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    Get your masturbation on at The Huffington Post (updated)

    By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:03pm | Politics, Arts & Entertainment

    While I, as much as anyone, understand the difficulty in making money on the Internet, I have generally tried to avoid doing baser things in order to make my Web site more profitable. Like, for instance, I haven’t made it a porn site or relied on scantily clad women to get extra hits. I have had my moments of weakness, mind you, but the most part, mine is a fairly dry site if getting wet is what you’re after.

    The Huffington Post, however, is about eight minutes away from becoming a full-on masturbation magazine.

    As political Web sites go, The Huffington Post has been on top of the pile for some time, having long bypassed The Drudge Report. That however, is apparently not good enough for leader Arianna Huffington, who now seeks to take HuffPo to the top of the Porn charts.

    Just a look at today’s top stories tells you about all you need to know:

    • The 7 Weirdest Things Women Do to Their Vaginas
    • Pink’s Grammy Performance: Upside Down & Nearly Naked
    • Grammys Chest Dressed: Who Wore Low-Cut Best?
    • Macquarie Banker Caught With Naked Miranda Kerr Photos On…

    Aside from being a place to masturbate, HuffPo also covers celebrities as if the nation were about to run out of them:

    • Grammys 2010 Best-Dressed: See Who Rocked The Red Carpet…
    • PHOTOS: Hayden Panettiere Shows Off Her Boyfriend
    • Bachelor Vienna’s Boob Job.. Mel Gibson A**hole Fracas.. Jesus DUMPS Madonna

    And, of course, there’s Huffington’s love of pseudoscience:

    • PHOTO: UFO In Space Stuns Scientists

    Mind you, these stories are all on the front page of the behemoth site right now. And that doesn’t count big stories on the girl who sold her virginity or a 9-year-old that gave birth, etc.

    The Huffington Post rocketed to the top of the political world by featuring a wide array of voices. But nowadays, blogging is no longer their forte. Because like so many before, The Huffington Post has learned that what the American public wants is porn and nonsense. And Hufpo is delivering both in grand portions.

    –WKW

    Update: Over at The Huffington Post, journalist Diane Tucker talks about this post and tackles this issue in the post: “Writer William K. Wolfrum Slams HuffPo For Becoming HuffPorn”

    Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles

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    Comments

    I'd like to point something out here that I feel is, for the lack of a better word, AWESOME.  Allow me to direct your attention to the article entitled "The 7 Weirdest Things Women Do to Their Vaginas" so that we may discover the goodness therein:

    "After a breakup, a friend of mine Swarovski-crystalled my precious lady," she said. "It shined like a disco ball so I have a whole chapter in there on how women should vagazzle their vajayjays." (Emphasis mine)

    Vagazzle.  Say it out loud.  Okay, now examine the list of tags at the top of the page:

    That's a tag.  For reals.  Like really.  The best part?  If you click on that word, there is more than one article that has been tagged with "vagazzle."

    Dare I actually put to words the question that must surely be on everyone's mind at this point?  You bet I dare: How long before penazzle?

    Now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to go put a gun in my mouth.

    EDIT: I shouldn't have done this, but I googled "penazzle."  I got 41 hits.


    by DF on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:24pm

    Jeez, cut them some slack. Obviously "Vagazzle" is a combination of "Vagina + Dazzle + Come on Young People, Read Us, We're Hep!"

    Very funny catch, DF.


    by William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 5:31am

    I hope I'm not being pedantic here, but I'm not sure how long you've been in Brazil and so may or may not be aware of the as-seen-on-tv sensation that is the Bedazzler.  I'm about 99.99993% certain that "vagazzle" is a portmanteau of "vagina" and "Bedazzle(TM)."


    by DF on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 6:07am

    There are benefits to being in Brazil. Like not knowing what "Bedazzled" was. Thanks for ruining that blissfully ignorance.


    by William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 7:16am

    Hey, i do what I can.  Think of it as a friendly information service about reasons you didn't even know you had for not living here.

    Support our expats!


    by DF on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 11:17pm

    On the topic, sort of, I googled "Russian lightbulb" last night, looking for a Russian lightbulb inventor. Check out the first result: http://www.google.com/#q=russian+lightbulb


    by Michael Wolraich on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 10:39am

    That was.. unexpected.


    by DF on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 11:26pm