“A study of the extended family tree of the House of Hapsburg has found that the last Spanish Hapsburg king, Charles II, was the offspring of a marriage that was almost as genetically inbred as an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister or parent and child.”

I have no idea why they’re covering it now, more than six months after it was released, and it goes completely off the rails about halfway through, as is the case with pretty much everything the reviewer writes, but Caitlin…

This is the best way to understand Woody Allen, from the man himself, in the first interview with Woody and Larry David about the upcoming Whatever Works: “I think my philosophy has been consistent over the years, and it appears either persuasive or idiotic depending on how good the film is.”

Salon’s catbox-scratching kitty-cat Rebecca Traister is claws-out about cougar phenom: “Ah, liberation! Sweet, hot congress with dudes you were so glad you never had to deal with again after graduation.”

Felix Salmon seems uncharitably disposed to Goldman Sachs’ change of season:

I suspect that when it comes to bonus time at Goldman, December 2008 will never matter. The 2008 bonuses will be paid based on the 2008 fiscal year, while the…

Brenda Starr fights back against misogynist Times smears: “It’s just embarrassing. To me, it’s embarrassing to turn this around as a story on me. Yeah, I’m a girl and I’m a reporter. Go ahead and throw me under the bus if that makes you feel better. I think it’s just embarrassing.”

I pass like night from land to land

Ludacris is hip hop’s Ancient Mariner.

Oh, meow? LIBERALS are saying that because famous Instapundit blogger Glenn Reynolds says the “Teabagger” anti-tax people are going to impact the 2010 and 2012 elections, it means they will never affect anything ever, because he is wrong about everything. They have a handy list!

You know, because he’s black.

Wonkette has pretty much owned the coverage thus far of today’s “tea parties,” but the Washington…

Webby Awards: Totally Inflated!

In the last five years, there’s been a 330% increase in the number of categories at the Webby Awards…

This is from a flier distributed by one of the groups responsible for organizing today’s “tea parties.” It’s good advice!

I probably would have put this up simply for the description alone (“’Caveman’ Hides Out After Being Dubbed Hero for Clobbering Robber With Ladder”) but it gets even better when you watch the actual clip and listen to AP reporter Lee Powell do his folksy local news voice…

“The Media Are Actually Paying Attention to a Dead Feminine Black Boy.”