Supreme Court badass Ruth Bader Ginsburg has better things to do than show up to Trump's first State of the Union speech.

Courtesy of The Hill: 

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be in attendance at President Trump's first State of the Union address on Tuesday. 

Ginsburg is scheduled to be at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island for her speaking tour on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. 

While Ginsburg has been critical of Trump in the past, her talk at the university was announced last August. 

Ginsburg did not attend Trump's address to Congress last year after attending all eight of former President Obama's addresses. 

Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas also did not attend Trump's address. 

Mandatory attendance of course is not expected of Supreme Court Justices, but they do typically make an appearance.

Of course Ginsberg and Trump have had a notoriously strained relationship.

Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. Her mind is shot - resign!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2016

Personally I do not blame Ginsburg, you could not get me there at gunpoint.

And as it turns out there are a lot of other people with better things to do that night as well.

Such as hold their own Hollywood version of the SOTU for instance:   

Mark Ruffalo and a bevy of Hollywood fixtures — including director Michael Moore, “The View’s” Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez and “Sex and the City’s” Cynthia Nixon — are participating in a star-studded counter-event to President Trump’s State of the Union. 

The so-called “People’s State of the Union” will be held on Monday, the night before Trump’s address to Congress on Jan. 30. 

Ruffalo, one of Trump’s most outspoken Hollywood critics, told People magazine that the alternative event will be “a better reflection of our state of the union based on a more populist point of view, based on the people’s point of view." 

"I think it’s important because we have a president who has a difficult time with the truth, who has a radical, divisive agenda, and spends an enormous amount of time focusing on the negative and hopelessness and despair,” the Oscar-nominated actor said. 

The function, hosted by We Stand United, MoveOn.org Political Action and Stand Up America, will also reportedly feature comedian Wanda Sykes, actress Kathy Najimy, singer Andra Day and rapper Common.

Oh yeah, that sounds like a lot more fun. 

Wouldn't it be a kick in the ass if Ginsburg managed to get out of her Rhode Island gig early and showed up to this People's State of the Union event?

Oh yeah the orange tinted Twitter fingers would certainly be maniacally tapping away then.

Women of Hollywood launch initiative to protect all women from sexual harassment.

Courtesy of the New York Times:  

Driven by outrage and a resolve to correct a power imbalance that seemed intractable just months ago, 300 prominent actresses and female agents, writers, directors, producers and entertainment executives have formed an ambitious, sprawling initiative to fight systemic sexual harassment in Hollywood and in blue-collar workplaces nationwide. 

The initiative includes: 

— A legal defense fund, backed by $13 million in donations, to help less privileged women— like janitors, nurses and workers at farms, factories, restaurants and hotels — protect themselves from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it. 

— Legislation to penalize companies that tolerate persistent harassment, and to discourage the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence victims. 

— A drive to reach gender parity at studios and talent agencies that has already begun making headway. 

— And a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black. 

Called Time’s Up, the movement was announced on Monday with an impassioned pledge of support to working-class women in an open letter signed by hundreds of women in show business, many of them A-listers. The letter also ran as a full-page ad in The New York Times, and in La Opinion, a Spanish-language newspaper. 

“The struggle for women to break in, to rise up the ranks and to simply be heard and acknowledged in male-dominated workplaces must end; time’s up on this impenetrable monopoly,” the letter says.

During the holidays my mother asked me what I thought it was that triggered the #MeToo movement.

I told her that was simple, Donald Trump. 

My mom thought it was the Harvey Weinstein scandal, but I told her that Harvey Weinsten would very likely have kept right on treating women like shit and getting away with it, if women had not been shocked, angered, and mobilized by an admitted abuser of women defeating the first viable female candidate for the job of president.

That was why the day after the inauguration we saw women lead the biggest protest in this country's history, and that is why we are seeing women coming together to not only protect themselves from the Donald Trump's of this world, but to chase them out of positions of power and influence forever.

Time Magazine had it exactly right when they chose the #MeToo movement for their "Person of the Year," and I think we are only seeing the very beginning of what this movement is capable of achieving.

More women than every before are entering politics, and I am telling you that chances are far more than just 50/50 that the next President of the United States will be female.

This is going to be the era of the woman, and you can take that to the bank. 

It looks like conservative darling actor James Woods is about to be Harvey Weinsteined.

