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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:43 AM

There's Waldo!: Missing South Carolina governor returns from Buenos Aires.

Cause: President Obama criticizes Iranian government's use of force.

Effect: Ayatollah Khamenei states Iran won't "yield to pressure at any cost."

That Homeless Dude Who Wants To Look At Porn Has Rights Too: Washington Supreme Court hears arguments on public library internet filtering.

Proof Republican Are Fiscally (Ir)Responsible: GOP Spends 1 million on lost Minnesota senate race last month.

The Prudes Win Again, Kind Of: Calvin Klein takes down foursome ad, replaces it with wet half naked woman.

Aw Nuts: Pistachios now with extra salmonella.

The Real Winners Of The Iraq War: Iraqi government to let Big Oil back in country after 30 years.

Maybe We Should Change The Focus Of the Drug War: To keep kids away from drug cartels instead of drugs and becoming paid assassins.

Awwwww (Hugs): Group petitions LDS to reconcile with homosexual parishioners after Prop 8 battle.

And In Other News: Southern Baptist Convention kicks church out for being too nice to gays.

Good News For People Who Hate Planes and Washington Commerce: Boeing Dreamliner delayed again.

Obviously Fox News Knew Of and Applied This Strategy Early: Nixon told Bush more "attractive women" needed in GOP.

The Piano Has Been Drinking, Not Me: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy."

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Don't cry for me South Carolina...

Posted by Rob in Baltimore

on June 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM

'Bout bloody time!

Link for "Awwwww (Hugs)"?

Posted by rob!

on June 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM

Tom Waits, you need a hug.

Posted by Baconcat on June 24, 2009 at 8:55 AM

Hey be fair. MSNBC has been dolling up Mika Brezinski (sp?) a lot lately and obviously they told her to stifle her policy disagreements, shut up and just play the "mommy role" even as they comment on her shoes dress, hair, etc. She's wearing tighter dresses every day, too.

That club of Barnicle and Willie oogle her like candy.
Totally MILF and smart, too, total eye candy. We should call it the MILFSNBC network.

Posted by I'd do 'em all & discuss govt. option afterwards, hot! on June 24, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Buenos Aires? WTF? I was on board with this guy's story when he was hiking the AT -- that sounded somewhat plausible (presuming he had actually told someone that's what he was doing) and I was willing to accept nothing untoward was going on. But, first "writing", then the AT, then Buenos Aires? There is either a mental health diagnosis or a sex scandal in this guy's future.

Posted by Julie in Eugene on June 24, 2009 at 9:15 AM

5, My guess, and it is only a guess, is that Sanford went to get some sort of medical procedure that wouldn't look good on his political resume.

Posted by Rob in Baltimore

on June 24, 2009 at 9:25 AM

@6: Getting a King Sized Charleston Chew?

Posted by Baconcat on June 24, 2009 at 9:29 AM

He went to buy some Ibogaine.

Posted by laterite on June 24, 2009 at 9:44 AM

Why the assumption that Buenos Airies means sex, or anything exotic? It's no more exotic than Milan or Puebla.

Stop being the ignorant Americans, ok?

Posted by 300 million Latinos on June 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM

Hey, it's almost pride parade. Are we going to see a new edition of homos on meth, or whatever that skit is called?

My advice is to take the finished project, and edit it down by half. That's always been it's biggest failing. There's only so many times you can hear a queen call another queen "girl"

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on June 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM

@9 He could have been anywhere (Milan, etc....), and we would have thought sex scandal. In fact, before we knew anything at all (even the "writing" and "AT" excuses), Dan thought sex scandal.

It's really the fact that he disappeared, and that multiple stories have surfaced about his whereabouts that makes me think something is up. And, since he's a Republican (okay, to be fair, "since he's a politician"), sex scandal is obviously the first thing that comes to mind. Though, I do think Rob's plastic surgery theory is a good one too...

Posted by Julie in Eugene on June 24, 2009 at 9:53 AM

@9, your credibility as a Latino is damaged by your inability to spell the name of the city, only Latin America's fourth-largest.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM

That Nixon quote neatly sums up the Republican party's reasoning on including women in politics: "Understand, I don’t do it because I’m for women, but I’m doing it because I think maybe a woman might win someplace where a man might not..."

Posted by Irena on June 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Oh, hell, Fnarf, most Americans couldn't even tell you what the fourth-biggest city in the U.S. is.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on June 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM

I'm not sure I could, they change so fast now. Phoenix, isn't it? They passed Philly, didn't they? Or maybe Houston. Within my lifetime it was Buffalo, believe it or not.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Ah, it's Houston. Houston's going to pass Chicago in a decade or so if current trends continue. Phoenix is fifth, and they did in fact pass Philadelphia, so I didn't do too bad. Super wrong about Buffalo, though; they were twice the size they are now, but haven't been in the top ten since 1910.

By metro area, it's Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, which is quite a bit larger than Houston's metro area, because Houston eats up and incorporates its suburbs, unlike most cities. Chicago's pretty safe on the MSA list for another 25 years or so. Of course, none of these metro areas, besides New York and Los Angeles, are even in the ballgame against some of the massive Latin American (or Asian) conurbations.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 24, 2009 at 12:18 PM