Letter From the Editors: Don’t Cry For Me, Anacostia

Greetings. It’s David Lat, one of your two editors here at Wonkette. And just like Star Jones, another ex-prosecutor-turned-sassy-personality, I’m using this week to say good-bye — at least for now.

As is usually the case, the gossip is true. I’m leaving the wild ‘n wacky world of politics, which I’ve enjoyed blogging about for the past five months, to return to my first love: the law. Not the practice of it, but writing about it; I’m going back to the legal blogosphere, from whence I came. Having spent a truckload of dough earnin’ a fancy law school degree, as well as several years in legal practice, I figure I might as well put it all to some productive use (with “productive” loosely defined).

The full details, plus teary farewells, after the jump (or just click here, then scroll down).

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PoliGawk: Whoring the Corporate Way

A week’s worth of politics, Gawker Media Empire style:

• J-Lo’s minions humiliate PETA activist Heather Mills. [Gawker]
• LA saved from blackout mayhem by “rescue specialist” Sean Penn. [Defamer]
• Bomb disposal truck apparently smarter than its drivers. [Gizmodo]
• New Orleans has always been about titties. Now make titties about New Orleans. [Fleshbot]
• The bright side of high fuel prices: Still cheaper than cigarettes. “Quit smoking and start huffing gas.” [Jalopnik]
• Of course the new Jeep is called “The Patriot.” Of course. [Jalopnik]
• When videogames are outlawed, only outlaws will have video games. [Kotaku]
• Screenhead points to “The Truth about PETA,” W’s “Asshole,” “Katrina: The Gathering,” “Get Your War On does Hurricane Katrina,” and “Recall George.”
• We are apparently very lame. [Gawker]

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