Is this what the world has come to? will.i.am and Perez Hilton throwing down outside of a club? Our president would be so disappointed.

The details of the fight are kind of fascinating from a cultural standpoint, though. Hilton called will.i.am a “faggot,” which resulted in will.i.am’s manager beating Hilton up. Hilton seems to be seen as the victim in the incident.

The hate-speech possibilities here boggle the mind:

* What if Hilton had called will.i.am the dreaded n-word! Would he still be the victim, or would that have excused the violence on the moral, if not the legal, sense?

* “Faggot” is, I thought, a very bad word, no? Isn’t it terribly insensitive and hateful for Hilton to have used it? Or is it okay, since Hilton is, himself, gay? Is “faggot” kind to new nigga that way?

* What if will.i.am had called Hilton a “faggot”? Would it have been socially acceptable for will.i.am to brag about it after the fact the way Hilton seems to be doing today?

Surely there’s a university sensitivity commission which has already sorted this stuff out for us . . .

Someone played Xbox 360 on the giant HD Jumbotron in the new Cowboys stadium. There’s video.

Absolutely fantastic.

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KSK has a bit about Jason Campbell and a dolphin that is crazy fantastic. Go read it now; it’s a small masterpiece.

Jenny’s site is running an ad for a new ABC Family series called Make It or Break It, which looks like a more family-friendly version of the Missy Peregrym movie Stick It.

The ad is mocked up to look like an actual blog post. But here’s the thing: the text on the ad is mocked up to read like a blog post about the show–a kind of bitchy, snarky sideswipe that quickly morphs into a traditional ad. Here’s the text:

This series is about world-class female gymnasts who work out at The Rock. Apparently this facility trains them to compete on a World Class level in jealousy, drama, and bitchiness as well. I haven’t seen this many hairballs coughed up since Lindsey and Samantha’s last holiday party. Hot girls spinning around on a mat, cat fights and backstabbing. Tune in for the series premiere of “Make It or Break It”, June 22 on ABC Family.

Keep in mind, that ad copy was put together (or at least authorized) by the channel. Nothing wrong with it, but it is kind of interesting.

Did anyone else know that Circuit City was still running an online store and still sending out email come-ons?

Amanda Seyfried, asked about Lindsay Lohan:

“Mean Girls was such a long time ago and we definitely haven’t stayed in touch. And while we are on the subject, I can’t stand her.”

Kind of hot, no?

I know very little about the Iranian election/protests. It’s not clear to me if what we’re seeing is a genuinely significant uprising (meaning that it has the potential to up-end the regime). Or even if it was a seriously stolen election. The possibility that Ahmadinejad actually commands a plurality of popular support from the rural areas and the underclass seems as plausible as the possibility that the ruling theocrats have passed some tipping point where their legitimacy is imperiled. Who knows.

Well, actually, Andrew Sullivan knows! Over the last few days, some conservatives have treated Sullivan as if he was a reasonable, reliable source. What are the chances that this Sullivan post will put an end to that.

Pletka is a hard-right neocon, very close to the Kagans, and a former aide to Jesse Helms. Her support for Ahmadinejad is the same as Daniel Pipes’ and the Mossad’s. What we’re seeing is how much of the neocon agenda really was about freedom. I have long since stopped believing that, having observed them closely for the past few years. They are about warfare against Israel’s perceived enemies, and extending US hegemony to eclipse any rival regional or global power. That is the prism through which you have to watch their every statement. But why is the New York Times giving a platform at this moment to people who got the Iraq war so terribly wrong? Are there no consequences for total neoconservative failure?

Like I said, I don’t know much about Iran, but it does seem to me that the Official Neocon Position^TM is probably pro-protest and anti-Ahmadinejad. It’s the Obama administration which is going to pains to not jump to any conclusions or rush to support the protesters.