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Obama the Fluke

Posted on January 02, 2009
Republicans take note. This is a super long article but describes the unique circumstances it took for a Democrat to win in 2008. Unlike Roosevelt, Obama will only get two terms. There will be no chance for him to become the father of an entire generation of voters...

Charles Barkley's Political Career Tragically Cut Short

Posted on January 01, 2009
Charles Barkley, famed basketball star, has promised that he will be running for Governor of Alabama, as a Democrat, in 201r.Those hopes may have been dashed by his recent arrest for driving under the influence.Charles Barkley, the former Phoenix Suns player and NBA star, told police he was in a hurry to receive oral sex from a female passenger when he ran through a stop sign drunk early Wednesday, a police report states...

John Daly Suspended

Posted on December 31, 2008
This is sad but kind of awesome.Asked why he was suspended, Daly pointed to four incidents during the year.. . .While promoting a golf course in Missouri, Daly did a regional television interview wearing only blue jeans ? no shirt, no shoes ? while showing how to play one of the holes...

Happy Birthday Everyone

Posted on December 29, 2008
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Obama is Magic

Posted on December 29, 2008
Here's the LA Times article that led to the parody song "Barack the Magic Negro," which led to a current controversy that will surely hurt the GOP in the long run.Like a comic-book superhero, Obama is there to help, out of the sheer goodness of a heart we need not know or understand...

Cao Applies to the Congressional Black Caucus

Posted on December 19, 2008
a href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/cao_tries_to_crack_black_caucu.html"This/a will be an interesting story over the next few weeks.br /blockquoteMichael Fauntroy, a political scientist at George Mason University whose uncle, Walter, formerly belonged to the Congressional Black Caucus as the longtime delegate to Congress from the District of Columbia, said he felt Cao's bid for caucus membership was "a very smart move on his part...

Rachel Maddow Talks Like She's Always Suppressing Laughter

Posted on December 18, 2008
Is anyone else totally annoyed by Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show already?br /br /She speaks like she's always suppressing laughter at either her own jokes, or waiting until the end of her excessively sarcastic statements before she lets it out. Even when she makes decent argument, it is SO...

Worthless SNL Bit

Posted on December 18, 2008
There are lots of reasons not to like a comedy bit. But one of the easiest reasons is because it's not funny. But unfunny bits that have the added effect of also being offensive? Terrible combination.br /br /What about an offensive, unfunny bit that also takes place during the farewell message of one of the most talented and clever members of the comedy group? Seems like a triple threat of badness...

Shrewd Obama, Part 1 Billion

Posted on December 18, 2008
Per a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Warrens_own_backlash.html?showall"Ben Smith/a:br /blockquoteGay leaders are outraged that Obama chose Rick Warren to deliver in the invocation, and now pro-lifers are mad at Warren for doing it.br /br /The optics of which are probably more or less what Obama wants...

It's OK, You Can Say It. They Know.

Posted on December 17, 2008
Apparently Caroline Kennedy is on track to become the next Junior Senator of New York, replacing Hillary. That means she'll have a special election in 2010, and another election in 2012, in order to keep the seat. Two tough re-election battles.br /br /I liked a href="http://blogs...

Bailout Song

Posted on December 16, 2008
This is really old, but so catchy that I got it in my head today:br /br /embed src="http://static.ning.com/activitypit/widgets/video/flvplayer/flvplayer.swf?v=3.9.1%3A11517" FlashVars="config_url=http%3A%2F%2Factivitypit.ning.com%2Fvideo%2Fvideo%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fid%3D1981927%253AVideo%253A414910%26x%3Dbtgg2Mq1ta12Cm69282Cq3FzhXVNSv04amp;video_smoothing=onamp;autoplay=offamp;layout=external_site" width="448" height="326" scale="noscale" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www...

"Contact"

Posted on December 15, 2008
Does this count?Barack Obama had begun thinking about his Senate successor even before the presidential election, and dispatched Rahm Emanuel days after the vote to contact aides of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to begin talking up Mr. Obama's preferred candidates, associates of Mr...

The Lame Duck

Posted on December 14, 2008
Above, President Bush ducks a shoe thrown at him at his last press conference, during his last visit, to the country he liberated.

Obama's Sixth Sense

Posted on December 12, 2008
Have we ever had such a shrewd, yet inspirational, President?"Few people I've ever known have as good a sense about who might end up getting you in trouble," said Denny Jacobs, a retired Illinois politician from East Moline who befriended Obama when they both served in the state Senate...

40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

Posted on December 11, 2008
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Biggest Loser finale: Ed or Heba?

