The Minnesota Independent’s Chris Steller reports that Norm Coleman is telling donors worried about the possible abuse of their credit-card and other personal information to call his office — which is fine, except that they aren’t answering the phones. Meanwhile, the new Twin Cities video weblog Eskimo Witch made a great catch today: While looking at some of UpTake reporter Noah Kunin’s “Crashgate” footage (“Crashgate” being the catchall term for the Coleman website follies) it was noted that Coleman attorney Fritz Knaak chose to blame their website woes on — get this — the Russian Mafia.

Image by C.P. Storm – Now they tell us: Former Ambassador to Georgia says Georgia is to blame for the Russian-Georgian-Ossetian war. (Of course they had to wait until the start of the Thanksgiving holiday to make sure everyone was distracted before announcing this.) – Oh noes! Obama not following CelebCorps pecking order during press [...]

During Christmas throughout the UK and Ireland a trip to the "pantos"–the stage shows knows as pantomimes, whose history goes back to the medieval mystery plays and Commedia dell’Arte with an added fillip of British music hall–is as much of holiday tradition as trimming trees, eating fruitcake and exchanging presents. For the London 2008 season, [...]

photo by Daniella Zalcman Today, Boehner said this about Rahm Emanuel: House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio was less kind. He called his appointment an "ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil and govern from the center." Because of course John Boehner knows from civility: So… [...]

Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine has obtained an exclusive copy of John McCain’s hard hitting attack ad which reveals Barack Obama’s longstanding ties to an entity known as “the Black community.”