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Week In Review: Tiny Dogs and White House Porn

February 18, 2005 03:49 PM

What the hell happened this week? Some notes from the drunken blur:

· Quote of the week, from the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz: "Well, we probably already know a lot more than any of us expected to know about Jeff Gannon's personal life. I didn't go into journalism, frankly, to be looking at Web sites like hotmilitarystud.com." Really, Howard? You're one of the few. (CNN)

· TV Talk: the fair and balanced coverage of Jeff Gannon.

· The dos and don'ts of an inaugural ball.

· Richard Perle gets shoe thrown at him, ups cultural currency.

· Loving the Daily Show loving itself and each other.

· Now you will call John Negroponte "Mr. Intelligence."

· Young Republicans love copyright infringement.

· A really not-so-blind item by a former campaign staffer's jilted lover.

· The CBS Three refuse to stop getting paid.

· David Horowitz helps you root out the well-funded liberal mafia.

· What Joshua Micah Marshall has in common with Paris Hilton: a love of economic policy and tiny dogs.

· Henry Hyde pals around with Dick Thornburgh.

· The Valentine's Day gift that keeps on giving: Jeff Gannon, nature's perfect whore.

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