Haha!
The American mythos that you can get whatever you want if you try hard enough is put to the test in this "musical docu-tragi-comedy" about one man's journey to win the heart and vajayjay of our secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. From the trailer, which features some awesome cameos, Courting Condi looks hysterical.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwErHTP6ekk]
Here's another funny ass clip:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uhOPUn79zk]
Will there be a sequel, maybe titled Pining for Palin?
Compare this clip of CNN's Rick Sanchez catching McCain's spokesperson Mike Goldfarb ridiculously lying about Obama hanging out supposedly with buncha anti-semitics.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCaOCWYpPk4]
And now compare the above with this scene from Austin Powers:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UwEmoiRNdg]
[Hat tip to Paul for making this connection!]
Unwavering free market proponent The Economist endorses Barack Obama:
Political fire, far from rattling Mr Obama, seems to bring out the best in him: the furore about his (admittedly ghastly) preacher prompted one of the most thoughtful speeches of the campaign. On the financial crisis his performance has been as assured as Mr McCain’s has been febrile. He seems a quick learner and has built up an impressive team of advisers, drawing in seasoned hands like Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. Of course, Mr Obama will make mistakes; but this is a man who listens, learns and manages well.
It is hard too nowadays to depict him as soft when it comes to dealing with America’s enemies. Part of Mr Obama’s original appeal to the Democratic left was his keenness to get American troops out of Iraq; but since the primaries he has moved to the centre, pragmatically saying the troops will leave only when the conditions are right. His determination to focus American power on Afghanistan, Pakistan and proliferation was prescient. He is keener to talk to Iran than Mr McCain is— but that makes sense, providing certain conditions are met.
What took them so long?
This might be the most therapeutic thing you may have seen this year. At the least it's a great respite from politics. [Thanks Annie!]
[A recent New York Times correction. This reminds me, maybe I should bring this blog back.
I saw her speak years ago in college and she's really quite an inspiration.
Frank Bruni reveals the latest "hidden" restaurant offering in New York City.
Sushi Azabu is a hidden restaurant, in the manner of Freemans and La Esquina. These hideaways are always catnip for ever-competitive New Yorkers, who relish inside tips and inside tracks that friends and colleagues don’t have. It’s unmarked, of course.
To find it you enter an unremarkable-looking multi-ethnic restaurant named the Greenwich Grill, tell the host just inside that you’re sushi-bound, and then wait for a server communicating with unseen co-conspirators via a headset to escort you to a staircase off the Greenwich Grill’s dining room.
Who wants to go?!
Cool graphic hoodies featuring the heads of various pop culture icons and people. I really dig this lego one.Give the fly a chance with this fly swatter!
Idea: Denis Belenko, Alexandr Braszensiy - Model: Dmitriy Nkolaenko
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An investment banker who already counts himself as a millionaire became the winner of the first ever "$1 million per year for life" scratch-off lottery. Keenan Altunis, a Wharton graduate now working at a firm in London remarked:
"Don't get me wrong, no matter how rich anyone is, a million a year is a lot of money," he said. "But I don't expect this to change my life very much at all."
He just made my list of People-I-Really-Dislike-Even-Though-They've-Never-Done-Anything-Against-Me. It's a long list. And as an additional fuck-you to the rest of us, because he lives abroad, he only has to pay state taxes, not federal.
Read more here.
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This audio and visual mashup single of Kanye West and Radiohead is just right. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iATyUqGlYE]
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Faces in the crowd of people waiting to hear Obama speak at a rally yesterday at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. That same day, on account of the weather, McCain canceled his appearance in Quakertown just an hour away.
Watch this beagle escape the pen. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEaFK2v6PbM]
Ahhh, sweet, sweet freedom. Breath it in. USA! USA!
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On top of McCain and his running mate (who incidentally may have gone rogue) kicking him while he's down with calls for him to resign, a defiant Ted Stevens won't be able to vote for himself. Why?
Alaska state law prohibits felons from voting until their time is served. (No word on whether Stevens will get to vote in the event he is sentenced to no jail time.) Stevens is currently neck and neck in his Senate race against Anchorage mayor Mark Begich.
Read more here.