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Going Dark.

Jan 10th, 2010 | By benwyskida | Category: Blog, Site News

Holy shit we’re closing down the site for awhile! Here’s why, and here’s how to find us.



Pinko’s Top Ten Reader Favorites.

Jan 10th, 2010 | By benwyskida | Category: New

Sometimes people visit your internet website because its the best written, the best designed or it has breaking news to offer. Sometimes people visit because they searched for “Vanessa Williams naked” or “Robert Pattinson sex tape” and found you! How did those tags get in there? Our ten most read posts ever.



Who wants a Senator David Vitter paper doll!?

Oct 14th, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: Politics

If you love Senator David Vitter, diapers, sex scandals and abject hypocrisy, you’ll love printing out this David Vitter paper doll and dressing him up in a Romney 2012 tshirt and your favorite sex toy.



Help PinkoPaul Smack Down Some Homophobes in Maine!

Oct 1st, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: Blog

The biggest gay rights fight right now is in Maine, where marriage is getting an up/down vote in just over a month. Help PinkoPaul – and other dedicated volunteers – take off the next month and win this critical fight.



Exclusive: The First Excerpt from “Going Rogue.”

Sep 28th, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: Politics

Sarah Palin’s autobiography, “Going Rogue,” drops November 17th. With a little assist from Wikipedia and babelfish, Pinko has the exclusive and shocking first excerpt. North, the hugeness.



Thinking about “Food Democracy,” and the current state of food politics.

Sep 3rd, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: New

A special issue of The Nation looks at the democratization of food. It also has not one but TWO top tens and a slide show, holla and welcome to the 2000s.



Read these.

Aug 31st, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: Blog

Not to be a clearinghouse for The New Yorker, but read these two articles:
First, Elizabeth Kolbert, in “Green Like Me” absolutely ripped “no impact man” (who lived for a year trying to make zero environmental impact) a new one, along with the entire “eco-stunt” genre. Whether you agree with her or not, as book reviews [...]



Pinko Pool Party.

Aug 21st, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: Blog, Site News

Pinkos! I’m off to the beach tonight, this beach specifically. Come visit! Bring beer! Actually bring Rosé! After weeks of freaking out about healthcare, my next seven days are going to include: 

Sitting on a porch drinking the Rosé that you’re bringing me and reading Fordlandia, which I’m really, REALLY excited about. 
Sitting on the beach drinking the [...]



Five Things You Can Do About Healthcare, In Ascending Order of Difficulty and Commitment. With Q & A! [Plus, win a free t-shirt!]

Aug 18th, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: New

Come on people. Seniors and small-state centrist Senators are dominating this debate, while the 2008 hope & changers are staying home. Here is a quick and easy guide. Also? Everyone who does one of these things wins FREE PINKO GEAR.



Gay Marry It … Or Abort It? Private Dancing for a Public Option edition.

Aug 17th, 2009 | By benwyskida | Category: Politics

Health care reform takes a hit, plus: Levi shows it off; Tom Delay plans to drop it low; two videos you need to see; a surprise celebrity takes on Glenn Beck; and a surprise Stalinist was a sexxxxy teen. The best and worst, most hot/not of the last week in politics, activism and news.