Editor’s Notes: Many of you remember the YSP post about James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, and their series of videos exposing a prostitution scandal within ACORN. Now, Katherine Conway Russell, the Office Director of the Philadelphia ACORN office claims they were “thrown out,” and that she was never told of any prostitution plans. Umm, have you not seen the videos yet Katherine? Now, Russell is working with Media Matters to file even more charges against the two filmmakers.... more
Bill Clinton must be PISSED. “President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for ‘his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,’ the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks... more
Just a drugged, unconscious 13-year old girl who was repeatedly violated against her will, by a 43 year old man. This morning on The View, the ladies took it upon themselves to untangle the Roman Polanski affair, because that’s their job. In the process, we learned about Whoopi’s strange and fascinating moral universe, which includes the concept of “rape-rape.” First: there probably aren’t two people out there who have studied this case and agree exactly on what should... more
Emily (E. M.) Zanotti, the American Princess, is, as she is so oddly described, a 25-year-old overeducated, over-opinionated, libertarian conservative, relapsed Catholic, technogeek, “crunchy con” and, apparently, nomadic service industry hipster. But for the purposes of YSP, E.M. stated: “Uh, I guess I would be an indie-mod.” Ha ha, we’ll take it! She has served as the editor and lead writer of American Princess since its inception in 2004, and alternately as a freelance... more
