RIP Cool Hand Luke

Crappy news, Paul Newman has died from cancer at the age of 83. From CNN:
He stumped for liberal causes, including Eugene McCarthy’s 1968 presidential candidacy, and earned a spot on Richard Nixon’s enemies list — “the highest single honor I’ve ever received,” he said.
In 1982, Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner founded Newman’s Own, a [...]

Chris Rock on Larry King

17 minutes long but well worth watching it all.
Embedded video from CNN Video
Man’s real good on politics, despite what he says. Also, that crack about Larry King getting married 12 times was priceless. via

No need to watch the debate tonight, John McCain’s already won it. Thats according to online ad’s his campaign is already running at least.

Twitter launches an Election 2008 page.

Larry David vs. cancer

Maybe the greatest cancer fundraising video ever made:

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The Great Schlep

The Great Schelep is a pretty cool idea/website where Jewish kids sign up to visit their grandparents in Florida and talk to them about voting for Senator Obama in November. From their website:
The Great Schelep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial [...]

LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS! LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS! Senator Obama has been an answer in 3 NY Times crossword puzzles, Senator McCain none. via

One bailout question answered

Yesterday I re-posted Marc Ambinder’s questions on the bailout and wondered if any of them had been answered. Forbes found the answer to the “where did the $700 billion number come from?”. Here’s Forbes:
In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are [...]

Lets keep breast milk out of ice cream please

The following headline is not, I repeat not, from The Onion: “PETA Urges Ben & Jerry’s To Use Human Milk“. PETA wrote Ben & Jerry’s a letter and everything. From the article:
“PETA’s request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and [...]

17 years ago today….

…Nirvana’s Nevermind was released. In tribute to my favorite album, here’s the video for my favorite song:

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