O! for two Orca: Now she’s O-for-two. A second memoir hailed by Oprah Winfrey‘s media empire was exposed as a fraud when author Margaret B. Jones – who claimed to be a biracial gang-banger – was revealed as Margaret Seltzer, a well-to-do San Fernando Valley girl. “Love and Consequences” was published last week to generally rave reviews – and on her MySpace page, Jones/Seltzer trumpeted the plug from O, The

to blast celebrity drug abuse. Thanks, UN!

Apart from Bob Bauer’s conference-call crashing, we’ve got: Let the campaign controversy begin Posted by nbye March 05, 2008 06:29AM Categories: Top Story The Obama campaign claimed ballots ran short in predominantly black Cleveland precincts. Cuyahoga County voters complained that the ballots secrecy was compromised. Take a look at the controversy surrounding Tuesday’s primary: • Obama campaign claims ballots ran short in some Cleveland precincts • Cuyahoga County voters complain

Now that John McCain officially has the delegates to win the GOP presidential nomination, a few observations may be in order as he makes his way to the starting line for the general election. The latest Pew poll suggests that the word that comes to mind most often to describe McCain is “old.”  However, current Gallup data suggests that fewer people see McCain’s age as an issue than was the

The Atlantic’s Democratic primary blogging was all over the non-electoral map.  Matt Yglesias revealed himself to be a bitter loser, blaming Hillary Clinton’s Ohio victory on “the racist vote.”  The exit poll has almost identical numbers for gender, so he could throw in reverse-sexist, too.  Welcome to your party.  Excitable Andy was almost moderate by comparison, noting that black Democrats voted 91 to 9 for Obama.  Megan McArdle kept nodding off.  Marc Ambinder wisely

It’s like a primer on why America sucks. But, you know: sometimes you have to destroy a village to save it. And who better to pull that off than someone who so despises her country in the first place that she’d happily drive the bulldozers or steer the wrecking balls — provided, of course, she’s well compensated by the government and can, at the end of the day, enjoy a

****must credit protein wisdom**** Behold! So, what exactly are you trying to say here with your curiously framed composition, Mr Racist photojournalist? That black men have giant COCKS? With big white teeth? And why is his prodigious joint so red and white and shiny, anyway? Is that supposed to invoke, like, baboon imagery? Mulattoism? Is it intended to make white men feel insignificant, and to make white women’s breasts heave

Excitable Andy, fully in the grip of Obama love and still one of the laziest of the high-traffic bloggers, claims that Barack Obama is ending the Red-Blue divide in the electoral map. He bases this on a link to his Atlantic co-blogger Ross Douthat, who in turn links to Michael Barone and Patrick Ruffini, none of whom claim that Obama will end the Red-Blue divide in the electoral map. Barone

“So. I guess in a weird kinda way, we’re like, kindred spirits separated by our different cultural moments —* ” — Oh, no you don’t. Afraid you’re on your own here, my little crack-runnin’ kemosabe.”

“I feel your pain. You fucking White Devils.” “The US is from Mars, the UN is from Venus!” (tie) “Election 2008: Help a Bruthah out?” / Almond Rapture (tie) Mounds. Caused by the remains of 600,000 innocent Iraqis slaughtered by our troops and left to lie stinking in the earth / Hopeitude and Nuttiness Crunch “Pain is just weakness leaving the public sector” Authentic Chocolate Bar. No, Really. I’m Being