• February 12, 2012
  • Barack Obama has assembled two distinct types of leaders in his cabinet: venerable party hacks, and a bunch of nobodies. [Wall Street Journal]
  • Bankruptcy might sound like a good option for GM and Chrysler, but it has its drawbacks. [Los Angeles Times]
  • Or maybe the White House will step in with loans? George Bush will tell all at 9 AM today, so stay tuned. [Bloomberg]
  • The outgoing and incoming Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, has asked his people to start working on plans for shutting down Guantanamo Bay. [CNN]
  • News flash, Robert Mugabe still being a dick. [BBC News]
  • The six-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended in Gaza, but so far violence has been kept to a minimum. Expect it to escalate before another truce is declared. [New York Times]
  • Famous porn star “Deep Throat,” who brought down Nixon by molesting Robert Redford in garages, is dead at the age of 95. [New York Times]

{ 17 comments }

rmontcal December 19, 2008 at 8:51 am

Famous porn star “Deep Throat,” who brought down Nixon by molesting Robert Redford in garages, is dead at the age of 95.

FTW! hahaha Not the dead part, but the rest of it lolz.

Naked Bunny with a Whip December 19, 2008 at 9:07 am

Add lasers and today will be my kind of movie.

TJBeck December 19, 2008 at 9:17 am

As someone who judges cabinet picks solely by ethnic and geographical makeup, I am disappointed that President-Elect Obama has not appointed any German-Swedish males from Southeastern Pennsylvania. I now regret not voting for the old guy and the hottie.

[what's a new flash?]

TJBeck December 19, 2008 at 9:18 am

Tomb of the Unknown Snitcher

Larry McAwful December 19, 2008 at 9:19 am

Not a lot of people know this, but it was from All the President’s Men that the expression “Felt up” was derived. When Mr. Felt was exposed as Deep Throat a couple of years ago, the etymology of that expression suddenly made sense.

Larry McAwful December 19, 2008 at 9:22 am

[re=202863]TJBeck[/re]: [what's a new flash?]

We’re talking about porn here, so put two and two together.

I notice that the Obama administration is also devoid of any Polish/WASP males from western Pennsylvania, too, which makes me feel alienated from this cabinet which quite clearly does not look like America.

Sara K. Smith December 19, 2008 at 9:24 am

[re=202863]TJBeck[/re]: A “new flash” is obviously the singular form of the more pedestrian “news flash.”

TJBeck December 19, 2008 at 9:28 am

[re=202871]Sara K. Smith[/re]: Much thank for the explanation.

Come here a minute December 19, 2008 at 9:33 am

I thought I’d go to Fresno just to see My Friend
but my damn Studebaker keeps on breaking down again.

magic titty December 19, 2008 at 9:34 am

If Mugabe keeps at this pace, he could break all of Mobutu’s records.

Come here a minute December 19, 2008 at 9:48 am

I’ll be hiding in Paraguay
I’m a desperate man
Money, cars, and fighting
The shit has hit the fan

donner_froh December 19, 2008 at 9:52 am

[re=202881]magic titty[/re]: Some of them but I think that Mobutu Sese Seko is secure with the title of Chief Kleptocrat for Life. In Mugabe’s defense, there was a lot more to steal–or at least a lot more portable stuff to steal–in Zaire than Zimbabwe.

magic titty December 19, 2008 at 10:05 am

[re=202899]donner_froh[/re]: True dat – but if you’re a dictator who isn’t embezzling funds and ruining the lives of your own people, your resume gets thin quickly.

gurukalehuru December 19, 2008 at 10:29 am

Don’t you people read the Anchorage Daily News?

Mr Blifil December 19, 2008 at 10:49 am

The death of deep throat? Say it ain’t so Joe. First Linda Lovelace kicks it, now Mark Felt? There’s a lot of blowing still to be done. Who’s going to…erm…fill the vacuum, as it were?

BTW, has it ever bothered anybody else that there is an inherent logical inconsistency to the premise that having a clitoris in one’s throat requires deep penetration by a penis, or penis-shaped object, to such an extent that the gag reflex has to be trained to accomodate such?

Hmm…didn’t think so.

Deepthroat December 19, 2008 at 10:53 am

i have a sad.

Theodorick Of York December 19, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Ohhh noes!
Deepthroat is dead!
It seem like just yersterday that she was hammered on cheap wine and looking for a “ride” home!
Bah-Chikka-wa-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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