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Wired has the goods: On June 16, 2008, John Zimmerman, chief financial officer of Tomkins, gave nearly $7,000 in campaign contributions to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Lo and behold, nary two months later Obama’s in Springfield, Missouri, suggesting drivers inflate their tires to save gas (and, by [...]

No one seems to want to claim them: Paris Hilton probably won’t be invited to Barack Obama’s home anytime soon, even though the celebrity heiress dug her nails into GOPer John McCain in a recent video spoof. “Malia and Sasha are very down on Britney Spears and Paris Hilton,” said Barack Obama, referring to his [...]

Not only do we have Barack Obama* but America also discovers that blacks really do know how to swim: Bronx-born swimmer Cullen Jones didn’t just help power the U.S. relay swim team to Olympic gold – he just may have shattered the stereotype that blacks can’t swim. Although Jones isn’t the first African-American swimmer to [...]

Wow — how old is PBS’s demographic anyway? How about old enough to make them hope the The Police — which recently reunited after 23 years, and whose members average 59 years old (Andy Summers is nearly eligible for social security!) — will draw a younger audience: The public television stations WNET and WLIW got [...]

I meant to get to this on the podcast today, but there was just too much going on in the world. You’ll have to read the link, but suffice it to say, the war on drugs has officially gotten insane when the state is killing puppies and terrorizing upstanding citizens on suspicion of grass. More [...]

Greetings from Montana, Georgia and … Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Links Mentioned: Fish Montana .. HuffPo on Hamdan … Hamdan v. Rumsfeld … WaPo coverage of Hamdan … the Military Commissions Act

Old way to ressurect your career — demean yourself on a scripted reality show. New way to ressurect your career — cubism: Can Martha Stewart take a pie in the face — even one she baked herself? Fine Living Network is about to find out. On Sept. 16, Fine Living will unveil a new original [...]

We’re running 24 hours behind on this week’s podcast. It’ll be up by Tuesday AM. Sorry for the delay.

Commenting on McCain’s and Obama’s statements on the situation in Russia/Georgia, John Cole writes: There you have it, in a nutshell. You vote for McCain, you get the same manichean belligerence and needless warmongering we all have enjoyed so much. But it’s actually weirder than that. Here’s the Politico article Cole is referencing: Obama’s statement [...]

. . . so then your 15-year-old will be shot in secret and not on the street corner. Is there some kind of new metric when it comes to drug dealers? Cory Booker talking about Newark’s new high-tech camera systems: These are not your standard security cameras; these are high resolution, night vision capability, the [...]