http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/2004_09.php#044281 LB : "Do you feel at all guilty or responsible for the unholy convergence of amateur blogging and amateur porn?" (Gasp, as quite a number of jaws hit the floor) WK: "I don't know what you mean---explain it as graphically as possible for me" (emphasis in the original) LB: "Is this becoming more common--are you unleashing a scary phenomena on the world? I mean, you got Jessica Cutler onto the Washington Post Magazine and then Hustler..." WK: "she did it herself. And, it's Playboy, not Hustler" LB: "But still---will there be a convergence between amateur blogging and amateur porn?" She fumbled around a bit, and then said, "Well, they are a lot alike. But only the best go pro..." en-us http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/000926.php Michelle Malkin makes me smile with this song of lyrical beauty: This episode is also a powerful rebuke of the MSM's Wonkette-ization of the blogosphere--which enabled Old Media types to take comfort in gossip blogger Ana Marie Cox's bosom and... http://tryingtogrok.mu.nu/archives/044807.html This list of notes taken at the American Political Science Association panel is hilarious. Or at least it is if you find the sport of blogging to be as funny as I do. Maybe I should've played Dungeons and Dragons... http://www.dailypundit.com/archives/015163.php The LLama Butchers: September 2004 ArchivesLink whoring is being presented as a filter---small blogs try to get big shots to pay attention---elite blogs have a... http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/044268.php Remember, the live-blogging of the Wonkette/Andrew Sullivan ambush will begin at 4:15 CDT. Click here to join the butchery!! UPDATE: Whew. Steve pulled through for us, even if Sullie didn't show. I think I heard something about meeting a... http://www.crankyneocon.com/crankyneocon/2004/09/llamagate_scand.html Like many fans of the Llamabutchers, I was looking forward to his exclusive "ambush" of Trashblogger, Wonkette. It was an excellent post, well written and everything. But this line left me feeling uneasy: "I sense a spot in the blogroll http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/001610.html My APSA panel on blogs and politics is today. Andrew Sullivan, Wonkette, and Cass Sunstein on the same dias -- not to mention Henry Farrell and Laura McKenna from 11D -- and all I have to do is sit back... http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2004/09/04/one-link/ Is all I can manage at the moment. So here's a great one: Llamabutchers talks to Wonkette at a Political Science meeting. I found it the chatter from the political scientists as interesting as the Wonkette exchange. http://blog.lordsutch.com/?entryid=1900 I enjoyed the bloggers’ panel. Andrew Sullivan was rightfully castigated for his absence, but the remainder of the panel managed admirably in his stead. Ana Marie Cox did ably incorporate repeated sexual references into her comments, but somehow ... http://www.crankyneocon.com/crankyneocon/2004/09/operation_llamb.html Steve the Llamabutcher reports back from the The Power and Politics of Blogs where he successfully dropped the bomb on the Wonkette ... LB : "Do you feel at all guilty or responsible for the unholy convergence of amateur blogging