Why I know America is in dangerous decline: I've used more references to P.T. Barnum in the past 3 years than during the rest of my life. And I used to live near where his museum is.

At this point, sinking-ship-rat types will go who think they have a chance at starring in their own viral video by heckling or rushing the stage. Because I can't think of anyone more stable or intelligent than that who would still go to one of these shows.

Not at all! The word is openly. The sooner he stops thinking he's some rogue superhero, the sooner he'll get some mental help, and more importantly, take up a lot less space on my favorite websites.

All articles from sister sites that get cross-purposed now have that gateway click to get between sites.

Test 1 2 3...something weird going on...

Eureka! Nice backdoor entry! Cheers.

Thanks. I tried doing that with a couple of people after the Oscar liveblog last night, but inevitably I was led to their profiles in the new layout, and I couldn't heart them anyway. I think Nick wrote that hearting was still a forthcoming fix. Let me know if you have any success.

I'm glad for the handful of technical concessions you've made, I think in time you will see that they really were necessary (as future feature restorations will also turn out to be). But I have to say, I'm glad you included the link to your original logic manifesto. I read it again, and now I can honestly say that I…

This latest revelation in Oprah's bad judgment can only mean one thing:

I don't have a problem with Giz sending a plane over the site. If nobody else did it, and they have the money, why not? That's the fun part of this business.

Has she been on Fox yet to whine about being a victim of the lefty lamestream Patent Office?

@Modiano: I think we just turned this into a liveblog.

We have a new winner: Giuliani just spent 2 minutes with Justin Timberlake on the length of his name and did he ever consider changing it to something shorter.

Her bosses are probably more worked up than anyone, since she chose to plug a Bravo show instead of, say, the Kardashians or some other POS show on E.

This is O'Reilly's shtick: he brings on guests who are more extreme (in some way) than he is, and he thinks he doesn't look like as big an asshole when he spins his own gripes and false assumptions.

@liberalelite: This.

According to Wikipedia, she has a Masters in Journalism from American University.

"Facebook should know better than this."

@The Curse of Millhaven: Eleanor of Aquitaine — the original cougar

TV-movie shoutout to my fellow oldes: The House Without a Christmas Tree with Jason Robards, and The Homecoming with Patricia Neal, which also served as the pilot for "The Waltons."