Weeds star Elizabeth Perkins holds sign naming actor James Woods as she joins hundreds of women at the #MeToo ... https://t.co/Ugqs9d76p4 pic.twitter.com/7f3AiQ1Wyf

— Hollywood Mine (@Hollywood_Mine) November 13, 2017

Courtesy of the Daily Beast:

Elizabeth Perkins called out the actor James Woods on Sunday, holding a sign bearing the words “James Woods #MeToo” as she joined a Los Angeles march designed to raise awareness of sexual assault and sexual harassment, and to demonstrate solidarity with the victims. 

It is not clear if Perkins is accusing Woods of sexual misconduct.

Oh I think it's clear.

James Woods is a well known sexual harasser in Hollywood.

In fact actor Amber Tamblyn came forward just last month to reveal that Woods tried to pick her and a friend up when she was only sixteen years old: 

Amber Tamblyn, 34, took to Twitter on September 11 to allege that now-70-year-old actor James Woods had "tried to pick [up]" her and a friend and that he invited her to Las Vegas when she was 16. According to People, Amber's tweets came in response to actor Armie Hammer tweeting to Woods, "Didn't you date a 19 year old when you were 60.......?" following Woods's criticism of Armie's upcoming film, in which he plays a 24-year-old dating a 17-year-old. 

"James Woods tried to pick me and my friend up at a restaurant once. He wanted to take us to Vegas. 'I'm 16' I said. 'Even better' he said," Amber tweeted.

Tamblyn went on to write a much longer article about her treatment in Hollywood, and about the perverted James Woods in particular.

Oh, and trust me she is not alone.

Much like Moore the conservatives are going to fight hard to discredit any allegations against James Woods, but seriously can anybody look at this face and NOT think he is a pervert?

Gal Gadot refuses to reprise her role as Wonder Woman until sexual predator Brett Ratner is removed as one of the producers.

Courtesy of Page Six: 

“Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot is continuing to battle accused Hollywood sexual harasser Brett Ratner by refusing to sign for a super­hero sequel unless the movie-maker is completely killed from the franchise. 

A Hollywood source tells Page Six that Gadot — who last month backed out of a dinner honoring Ratner, where she was due to present him with an award — is taking a strong stance on sexual harassment in Hollywood and doesn’t want her hit “Wonder Woman” franchise to benefit a man accused of sexual misconduct. 

Ratner’s production company RatPac-Dune Entertainment helped produce “Wonder Woman” as part of its co-financing deal with Warner Bros. The movie has grossed more than $400 million internationally, and Ratner’s company will take a healthy share of the profits. A Warner Bros. insider explained, “Brett made a lot of money from the success of ‘Wonder Woman,’ thanks to his company having helped finance the first movie. Now Gadot is saying she won’t sign for the sequel unless Warner Bros. buys Brett out [of his financing deal] and gets rid of him.”

This may not seem like such a huge deal in the larger scheme of things, but trust me, it is.

Currently women are feeling more empowered than ever to come forward and talk about sexual harassment and their past victimization.

At the same time Wonder Woman has been embraced as an icon of female strength.

For Gadot to use her new position in the movie industry to come out this aggressively, and this publicly, against a powerful member of Hollywood is to give a voice to all of those women who have felt alone and powerless against movie producers, directors, employers, managers, etc. in years past.

Symbolism is important, and what better symbol of feminine strength and power than Wonder Woman herself?

Somebody fixed Trump's Hollywood star.

Looks way more accurate now.

I am typically not a big fan of graffiti but you have to admit, this essentially speaks for most of us.

However as a progressive I feel that I should encourage Trump to keep right on talking up until November 8. Because that does nothing but help us.

After that I am absolutely on board with never hearing another peep out of his orange anus shaped mouth ever again.

Somebody built a wall around Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

You know I am usually opposed to building a Donald Trump wall, but this one seems appropriate.

So apparently with national media coverage Sarah Palin has no problem hanging out with liberals and the Hollywood elite. Update!

Sarah Palin at last night's SNL Anniversary show.

I know what you're thinking. Where have I seen that dress before?

Bristol Palin 2011 White House Correspondence Dinner

Oh, that's right. (Dammit where are those stylists from the McCain campaign when you need them?)

Not that Palin did not bring her OWN stylist.

Okay that kind of makes sense now.

While at the event Palin could not resist the draw of the limelight.

On the red carpet with Sarah Palin at the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live #SNL40 pic.twitter.com/dzYD4gdRwD
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) February 16, 2015

No matter who she had to share it with.

Uh, guys? https://t.co/6uz9jeBhb4
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 16, 2015

No I mean seriously. Didn't matter.

(Did she just rub something up against Baldwin's leg?)

