Hamas Appoints First Spokeswoman
It's an exciting week for 23 year-old Isra al-Mudallal, former correspondent for Iran's English-language Press TV Channel. She just started her new job as the first English-language and woman (they're going all out) spokesperson for the Hamas, the face of a new wave in the organization as it gears up to more…
Spielberg And Streisand Might Make It To That Thing This Weekend
- Chelsea Clinton's wedding is the single most important thing to happen to Rhinebeck since Henry Hudson sailed up river. But who is coming to the party? The Daily Beast has the answers:
Emily Blunt Politely Declines The Photoshop, Thanks
- Emily Blunt told British Elle that Photoshop is over-used. "I don't like it when they stretch you out and make you all long and skinny. It makes you look like a Barbie. Who the hell looks like that?" [Elle UK]
There Will Be No Water Pipes For Gaza's Women
Gaza's Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, arguing that it is sullying the image of the Palestinian people. Apparently, putting a hose in your mouth is sexual - but only when the ladies do it.
Amanda Knox Showed "A Sort Of Regret" For Murder • Jaycee Dugard To Appear On Camera
• On Thursday the judges who convicted Amanda Knox of murder released documents explaining the December 5th verdict. They said that although they could find no motive for the murder, there were "no holes or inconsistencies" in the evidence. •
Their Daily Bread
[Gaza Strip, November 3. Image via Getty]
Family Ties
[Rafah, October 14. Image via Getty]
Homeward Bound
[Bethlehem, September 30. Image via Getty]
Window To The Soul
[Assira Shamalyia, West Bank; August 12. Image via Getty]
A Helping Hand
[Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip; July 30. Image via Getty]
Israeli Military Moves Ground Troops Into Gaza
Breaking: The Israeli military has confirmed that ground troops are currently moving into Gaza. Leaflets have been dropped by Israeli forces, warning residents in certain Gaza districts to evacuate their homes immediately.[BBC News][NYTimes]
Your Jewish Mom Is Going To Have A Crush On Obama
Life, an esteemed Glamocracy editor said to me today, "is a suicidal act. It is just a more masochistic suicide than average." What differentiates us, then, is nothing but the barely visible variations of degree to which we flatter ourselves into thinking we are the navigators of that masochism, when really our…
The Obama Attack Ad Too "Extreme" For John McCain!
- "They're not listening to me because they're out of touch with reality and the Republican Party. We are the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan and this kind of campaigning is unacceptable. I've done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not…
We're Headed To Philly Tonight!
Megan and I are convening in Murderdelphia tonight for tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary! This morning a seven-alarm fire reminded everyone once more there used to be an economy there. Now there are too many vacant buildings and not enough crackheads to fill them. Five murders happened over the weekend in Philly.…
Obama: Gotta Get That Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Another week, another Friday Crappy Hour in which the lesser-known Crappyist Megan (of Glamocracy) is forced to beg for someone to write it with her so that she can avoid talking to herself online like she does in real life. Luckily, Spencer Ackerman (of the Washington Independent and the newly-launched Attackerman)…
Hot Obama Adviser Samantha Power F*****s Up Big Time!
Dear Obama foreign policy adviser Samantha Power, you are hot. You are Elizabeth Kucinich hot, maybe even Huma Abedin hot. But you like to say "Fuck" and that's what really counts here. You play basketball. With George Clooney. You're a humanitarian. Marie Claire named you the Smartest Woman In America. You wrote a…

