Conan O'Brien featuring William Shatner reading from Sarah Palin's goodbye, Alaska speech:Its reign as the Greatest Video Ever only lasted a few minutes, however. That's because a scroll through LA Time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    The Other F-Me Pump Drops for Sarah Palin

    Right after her stunning loss to Loretta Sanchez in the Great Navel Gazing Fashion-off, the other pump dropped for former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Apparently, The Associated Press got ahold of a report about an ethics complaint involving Alaska's departing governor and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Loretta Sanchez-Sarah Palin Fashion Smackdown!

    News item: The Federal Election Commission says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) improperly used campaign money to buy new clothes, bringing to mind the flap last year when it was discovered the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on designer clothing and accesso ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Tastes Like Progress

    Inauguration Breakfast

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Vanity Fair Calls Baby Hewie "Two-Time Loser"

    *Updated, with new info on the bottom...We haven't posted on Orange County's own conservative talk-show windbag Hugh Hewitt in a long time, mostly because I got tired of listening both to his program and reading his blog. But a faithful reader clued us in to the latest Vanity Fair, a magazine I usua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

    In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

  • Music

    December 18, 2008

    Who Wins In the Worst Lyrics of 2008 Tournament? You Do

    In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Calvary Chapel Transforms Another Gentle Soul into a Homo-Hater

    Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed by all the protests gay-marriage advocates are holding outside Mormon temples. Yeah, the Latter-Day Saints hierarchy urged their faithful to donate millions of dollars to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign, but Mormonism has always been upfront in their homo-hating-- ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Orange County Sings the Obama Blues

    Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed by all the protests gay-marriage advocates are holding outside Mormon temples. Yeah, the Latter-Day Saints hierarchy urged their faithful to donate millions of dollars to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign, but Mormonism has always been upfront in their homo-hating-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Red County Nearly Turns Blue!

    . . . and if that happened, would the righty Red County blog have to change its name? Final election results from OC: PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Completed Precincts: 2109 of 2109 Vote Count Percentage JOHN MCCAIN / SARAH PALIN (REP) 430,360 50.8% BARACK OBAMA / JOE BIDEN (DEM) 401,605 47.4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Barbara Coe Upset Sarah Palin Doesn't Acknowledge Her

    On Sept. 15, California Coalition for Immigration Reform head Barbara Coe sent off a questionnaire to Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. "The California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR) is a nationally recognized nonpartisan grassroots organization representing thousands of p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Obama Wins Presidential Election Thanks to Baby Hewie!

    The New York Observer is reporting that Orange County conservative yackmouth Hugh Hewitt unsuccessfully tried to sell a book proposal involving Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. We'd usually laugh at any Baby Hewie gaffe--the proposed title was How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and S ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 9, 2008

    [Trendzilla] Babies for Obama!

    The New York Observer is reporting that Orange County conservative yackmouth Hugh Hewitt unsuccessfully tried to sell a book proposal involving Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. We'd usually laugh at any Baby Hewie gaffe--the proposed title was How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and S ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] The Strange Case of the Deputy-Confiscated Videotape

    The New York Observer is reporting that Orange County conservative yackmouth Hugh Hewitt unsuccessfully tried to sell a book proposal involving Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. We'd usually laugh at any Baby Hewie gaffe--the proposed title was How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    No. 1 on the Palin/Hewitt/Colbert Threat Down: (Polar) Bears!

    Sarah Palin invigorated the conservative base with her surprisingly poised speech to GOP delegates last night, kicking new life into what had been a ho-hum convention previously “highlighed” by the Dead Man Talking triad (George W. Bush, Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman). Clockwork's favorite sce ... More >>

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