Whoops!

It appears that the Playboy article I linked to last night may not be as clever as it wanted to believe (as far as articles can actually want to believe anything). Most damning is the fact that the link stopped working earlier today and the Playboy post and its accusations disappeared from the site. (I'd heard about that earlier today, but I didn't check out the Playboy site to confirm until I got home from work.) Further, Rick Santelli made a statement on the CNBC Web site denying any affiliations with any tea party organizations or Web sites. And just for good measure, Megan McArdle goes through the arguments that undermine the original piece.

Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk apologizes for spreading any misinformation, as well as for assuming the worst and jumping to conclusions in the first place. The post itself has been updated to reflect the new situation.