Posted on December 10, 2008
Vicky (boo) and Michelle (yay) made it to the finale episode, with Michelle losing more than 5%(!) of her body weight last week. There's one more spot in the finals, to be selected by America and occupied either by husband Ed or his wife, Heba. But since the fans' most and least favorite are already in the finals, it makes the America-votes process that much less exciting...

A Chance at 43?

Posted on December 10, 2008
Here comes the GOP roaring back to potentially get 43 Senate seats this term.

Who Talked To Blagojevich About Jarrett?

Posted on December 10, 2008
Blagojevich says Obama would only give him "appreciation" in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett, Obama's preferred Senate candidate, and Senate Candidate 1 in the Blago indictment. Questions:Who offered "appreciation"?What did this person or these people do once it was clear Blago was trying to extort Obama for the Senate seat?Rahm Emanuel acknowledges that he didn't tip off the feds...

Conspicuous Omission

Posted on December 10, 2008
Obama doesn't call on Blagojevich to resign.Pat Quinn, Lt. Governor and the direct beneficiary of such a resignation, suggests that Blagojevich should resign.

Interesting Bartering Possibilities

Posted on December 10, 2008
Here.Are your kids driving you crazy?Are you in need of some relief?Are you handy with an edger or some trimming shears?Let's trade!I'll bawl out your unruly tribe. In return, you can help with some light yard work. Can you bring the kids over to the house for them to be yelled at, or are these events separate in time?

Milk Gets Oscar Buzz

Posted on December 10, 2008
Interesting article about Prop 8's passage leading to additional Oscar buzz for Milk.Ok, I suppose I see the connection. But it sort of does a disservice to the movie to say that it's getting more critically positive attention because of a hostile outside political event...

A Less Ambigous Obama

Posted on December 10, 2008
Yesterday's statement was jumped on for it's ambiguity and lack of content.But this is a much clearer statement:Q: Have you ever spoken to [Illinois] Gov. [Rod R.] Blagojevich about the Senate seat?O: I have not discussed the Senate seat with the governor at any time...

Obama Calls for Blago's Resignation

Posted on December 10, 2008
Omission no more.Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president-elect agrees with other prominent politicians in Illinois and elsewhere that "under the current circumstances, it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job and serve the people of Illinois...

The Most Popular Guy in the GOP Right Now

Posted on December 09, 2008
Let's give a big welcome to Anh "Joseph" Cao (pronounced "Gow"), the first Vietnamese member of the House of Representatives. And for today, the most popular member of the GOP.Mr. Cao was a refugee from Vietnam at age 8, a former Jesuit seminarian, a philosophy student with a penchant for Camus and Dostoyevsky, an unknown activist lawyer for one of the least visible immigrant communities here and a Republican in a heavily Democratic district...

Obama Already Caught Misleading Public

Posted on December 09, 2008
Obama claimed today that he has never had any contact, whatsoever, with the Blagojevich Administration in Illinois:Obama was asked: "Were you aware at all about what was happening with your Senate seat?" He responded: "I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening...

The Logical Conclusion to Dick in a Box

Posted on December 08, 2008
Cameos by models and Justin Timberlake, this is the next datapoint on the Digital Short trajectory (after Chronicles of Narnia, Dick in a Box, and Space Olympics).Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

"No Mob Veto" Petition

Posted on December 06, 2008
Regarding the violent anti-Prop 8 protesters I mentioned here, this petition is being circulated.Some of the statements are pretty uncontroversial. "[W]e're united in this: The violence and intimidation being directed against the LDS or "Mormon" Church, and other religious organizations - and even against individual believers - simply because they supported Proposition 8 is an outrage that must be stopped...

Final Four at the Biggest Loser

Posted on December 06, 2008
ET and I are addicted to Biggest Loser: Families Edition.But one of the contestants, Vicky, is totally ruining the good spirit of the game, and instead turning it into an antagonistic team competition. She is also completely repulsive.Even Vicky's alliance pal Ed warned cameras that if you cross her "she'll claw your eyes out...

Obama's Chief Speechwriter Makes Basic Facebook Mistake

Posted on December 06, 2008
So dumb.Regardless of how Hillary reacts -- and early reports are that she's taking it well -- how poorly does this reflect on this guy? Groping a cutout of the Secretary of State? Posing for a picture? Hoping no one ever sees this? Really, really dumb

Man Tries to Pay Utility Bill With Spider Drawing

Posted on December 06, 2008
OMG! No way! This is probably the funniest thing the internet has ever produced.Wait, explain the premise again? A utility bill. Ok. And a man trying to pay it with a drawing of the spider? And then the utility company says no? AWESOME.Wait, again. Sorry, I don't see why that's funny...

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