She even deigned to talk to the "gasp" liberal media:

Sarah Palin appeared alongside Alec Baldwin in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie on the red carpet at the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday. 

"Did you all come together," Guthrie asked. 

"Yeah," Palin jokingly said. 

"Oh, yeah," Baldwin said. "We've been partying all weekend. We just flew in from Alaska." 

"You have more fun doing this show than just about anything else you could possibly do. And you make strange bedfellows here. Don't you darling," Baldwin said to Palin. 

"I still really love your brother even more," Palin said as Baldwin attempted to hug her. 

"Of course you do," Baldwin responded. 

"Governor Palin, at the height of the presidential race you came here and did a cameo that had to be one of your favorite moments of the campaign?," Guthrie asked. (Who's this "Governor" Savannah Guthrie keeps addressing?)

"I mean if this is indicative of the campaign, it was the most fun moment of the campaign. Yes," Palin said. 

"What was the reaction on the street after you made that appearance?" Lauer inquired. 

"It was great," Palin said. "It was like, gosh, yeah, you have got to have a sense of humor. Yeah. It's not like the persona that it maybe is portrayed or characterized for you out there. So, yeah, and this is an iconic moment, you know, this is, the most, I think intelligent, and entertaining comedic minds in America all in one place," Palin said.

Is this the part where I feign surprise that Sarah Palin is a giant hypocrite?  Because it's really a little early in the morning for that.

You know what they say, once a media whore, ALWAYS a media whore.

Update: You know it had to have happened. Here's Palin joking about a 2016 run.

Sarah Palin talks new show, suggests that Todd would be a great candidate for DWTS, and proclaims that her beauty tips consist of paying her daughter's tuition to "hair school." Update!

Click collagen injected lips to play video

This is an incredibly softball interview, where the interviewer literally gushes all over Palin for just under four minutes. However there are a few interesting tidbits to be gleaned.

For example those wondering if Todd actually accompanied Palin to this press junket, she does gesture off camera to him at the 1:32 mark suggesting that he would be a better choice to go on "Dancing with the Stars" than she would. (As if her family has not embarrassed themselves enough in the public eye.)

She also mentions that her whole family is going to make appearances on her show, which indicates that this might be more of a reality show than we have been led to believe.

Palin also delivers her usual busted out phrases, such as "live vibrantly," "bust through an open door," "freedom in America," you get the drift. However she also tries to reinvigorate her Palinisms with a misquoted reference to Plato, which as a philosophy nerd really burned my ass.

At one point the interviewer asks Palin how she "looks so awesome." Especially since she spends so much "time in the wild." (Oh gag me!)

Rather than be honest, and talk about her numerous plastic surgery procedures and wig makers, Palin instead states that her tips for "getting the glam" is to "offer to pay one of your daughter's tuition to hair school, which we did. Willow is now a hairdresser."

Palin also admits that Bristol is the one who helps her to pick out her hooker shoes and is now attending beauty school as well, however instead of hair she is focusing on skin. (So apparently, using the Palin vernacular, she is attending "skin school.")

Interesting to me that Palin has worked it so that all of her hair and makeup is now kept within the family, which insulates her from embarrassing stories getting out about the fact she is going bald or receiving plastic surgery enhancements.

Just in case you were wondering if this family could look anymore like a cult. Sure can.

So it appears that we can look forward to the Palin clan making appearances on the Sportsman channel, and selling their tired old family mythology, only it will now be sold on a channel that many of us, myself included, do not even have access to.

After this I understand that Palin will be making appearances on local public access stations until even they realize that she is driving away the half dozen viewers that tune in each each day.

Update: In another interview with Extra's Mario Lopez Palin cannot help but twist the knife concerning the cancellation of Katie Couric's talk show:

 Lopez introduced a question about Katie Couric, who helped torpedo Palin’s 2008 vice presidential bid by asking her what newspapers and magazines she read, by asking Palin if she believed in karma. 

“I certainly believe that what goes around comes around,” Palin said, smiling. 

She told Lopez that she couldn’t remember where she was when she heard Couric’s talk show had been canceled, but she heard from several friends about it. 

“I remember getting a couple of texts that said things like, ‘Oh, sorry that it didn’t work out there at CBS or ABC,’” Palin said, adding that she wasn’t surprised Couric had stepped down as anchor of CBS News. 

“The ratings were going in the tank with her as one of the head honchos there in the newsroom at CBS and then it didn’t surprise me, her other move,” Palin said. “Things weren’t going real well there, either.”

