Obama Prefers Basketball To Thorny Gaza Problem

• 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 watchingMatlockreruns 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 ]