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Andy Borowitz: Obama De-friends Wright on Facebook
via The Blog by Andy Borowitz on April 29, 2008
In an act that campaign insiders said indicated an irrevocable break with his former pastor, Sen. Barack Obama today de-friended the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Facebook.Sen. Obama's comments about Rev. Wright on Tuesday seemed to indicate that a total rift with his former minister was underway, but his decision to de-friend Rev. Wright on Facebook underscores the seriousness of his decision.At a...
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He's Very Superstitious - Stephen shows his support for McCain despite all of...
via Colbert Report Videos by (author unknown) on April 29, 2008
Stephen shows his support for McCain despite all of the Senator's superstitions.
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Hasselhoff to Blog?
via Radar Online: All Articles by (author unknown) on April 29, 2008
A spy at the Coachella music festival tells us David Hasselhoff was hanging out backstage with laser beam magnet pop band Klaxons, talking about how the festival reminded him of Woodstock (did he actually go?), drinking not-alcohol. "He was talking about
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Letters: In ’68, Our Protests Made a Difference
via NYT > Opinion by (author unknown) on April 29, 2008
To the Editor:.
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Sharpton Says Obama Showed Courage Denouncing Wright
via Observer.com - All Articles by Azi Paybarah on April 29, 2008
... Sean Bell verdict, Al Sharpton was asked about a separate issue: Barack Obama’s denunciation of Jeremiah Wright.Sharpton, a politician and reverend, said, “What Barack Obama did was a profile in courage,” and said it demonstrated the kind of leadership “I not only respect, but support.”This, a day after Sharpton blasted Obama for "grandstand[ing] in front of white people." Go figure.
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Rewound
via Stereohyped by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped on April 29, 2008
I was preparing to enter high school the summer that Clueless came out, making me the part of the film’s original core demographic. I might have seen it five times that summer, and, oh, I don’t know…. 100 times on video in the following two years. I don’t know if I fully recognized it then, but I very much appreciated Amy Heckerling’s inclusion of Dionne and Murray (Stacy Dash and...
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Harvard Pell Grant Recipients Increase
via The Harvard Crimson :: News by (author unknown) on April 29, 2008
The number of Harvard students receiving the federally-funded Pell Grant continues to rise despite a trend in the opposite direction at the nation’s wealthiest colleges.
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HUPD may be forced to make police records publicly available by Massachusetts state law
via The Harvard Crimson :: News by (author unknown) on April 29, 2008
Harvard and other private institutions in Massachusetts could soon be forced to open their police records to the public.
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HBO Film "Recount" Relives Florida 2000
via Wired: Threat Level by Kim Zetter on April 29, 2008
... uncredited star, of course, is the hanging, dangling, pregnant chads that prompted Congress to pass the Help America Vote Act in 2002. The legislation allocated nearly $4 billion to states to replace antiquated punch-card and lever voting machines with expensive, new touch-screen and optical-scan equipment -- machines that have garnered just as much controversy as the ones they replaced.
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NY Times makes Miley Cyrus go topless
via Regret the Error by Craig Silverman on April 29, 2008
A headline and an article on Monday about a Vanity Fair photograph showing the actress Miley Cyrus in a suggestive pose left the incorrect impression that she was bare-breasted. While the pose was indeed revealing, she was wrapped in what appeared to be a bedsheet; she was not topless. Link
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