Yep, that's the Sarah Palin we know and loathe, bitter and nasty to til the end.

Update 2: Here is part two of the Access Hollywood interview. (Beware, LOT'S of baby talk.)

Turning to Hollywood to get the message out about Obamacare.

Courtesy of Los Angeles Daily News:  

The health care overhaul will be getting a Hollywood rewrite. 

The California Endowment, a private foundation spending millions to promote President Barack Obama’s signature law, recently provided a $500,000 grant to ensure TV writers and producers have information about the Affordable Care Act that can be stitched into plot lines watched by millions. 

The aim is to produce compelling prime-time narratives that encourage Americans to enroll — especially the young and healthy, Hispanics and other key demographic groups needed to make the overhaul a success. 

“We know from research that when people watch entertainment television, even if they know it’s fiction, they tend to believe that the factual stuff is actually factual,” said Martin Kaplan of USC’s Norman Lear Center, which received the grant. 

The public typically gets as much, if not more, information about current events from favorite TV programs as mainstream news outlets, Kaplan said, so “people learn from these shows.”

Could this help? Well Republican strategists don;t think so, which probably means yes.

One thing for sure, it certainly cannot hurt. And SOMETHING needs to be done to out maneuver the GOP message that the ACA is a train wreck and should be repealed.

Besides if Hollywood knows anything at all, it is how to educate and entertain all at the same time. 

Bristol Palin explains why she did not cooperate and do Melissa River's job on "Celebrity Wife Swap." It's because she doesn't like to judge people. Wait, what?

So as all of you know, when Bristol took Melissa's place she was also supposed to participate in her show "Fashion Police. Which she refused to do.

Well apparently in response people have been calling her a selfish and a poor sport for not going along with the theme of the show. Which is TOTALLY unfair because being selfish and a poor sport is her birthright as a Palin.

So today Bristol fired up her ghostwriter, and decided to have some words typed on that electronic doohickey to express her deeply held, and invented by another person, reason for not getting off her lazy ass and helping with the show.

Courtesy of Brancy's blog:  

Some viewers, it turned out, thought I wasn’t being a good sport by not filling in on the show for Melissa. Though I sort of answered that on the show, I’ll take the opportunity now to explain a bit further. 

I didn’t want to be a part of the show, because I don’t believe in judging people on how they look. I like clothes, and heels, and nice things, but I have no place to judge what other people wear on a red carpet. In fact, I’ve been the subject of those kinds of conversations before. I’m sure you all remember the negative things that people have said about me in the press. For example, when I was on Dancing with the Stars after the 2008 election, Joan took it upon herself to talk about the way I looked: 

“She should not have been there. Instead of cha-cha-cha, she must have been doing cha-cha-chew. How did she dance for eight hours a day and manage to gain weight?” 

She also said I was stupid, that I danced like her old horse, and that she hated me. I’m reliving these old comments to show that I know personally how hurtful Joan’s words can be. And it’s not just me. Everyone goes through their own struggle with weight, skin, relationships… heck everything in life! 

On the show, Joan Rivers talked about wanting to live beautifully if you could. Well, we do have an opportunity to speak kindly and not so ugly. 

Joan is a funny woman. In fact, I laughed at some of her comments during the taping of Fashion Police and was impressed by how witty she was. But the show is based on making fun of people’s appearances. If I had gone on the show – even though I don’t believe in judging other based on clothes, hair, and weight — it would be like having Melissa speak at a pro life event, even if she’s pro choice.

Wow, I am impressed that Bristol's ghostwriter was able to bring abortion into this post.

Gold star for you Nancy! Really earning those SarahPAC dollars aren't you?

Look I have to agree a little bit with Brancy that having a show that talks about how people dress and how much weight they have gained would probably no be my cup of tea either.

However having signed on for the show, I would have at least appeared on camera and participated as far as I felt comfortable in doing so. After all Bristol did not HAVE to say anything negative about the celebrities if she did not feel like it. Right?

I mean hell, Melissa helped to, at least temporarily, fix Tripp, the least Bristol could have done is sit in front of the cameras and pretended to do Melissa's job.

Besides it is a little difficult to accept that Bristol is NOT a judgmental person when we have so much evidence to the contrary.

Such as rolling her eyes when she meets a teacher in Homer.

Or immediately labeling a man who criticized her mother as a homosexual.

Or calling a DWTS judge "pretty ghetto" for daring to point out she danced poorly.

And don't even get me started about her numerous attacks on liberals.

