Kumar meet... Obama???

Actor Kal Penn is trading in his role on TV medical drama House for a public service position with the White House.

A White House spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that the young actor is set to join the Obama administration as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. The story was first reported Entertainment Weekly magazine.
The Indo-American actor, whose real name is Kalpen Modi, will serve as a liaison connecting the Obama administration with arts and entertainment groups, as well as with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.

Though he rose to fame in the Harold and Kumar stoner comedies and the Van Wilder films, Penn graduated to more serious fare, including the drama The Namesake and TV shows such as 24 and House.

Sources: CBC News, The Associated Press
Full article: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/04/07/penn-kal-obama-job.html

Ernie Fleischer Gets Pwnd

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

BREAKING NEWS: IL Governor arrested - charged with attempting to sell Obama's vacant Senate seat

WASHINGTON - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president.

Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28139155/?GT1=43001
Source: Associated Press


As a citizen of Illinois, all I have to say is-
a. Merry Christmas.
b. Ding dong the witch is dead.
c. Happy days are here again.
d. all of the above

Matt Damon vs Sarah Palin

Matt Damon thinks that a little over two years is not enough experience to lead this country.
Matt Damon supports Barack Obama... wait... but... if a little over two years isn't enough...??? Nevermind.

In related news... I've never fully appreciated these clips until now.

Oklahama: More Liberal Than Anywhere In Creation-ism?

Wonkette on Oklahoma County Commissioner’s Hilarious Campaign Comic Book

This might be the unintentionally funniest campaign material ever.

Hattip to Hyemew for the link.

JibJab's at it again!

Check it out! It's Time for Some Campaignin'!

Belarus Calls For Beheading Of John McCain

If you have been following the 24-hour presidential election news cycle, one of the random useless non-story stories that has emerged in the past week is that John McCain's economic advisor Phil Gramm (former South Carolina senator, with a Ph.D. in economics) made public comments last week that he felt the United States economy is not really that bad. The real problem, he opines, is that we've become a "nation of whiners". Who cares what the basis for the statement is -- the grist for the news mill is "McCain's advisor called us all WHINERS!!!!11" I wonder if Gramm ever pumps his own gas? Of course, when Sen. Gramm was a university professor, he could probably say whatever shit he liked and got away with it.

Anyhow, John McCain was forced to respond to this OUTRAGE:


Yes, the key punishment: "I think Senator Gramm would be in serious consideration for ambassador to Belarus. Though I'm not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that."

Forget waterboarding, Phil - you're going to MINSK!

WTF?! Why is McCain raggin' on Belarus? Miss South Carolina is surely confused. And this is kind of a blow to Karen Stewart, the career government employee whose pinnacle life accomplishment was being appointed the U.S. ambassador to Belarus in 2006.

I tried to find some Belarus-based newspaper or blogger commenting on this great slight to their national pride, but came up short. (My research, however, did unearth a short youtube video with two belorussian students visiting America. Their favorite thing about America? Avril Lavigne. Who is from Canada.)

So, the picture above is from the front page of a Belarus newspaper, and I figured it was safe to assume it was from a protest being held against McCain. Oh, the humanity!