Constant Readers,
My friend, D (who is my brother from another mother) emailed me this without comment. It is the cover of this Sunday's New York Times. (To Beth - who is out of town - I'll grab you a copy!)
Wow. Um. Just. I mean...Wow.
Here's the story that follows the cover. The story itself is actually about Gavin, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner, etc...not exactly a difficult beauty contest to win so I see why they put our Dear Leader on the cover.
Doesn't it look a little like he's a religious figure? Anyway, whether you want to throw darts at it or lick it (or both) get your copy early - I'm sure they'll be flying off the racks.
Also, there's a really amazing article this week in Rolling Stone. My friend Art alerted me to it. So, grab one of those, too.
On to videos!
BONUS: Okay, you are really not going to believe this. I didn't. But I think it is real. Taylor Swift rapping about being a thug. I can't embed it, so just go to the video here. I'll wait.
Back? Okay....
Several people sent me this video. Allow me to give you the (extremely abbreviated) set-up:
At Wednesday's meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee, everyone was congratulating themselves at negotiating with the Mayor's office to get $44 million in add-backs. Chris Daly pointed out that the Mayor can just refuse to spend the money on the designated projects, so the fight ain't over.
And Avalos was all: but he told me he wouldn't make cuts without consulting us. And he put it in a letter!
And Daly was all: Hello? The Mayor came to the Board several months ago and SAID he'd work with us on mid-year budget cuts for 2008-2009. And he didn't! Your letter is worthless!
And then he said this:
Ultimately, Supervisor Mirkarimi's proposal designed to give the Board leverage in mid-year reductions did not even get a second, so it was not voted on.
So, I got some flack for writing that one should not need a prescription for medicine containing ephedrine. Well, the United States is about to let poppy farmers in Afghanistan grow their heroin flowers at will. Hysterical people can have a new cause.
A friend sent me this joke: "In all fairness to Gov Sanford's aides, 'I'm humping some Argentinean tail' sounds a lot like 'I'm hiking some Appalachian trail' when you're on a fuzzy satellite phone." Watch as some folks take Sanford to task for his anti-gay marriage stance.
Stephen Colbert also has a great mashup of politicians who lambasted Bill Clinton and went on to cheat on their spouses - Sanford included. Bring on the hypocrisy!
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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Sanford, of course, made headlines when he tried to refuse $700 million in bailout money. Here's a video that envisions a collection of mall stores asking for bailout money. There's the Ref from Footlocker, d-bags from Ab & Fitch, and - probably my favorite - the Hot Topic guy.
How does one get to be a guest on Glen Beck's show? Write the craziest essay? Here's a dude saying that Americans have forgotten about 9/11 and need to be reminded about how mad we should be. Best way to do that? Another attack. I know don't why I continue to be amazed at his show...
In honor of this holiday weekend, here's a little something called "The Star Mangled Banner" - a collection of awesomely bad anthem singing. These are our fellow Americans. Be proud.
This Daily Show moment of Zen will show you how not to handle fireworks. Rule 1: make everything as terrifying as possible.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Moment of Zen - Fireworks Safety Tips | ||||
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And finally, here are six puppies playing in a little pen. This is what heaven looks like. I'm sure of it.
Have a great holiday weekend, y'all!
-Melissa
That reduced-size JPG image of the New York Times Magazine makes it look like the headline reads "The Gayinator".
Which would be a perfect nickname for him! Ammirite???
Posted by: DJTennessee | July 08, 2009 at 09:43