Sharpton Threatens to Sue Limbaugh

Talk show host has repeatedly bashed players and culture of football league

(NEWSER) - Al Sharpton has urged the NFL to block Rush Limbaugh's purchase of the St. Louis Rams, calling him “anti-NFL.” Sharpton was particularly disturbed, Politico reports, by a “recent statement that the NFL was beginning to look like a fight between the Crips and the Bloods without the weapons.” Really? There are so many others:

• No one is likely to forget when Rush discussed Donovan McNabb back in 2003: "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well...He got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve."

House clerk hopes to keep vandals away

(NEWSER) - This is bound to offend Rush Limbaugh's big-government sensibilities: Missouri has shelled out $1,100 in public money to buy a security camera to protect a bronze bust of the broadcaster, reports AP . The bust is parked among those of other Missouri luminaries in the state Capitol, but the House clerk has fielded so many threats and angry calls that he authorized the Limbaugh cam to ward off vandals. More»

Sandra Fluke 'slut' controversy hurts Rush's ratings—or does it?

(NEWSER) - Rush Limbaugh's ratings took a hit in certain key markets last month after the Sandra Fluke "slut" controversy , reports Politico . The shock jock's rating's fell 27% in the vital 25-54 demo in New York City, 40% in Seattle-Tacoma, 35% in Jacksonville, and 31% in Houston-Galveston. "Clearly Sandra Fluke isn't the only one who didn't like Rush calling her a 'slut' given how many viewers that comment incinerated," says a radio industry insider. More»

But Limbaugh bust may not join others in Capitol

(NEWSER) - Rush Limbaugh became the newest—and probably most controversial—inductee to the Hall of Famous Missourians in a secretive ceremony yesterday. The radio host spoke to more than 100 Republicans at a closed-door ceremony in the Missouri House chamber, AP reports. He thanked his family, and slammed "deranged" Democrats before lifting a curtain off a bronze bust of himself and hugging it. State police guarded the entrances to the House chamber during the ceremony. More»

He launches Facebook group for conservative women

(NEWSER) - Updates in the Rush Limbaugh chronicles:

• Rush Babes: He has created the National Organization for Rush Babes to tweak the National Organization for Women, which is continuing to encourage advertisers to bail on him in the wake of the Sandra Fluke story , reports Yahoo News . NORB is a Facebook page dedicated to "the millions of conservative women who know what they believe in: family, American values, and not being told by faux feminist groups how to think."