Obama Prefers Basketball To Thorny Gaza Problem

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December 31, 2008 09:53 AM

The "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game is so foolproof you can link the actor to virtually everyone on the planet, including the famous swindler Bernard Madoff. [Reuters]
George Bush wouldn't let Barack Obama sleep over at the traditional White House guest house, so the President-elect and his family are staying in Room 871 at the Mayflower. [New York Times]
Obamatards did not stop using the Internet after the election, whereas McCain supporters immediately went back to watching Matlock reruns and have not turned on their "word processors" in months. [Ars Technica]
Jobless claims dropped quite a bit last week, but that's probably because unemployed people were too busy shopping for Bargain Di$count$ to bother filing. [Reuters]
Democrats are totally ignoring Bobby Rush's pleas not to "lynch" Roland Burris for being appointed Senator by the hair clown Rod Blagojevich. [AP]
A group of ten or so protesters in Hawaii urged Barack Obama to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian problem while Barack Obama went to go play basketball. [Politico]

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Your Father's Day Nice Things Is Just Ugly Ties All The Way Down

Caution: There WILL be dad jokes.

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'Miga and Carlos' by Wonkette Operative 'Chica'

It's Father's Day, which means it's time for Yr Dok Zoom and his son to go to brunch and check out the downtown Boise Father's Day Car Show so we can ooh and ah over the very same Corvettes 'n' Mustangs 'n' lovingly-restored classic cars that are there every year, and I will probably once again point at the '68 Beetle converted to run on electricity and say, "Oh look, a Voltswagen!" Traditions matter. (Kid Zoom is 22, so I may also/instead meet him for cocktails later like grown up human people.)

Don't worry about any deep thoughts on the Meaning of Fatherhood here -- we're just going to enjoy the goofy side of dadding, which as far as I'm concerned is the best thing I've done with my time. Especially since my role model for parenting was the unnamed Dad from "Calvin and Hobbes."

As any fool knows, ice rises to the top of liquids because it's cold, and just wants to be closer to the sun so it can warm up. It's all in the book you get when you become a father.

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