Oh yeah, SO non-judgmental.

And by the way, since you brought it up, Joan was TOTALLY in the right to point our your inexplicable weight gain during DWTS.

Just saying.

First preview of Bristol Palin and Melissa Rivers Celebrity Wife Swap. Seriously nothing about this makes sense.

I cannot embed the video so just click here to see it for yourself. 

Joan Rivers asks, "Who's the school tramp in Wasilla?" and the camera immediately goes to Bristol. Yet ANOTHER indication that the Palins did not have final editing rights on this show.

You know as much as I hate reality shows I am definitely not missing this one.

With a mop of fake hair on her head, and a shirt stuffed with cantaloupes. Palin accuses the President of using grieving parents for "backdrops in his perpetual campaign-style press events."

Click One of the three fake boobs to hear the speech.

Courtesy of CNN Politics: 

Palin, wearing a shirt that read "Women hunt," was one of several speakers at the NRA gathering who targeted the Obama administration and some lawmakers for wanting tighter firearm restrictions after the Newtown elementary school massacre. 

Palin argued the president was practicing the "politics of emotion" by "flying in grieving parents on Air Force One, making them backdrops in his perpetual campaign-style press events." 

Par for the course, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee faulted the media for being a "reliable, poodle-skirted cheerleader for a president who writes the book on exploiting tragedy." 

Politics of emotion, she argued, won't make the country safer. "It's the opposite of leadership. It's the manipulation of the people by the politicians for their own political ends. It's not just self-serving. It's destructive and it must stop." 

Charging the president with being disingenuous in the wake of the shooting was a running theme throughout the day at the NRA. Palin added Obama was ignoring another tragedy. 

"We could use a bit more emotion by the way of what goes on every single day on the streets of cities like Chicago and New York," Palin said. 

Speaking of New York, Palin took the opportunity to take a swipe at Bloomberg, a mayor she has vehemently opposes for what she describes as his nanny state politics. In her last big speech at a major conservative gathering in March, Palin made headlines for sipping a "Big Gulp" on stage, a knock against New York's ban against certain large sugary drinks. 

"Now I see that the mayor of New York now wants to ban public displays of legal tobacco products," she said, referring to his recent push to keep tobacco products out of sight at stores in order to de-glamorize the product. 

"I tell ya," she said, as she pulling out a pack of chewing tobacco. "Don't make me do it." 

With the crowd roaring, she put the pack back in her pocket. 

"It's funny because Todd's been looking for this all morning."

As predicted Palin's fake boobs appear even bigger for this speech than they were for her last speech.

This speech contained pretty much every Palinesque sound bite one would expect. From attacks on the President, attacks on the media, and attacks on liberals, to a shout out to Margaret Thatcher, and sentences peppered with "freedom," "constitution," "mother of a combat vet," and "America."

She also claimed that Trig's nickname is Trigger, and that her nephew's middle name is "Remington," as proof of her gun toting bona-fides. (Too bad she still can't load a gun without her daddy, or hit a caribou drugged and tied up right in front of her, but hey why quibble?)

At one point Palin claimed that Hollywood and the media are helping "freedom destroy itself." Which I assume means that by exercising their 1st Amendment rights the liberal media is impacting the NRA members ability to exercise THEIR 2nd Amendment rights to masturbate with their gun barrels.

However perhaps the most ridiculous thing that Palin did to get some attention, was to use a can of Skoal in the place of her Big Gulp cup in another slam against Mayor Bloomberg.

 Yes, SO ladylike.

Michelle Obama steals the show at last night's Academy Awards celebration. Conservatives pissy as usual.

I am sorry about showing you a video that comes from Glenn Beck's lunatic Right Wing website The Blaze, but sadly that was the best video I could find of the event.

Here is the text of her speech:

“Welcome to the White House, everyone. I am so honored to help introduce this year’s nominees for best picture, and to help celebrate the movies that lift our spirits, broaden our minds, and transport us to places we have never imagined… “These 9 movies took us back in time and all around the world. They made us laugh, they made us weep, and they made us grip our arm rests just a little tighter. They taught us that love can endure against all odds, and transform our lives in the most surprising ways. And they reminded us that we can overcome any obstacle if we dig deep enough and fight hard enough and find the courage to believe in ourselves. These lessons apply to all of us no matter who we are, or what we look like, or who we love…”

Of course the First Lady's appearance did not sit too well with the conservatives who have already started to bitch about it.

