The Short List — Fri., April 18
April 18, 2008 at 9:32 am by Joe Bardi
The great unraveling.
- “Superdelegates Unswayed by Clinton Attacks.”
- Dean tells Supes, “make up your friggin’ minds now.”
- Superdelegate Robert Reich (Bill’s first Labor Secretary) goes all Judas and endorses Obama.
- Supes play down Pennsylvania.
- Supes “worn out” by tone and length of campaign.
- Obama responds to the debate, promises to “get tough” with McCain in the fall.
- Colbert gets Hillary and Barack (same night, different segments, both very funny).
- Bill Ayers speaks! Well, he blogs, anyway.
IN OTHER NEWS:
- A Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on.
- Headline of the week: “The Pope Tackles the Sex Abuse Scandal.” Really? Did he roll around on the floor with it too?
- Teenagers rejoice! Scientists think they have a cure for acne.
- Why is a member of the House of Representatives from Alaska slipping in $10 million earmarks for road upgrades to I-75 in Florida after the bill had been voted on?
- Flowers on the moon: Closer to reality.
- Secret blueprints for the new World Trade Center found by a homeless man rooting through a NYC garbage can.
- Batter up: Last night’s Rockies-Padres game went 22 innings, the longest MLB game in 15 years.
(Photo Credit: Franco Folini)
UPDATE: WP has posted a link in the comments section to a story about the Florida Legislature proposing a bill to ban “bumper nuts.” Good lookin’ out, WP!
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April 18th, 2008 at 10:38 am
No mention of banning the bull balls bill? Thank goodness the legislature has solved all other problems.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:49 am
“Flowers on the Moon”: the perfect emo band name.
Also, way to support Going Green #78 (dumpster diving). Old dressers and day-old pastries hardly compare to confidential national security documents.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:08 am
No! Not Bumper Nuts! Noooooooo!
I’ll make the legislature a deal: You can ban bumper nuts if you also ban mud flaps with big-titted chicks on them, those annoying Jesus fish and their “Darwin on the inside” doppelgangers, and any slogan asking “Why be normal?” that is hung upside-down.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Yay for flowers on the moon. It’s like my very favorite book, “The Little Prince!” This makes my day. Seriously.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:22 am
People in Niceville, Fla. “say” they felt the quake? After reading this I decided to do a quick Google of Niceville to get a sense of what kind of town it is. I clicked on a link for the city’s home page and this is the first thing I saw: City of Niceville, Home of the Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival.
I’m not going to comment further. ‘Nough said.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:28 am
You think that’s the fish or the haircut? I’m leaning haircut, myself.
Niceville? I’ll bet everyone’s an arrogant prick there! Next you’re going to tell me there’s something “new” about New York or that angels actually live in Los Angeles.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:29 am
And I’m happy I could make your day Heidi.
I also promise no comment section fighting today. With you, I mean. Everyone else is fair game. ;-)
April 18th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Oh man, I didn’t even think of the fish. I just checked out the website again and sadly it is called the Mullet Festival because of the fried mullet that is served.
That brings up more questions though. Who hears Mullet Festival and things of the fish? I think haircut immediately. I also checked out the photo gallery for last year’s Mullet Festival and although I didn’t see any actual mullets, something told me that the festival could easily claim it got its name from the haircut, no questions asked.
I agree with you on your breakdown of the name Niceville. I’m from Janesville, Wis. and there’s not a single person named Jane in the entire city!
Actually, that’s probably not correct…
April 18th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Niceville’s in LA(Lower Alabama).
The rumbling felt there could be any of a myriad of things:
1) Bubba’s stomach
2) Mudboggin’
3) the Pensacola UFO’s
4) Secret or not so secret aircraft from Eglin AFB
or my vote goes to
5)aftershocks from last weekend’s Worm gruntin’ festival.
In all fairness we do have to wonder if the question they asked was “Did the earth move for you too?”
April 18th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
That’s funny, Kyle. I only thought of the fish because we have an annual Mullet Cook Off on a beach by the Skyway Bridge in St. Pete. “Fried mullet” is even funnier if you assume we’re talking about hair.
WP: Ah, the Gulf Breeze sightings. Ed Walters, pie plates glued together, blue laser lights. I remember it well. Read the book as a kid actually. My favorite: The photo of Ed wearing only a towel around his waist shooing a “mini” saucer from his yard. I looked but couldn’t find the pic on Google image search. A little scavenger hunt, anyone?
I always assumed there was something whack in the water around those parts. The fact that there was a “Worm gruntin’ festival” only confirms my suspicions.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Like the something in the water here in Central Florida is less whack? I do have to confess that I’m native to Tampa and raised in the Panhandle, but I’m sure you won’t hold that against me, right?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
We do a different kind of whack down here, though, don’t you think? Gulf Breeze has UFO’s caught on tape, we get teenage girls kicking the shit out of each other in a desperate stab at YouTube fame. Maybe I like the panhandle better, come to think of it.
Plus, I went to school in the panhandle (FSU), so how could I hold the location of your upbringing against you?
April 18th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I’ve heard your sheepskin can also let you park in those blue reserved spots, so I guess you’re not one to cast stones ;-). Go Bulls!
As for the whack, most definitely different. The whack up there is much kinder and gentler and just plain goofier to the uninitiated.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Sarasota has Mullet’s Aluminum Products.
http://www.mulletsaluminum.com/
April 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I always preferred my mullet smoked. Took me forever to figure out which end to light.