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Wednesday Night Open Thread

By Jeralyn

The Inspector General's report on the FBI's abuse of national security letters to obtain phone records using made-up terror emergencies was released today and is available here. The ACLU weighs in, "OMG, 2000 Emergencies That Never Were."

On a lighter note, legendary fashionista and journalist Blair Sabol, often called the Abbie Hoffman of 7th Avenue, whose irreverent and biting Village Voice columns (that were always right-on target) I never missed in the late sixties and early seventies, and who now is a friend of mine in real (not online) life, has been writing a column the past few months, "No Holds Barred" for the New York Social Diary. Her latest is on the Fox News blonde anchors, "Blair's Blondes." [More...]

Here's a snippet, but go read the whole thing, because she's just great and in a league of her own.

Personally I'm hooked on Fox News and Biz stations cause I cant get over how blonde and bombshelled you must be as a woman to get any air time at all.....There is very little difference between their cleavages, platinum hair color, high gloss lips and tarantula eyelashes.

Once upon a time Ann Coulter was THE longhaired leggy original. Now she looks like Mary Poppins. Obviously Fox Network genius Roger Ailes upped the sex ante a while ago. He figured it out and got it right. Sex sells. So what else is new?

Nor has she lost her punch:

The only brunette in the bunch is Kimberly Guilfoyle who has always dressed like a dominitrix even when she was married to the mayor of San Francisco. But now her knee black boots, va va va voom v neck tight black sweaters and shorts skirts are legendary. Vampira or Cinemax soft p*rn star? Which look is she going for?

She ends with a quip about Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.

If it's sports you're looking for, you can head on over to SportsLeft where BTD has been writing. There's even comments.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 20, 2010 (boomark / email).