First this from the same website from which I got this video:

Oh My God: The Academy actually drafts First Lady Michelle Obama to help present Best Picture from presumably the White House? So unnecessary and inappropriate to inject politics into the Oscars yet again. Hollywood will get pilloried by conservative pundits tomorrow. I don’t understand this very obvious attempt to turn off right-leaning audiences. Clearly the studios only want to sell their movies to half of America.

Yes because as we know the Obama's are only the President and First Lady for half of the American people, right?

But wait, there's more:  

Has a First Lady ever intruded on Oscar night in such fashion? My memory says no, but it's possible this isn't the first time. It is, however, typical of a White House operation that excels in glamour over substance, that feels compelled to enter every public space from sporting events to late night shows to even the biggest night of the year for Hollywood. 

Yes, the Obamas owe Tinsel Town plenty for all their support - financial and promotional - during the 2012 election. But there's simply no reason for Michelle Obama to be given the biggest assignment on Oscar night. 

Conservative viewers, if there were any left by the time the show wrapped, will not soon forget this.

And of course the Washington Post weighed in as well:

It is not enough that President Obama pops up at every sporting event in the nation. Now the first lady feels entitled, with military personnel as props, to intrude on other forms of entertaining (this time for the benefit of the Hollywood glitterati who so lavishly paid for her husband’s election). I’m sure the left will holler that once again conservatives are being grouchy and have it in for the Obamas. Seriously, if they really had their president’s interests at heart, they’d steer away from encouraging these celebrity appearances. It makes both the president and the first lady seem small and grasping. In this case, it was just downright weird.

You know considering the fact that three of the nine nominees for Best Picture had overtly political themes (Lincoln, Argo, and Zero Dark Thirty) it seemed to me oddly fitting that the First Lady be the one to hand out the award. And like, am sure, most Americans I really enjoyed seeing Michelle Obama participate.

However with that being said, the fact that it ticks the Righties off so much just makes her appearance at the awards even more awesome.

Let's face it, both this President and his First Lady are going to be a hard act to follow. Especially for any uptight, repressed conservatives that might want to hold those positions in the future.

Update: By the way it looks like Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence has a message for those Right Wing critics of the First Lady's presentation.

 You know I am liking this young woman more and more every day.

Hollywood joins the effort against gun violence.

Courtesy of USA Today:

A group of Hollywood celebrities has a message to share about gun violence. 

Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Jaime Foxx, Conan O'Brien, Ellen DeGeneres and other entertainers are appearing in a PSA calling on Americans to "demand a plan" to stop gun violence. 

"How many more?" the stars ask, before action will be taken. 

No more "if we had just done something yesterday," says Aniston in the video, which was released Friday.

Well THAT ought to get some attention. 

Of course the NRA supporters will simply say that the fault for the increase in violence is on the heads of these actors who participate in fake violence in movies, instead of putting the blame on the accessibility of weapons which allow unhinged people to perpetrate REAL violence in our elementary school classrooms.

Sarah Palin attempts Hollywood glamor, gets shown up by a monkey. Update!

Courtesy of SF Gate:  

I don’t mean to be an ungrateful guest, but you know you’re not at the hottest party of the year in LA if the star attractions are Sarah Palin and a monkey. 

The former GOP vice presidential candidate was on hand to sport a killer tan and to support her husband, Todd, who’s in a new NBC reality series called “Stars Earn Stripes.” I didn’t go to the discussion at the Television Critics Association, but from the title, it sounds like something Lindsay Lohan would be perfect for. 

Clearly, NBC dug deep into its change purse to fund this little soiree.

I think my favorite part of this is that the  writer goes on to describe the career of the monkey as if THAT were the only star of any note to have shown up to this party.

Palin on the other hand, is barely mentioned. In fact everything this gentleman had to say about her is contained in what I posted above.

This reporter was also severely underwhelmed:

There was a time when the network would routinely host a “Night of 100 Stars” party with all of its primetime talent turning out for a pre-season fete. Nowadays, one capuchin monkey alternately kissing and hitting critics on the head plus one former vice presidential nominee who could see Russia from her porch pass for star wattage. 

Gee it almost seems that Todd's reality show would have been better served if the Distasta from Alaska had NOT shown up. Or if he had brought a monkey instead.

There were a couple of pictures taken of Palin that showed her at her trashy best, with the "Belmont girls" strapped to her chest, her wig stapled securely to her head, and the ensemble topped off with Hollywood starlet style sunglasses for effect.

