- Master debaters update: The epic battle of wits between Bubba and Dubya has been canceled. Clinton’s people believed that the event had become too hyped.
- No sense of humor: Levi Johnston is demanding a retraction from NBC after William Shatner did a dramatic reading of Twitter updates on The Tonight Show. He claims that the tweets were posted by a Levi Johnston imposter. Imposter or no, if William Shater wants to do a dramatic reading of anything and put my name on it, he can feel free.
- The ombudsman for PBS says that Sesame Street probably shouldn’t be making jokes about Fox News Channel. That may or not have something to do with Fox News Channel have about seven times the ratings of PBS.
- Red meat for the Palinistas: The new book Sarah from Alaska claims that the press were stalking Palin. They say the reporters went so far as cornering one of the Palin kids at the bus stop.
- After Tuesday’s pre-midterm elections, Michael Steele thinks that the GOP could stand to lose a few more liberal Republicans.
- Decision 2012: A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll says that Gov. Mike Huckabee leads Republican Presidetial prospects. In 2009 anyway.
- Parents are starting to nag their kids through text messages. Is this an example of parents using technology to better communicate with their offspring, or does it just show that people would rather send texts than actually talk to each other?
- The healthcare proposal would offer you coverage if you have a pre-existing condition and can’t get covered otherwise. Good deal? Well, wait: You’d have to be uninsured for six months first. If you have cancer, you probably can’t wait six months, can you? Cancer’s the kind of thing you want to check up on. I thought “Don’t get sick” was supposed to be the Republican plan.
- Terror From Above: North side house hit by giant chunks of ice from the sky. It’s more than likely from an airplane, the FAA is investigating. Thankfully since the ice isn’t blue, it’s more than likely not from an airplane bathroom.
- The H1N1 virus has jumped to cats. Isn’t this how things started to go south in I Am Legend?
- Speaking of the swine flu, 47% in a poll say they’ll skip getting the H1N1 vaccine. That’s even as 63% say they’re concerned about the dreaded pig virus. So there are people out there concerned about the disease who aren’t going to get immunized.
- Glenn Beck is like Oprah for dudes: The Fox news host may single-handedly be saving the publishing industry because when he interviews an author their books fly off the shelves.
- Speaking of Oprah, she will take her show off broadcast TV and put it on her cable channel in 2011. She’s also going to ditch us and move to Los Angeles.
- Ennis, a town in County Clare, Ireland, is dealing with a severe public urination problem. One guy installed a device that administers an electric shock when you pee on his wall. One city council member wants to appoint two “urine wardens” to patrol the streets on weekends looking for drunks peeing in public. How bad would your job search have to go before you would volunteer to be a urine warden?
Friday September 3rd 2010

