Thank You, Friends, Wouldn't Be Here If It Wasn't for You
The Obama Thanksgiving menu featured turkey and pie -- or, even scarier, some kind of Kenyan-socialist hybrid pumpkin pie made of turkey. "The President's favorite is turkey and pumpkin pie," the White House said in a statement. Gross. [ Chicago Sun-Times ]
And those bankrupt losers who crashed the White House state dinner? Wannabe reality-teevee people, obviously. Their story has become the DC version of
BubbleBalloon Boy, minus the cute/doomed child. [ New York Times ]Dubai is about to default on 60-odd billion dollars in debt, whoops. Asian and European markets are collapsing, and the U.S. markets might be doing the same thing today. So much for "Do Buy." [ Bloomberg ]
Actual AP headline: "Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space." It's just missing "in equal numbers." [ Associated Press ]
Sarah Palin enjoyed Thanksgiving with her relatives in the Tri-Cities area of Washington state, next to the Hanford nuclear waste site. This is the first "regular American" thing she's done in 15 years -- but then she called the place "surreal," which itis, but still. [ Seattle Times ]