However if Palin was trying to prove to the world that she had cleavage, she probably should know that a flat sunburned sternum, with carefully covered water balloons as bookends, does NOT convince people that you are busty. In fact quite the opposite. (Update: Okay I may have been too quick to determine that those are the Belmont girls. In this picture there appears to actually be, sort of odd looking, cleavage. I am still not completely sure, but if some of you women want to weigh in perhaps it can be cleared up. Honestly I would be surprised if she had a boob job.)

Just another day in the Palin family circus. And this one even featured a monkey. A MUCH more interesting monkey.

Bristol Palin on her Hollywood career: "I just realised I was over it and I wanted to come home"

"Come on Tripp. We are going back to Wasilla, where these outfits are considered formal wear."

Courtesy of The Daily Mail:

Bristol Palin quit Hollywood and moved back home to live with her parents in Alaska. 

The 20-year-old, who has a three-year-old son Tripp, claims a confrontation with a man who launched an tirade against her mother at a Los Angeles bar was the deciding factor. 

The DWTS contestant was riding a mechanical bull at the Saddle Ranch on Sunset Strip in Hollywood when she was heckled by the man last September. 

During the altercation, Bristol asked Stephen Hanks if he hated her mother, the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, because he was gay. 

A video of the fight went viral prompting accusations of homophobia. 

What? That was over four months ago, why would THAT be the reason for her to come back? (By the way, she has been back for a while now, so this whole thing about  just now moving back is BS.)

I wasn't really into the Hollywood thing,' she told the new issue of InTouch magazine.'And [after the altercation at Saddle Ranch] I just realised I was over it and I wanted to come home.' 

She also decided it was time to return home for the sake of her son. 

'He's going to be starting pre-school soon, so we needed to settle into a routine,' she explained. 

It is hard to believe that Bristol makes ANY decision based on what is best for Tripp. But at least he will be close to family that actually cares about him, and is not just interested in just using him as a means of making money. Whether or not he sees them of course is another matter entirely.

There are other parts of this article that don't ring true to me either. Like this:

Bristol had been living with her DWTS co-star Kyle Massey in Los Angeles after putting the Arizona home she purchased last year on the market. 

And this:

In order to support herself Bristol is back to working as a receptionist at a dermatologist's office in Anchorage where she worked before her flirtation with Hollywood. 

Really? Do we really think that Bristol is going to be content to work as a receptionist after getting a taste of Hollywood?

And of course this:

Bristol claims that Tripp's father is still absent from their lives: 'He's not using his visitation and he's not paying child support' she asserts.

That does not exactly jibe with how Mercede's wrenching Facebook post spoke of how she and her mother waited patiently for their court ordered Christmas visit from Tripp, only to be ignored for the second Christmas in a row.

However this part I believe is accurate because it reflects what I have been told by other sources in Wasilla.

And Bristol seems to be putting down deep roots in Wassilla. 

She has bought a house across the lake from her parents and is in the process of renovating it. 

'It's a huge project,' she says.' But it's going to be awesome. I'll definitely be raising Tripp there!'

Okay first let's face facts. Bristol is NOT coming home because she did not LIKE Hollywood. She is coming home because Hollywood, and reality television, did not like HER.

So now what is she going to do for a living? 


Bristol also told the magazine that her days as a motivational speaker and TV star are over. 

She is now planning on becoming an aesthetician and opening a beauty salon with her sister Willow, 17, who is starting beauty school next year. 

Bristol and Willow as beauticians?

Have they been practicing their craft for their mother's television appearances?

Perhaps picking out her wigs? Because if so that is going to be the quietest beauty shop in Wasilla.

All of us here knew that she simply did not have what it takes to make it on television, and after her mother finally packed up her political stripper pole and confessed that she had no intention of running for president, even the vaguest interest in Bristol dried up like a week old herpes sore.

So now she is coming back to Alaska, which is famous for taking in the dregs of society that cannot make it in the real world.

Damn!  Many of us Alaskans who had been hoping to change this state's reputation, were really hoping that we would finally be rid of the Palins after they made those home purchases in Arizona. But it looks like they are too untalented, ignorant, and nasty to make it anywhere else.

Alaska, taking in the world's rejects since the 1800's.

It looks like this is one Palin Deception that is not getting ignored by the media. Update!

As I  am sure most of us agree Sarah Palin pulled off one of the biggest hoaxes in political history right under the nose of the media and, except for a few sharp eyed bloggers, nobody ever really called her on it. (And the media still seems to be working overtime NOT to see anything suspicious.)

Then just last year it seemed that Bristol was able to become the first guest star EVER to gain a substantial amount of weight during her run on Dancing with the Stars, without the MSM reaching what seemed to be the most logical conclusion.

That, plus all of the lies that the Grizzled Mama told in front of adoring audiences, and printed in her ridiculous book, without suffering any serious repercussions, seems to have provided the Palins with a sense of invulnerability, and the idea that they can lie about pretty much anything and not become embarrassed about it later.

But then Bristol went just a little too far, and in front of the wrong kind of audience.

Bristol may have escaped harsh scrutiny during her stint on DWTS because she was new to the Hollywood scene, and people felt sorry for her because of who her mother was, but NOW the gossip sites and media outlets simply cannot ignore the newest attempt by the Palin gals to pull a fast one.

It seems that the Internet is lit up with speculation, and actual declarations, that Bristol has had some rather significant cosmetic surgery done to her face.

From the Daily Mail to the gossip site Gawker, as well as from the New York Daily News to US Weekly, everybody is wondering if, and of course why, Bristol has so dramatically altered her appearance

As I pointed out several days ago, I have a few theories as to what has compelled this young woman to reject the face she was born with and embrace an entirely new identity, but the real question to be asked is will she have the guts to step up and admit to going under the knife?  Or will she instead pretend that we are all foolish to trust out eyes, and that there is nothing different about her looks whatsoever, while relying on her mother's Winged Monkeys to attack those who dare mention the obvious?

By the way, now might be a good time to remember what Bristol had to say about Kathy Griffin's forays into plastic surgery only a mere three months ago:

"It's weird that she would pick on my weight. She's had botched liposuction procedures and stuff like that," Palin said. "It's just weird that she would pick on something like that for another woman."

Pot, meet kettle.  And remember the kettle has her own stand up show, and is always looking for new material.  Somehow I think Bristol might have just earned a mention or two. Don'tcha think?

Update: Okay so now we know the answer to the question "Will she have the guts to step up and admit to going under the knife?" Uh nope!

A source close to Palin insists to E! News that she hasn't gone under the knife and "isn't that kind of person" that would alter her looks with some help from professionals.

"I can tell you that she has lost a tremendous amount of weight since Dancing With the Stars and that is most likely the reason for the speculation," says the source.

If you were surprised by that I would like to take this moment to introduce you to the Palins, whose motto is "Why tell the truth, when you can lie your way through life?"

Fox's Megyn Kelly hosts debate over whether or not the Tea Party is racist. Wait, there's still a debate?

From Mediaite:

Unless you are a fan of CBS drama The Good Wife, you are most likely unaware of the plot line in this week’s episode which was “ripped from the headlines” of six months ago. The show featured a “Sarah Palin supporter“ played by actor Gary Cole named “McVeigh” who is also affiliated with the Tea Party movement. He is impugned by a bad guy opposition lawyer for standing near someone holding a racist sign. That’s a very short version of a much deeper context to today’s fiery debate hosted by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.

Let me get this straight.  The character is a teabagger, who supports Sarah Palin, and is named "McVeigh?"

Damn how did I miss this?

Here watch this so-called debate for yourself. (In my opinion the "liberal" was told to take a fall before he could win the argument.  Get a real progressive on there and the outcome would have been much different.)



Is this idiot suggesting that Hollywood went after Sarah Palin to show she was "stupid or ignorant or dumb?" Sarah Palin did that all by her lonesome WAY before Hollywood started taking shots at her. 

So does he also suggest that Sarah looked like a complete ignoramus, that couldn't hunt, care for her own children, or resist being a spiteful bitch on her very own reality show because of "Hollywood?"

Kind of hard to prove that Hollywood was at fault when Palin herself was the executive producer with final say over the editing now isn't it?

Crazed Palin tweets of the day.

I am pretty convinced she tweeted these her own damn self:

Wow,media goofballs rearing heads this wk,big time!Wonder what's up?Taking the cake:ink re:Bristol=a diva? Silly;obviously have nvr met her
about 4 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

I am guessing the above tweet is in response to this article.  But hey lady if you are going to send your teenage daughter out to Hollywood, and you know how THEY feel about you, you cannot expect them to treat her with kid gloves. I anticipate that it will only get worse, and I would not be surprised if Bristle quit pretty soon.

It IS in the genes after all.

When yellow journalism gets ratcheted up for a period of time over an individual or an issue it makes u wonder what's up? What's the threat?
about 4 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Hmm, I wonder what example of "yellow journalism" she is referring to in this tweet?  Any ideas?