The Political Whore

St. Pete’s Scientologists have a request for a restraining order against street protesters “Anonymous” denied by a Pinellas judge, and almost immediately the bomb squad is called in to investigate a suspicious package (which turns out to be nothing). Coincidence?

• USA Today ponders if Hillary is about to sink the Democratic party.
• The media digs into Obama’s past, with stories on his inspirational mother and his vitriolic ex-pastor.
• After a busy night, Ashley Alexandra Dupre deletes her MySpace and Facebook pages.
• Stop this thing, I want to get off.
• What’s your credit score? Does it matter? What is a “credit score,” anyway?
• The Harry Potter box office finale: One is not enough.
• Does the quit-smoking pill Chantix lead some people to suicide, or is that just the quitting smoking?
• Time Mag’s Lost wrap. Personally, I thought the “Desmond displaced in time” episode two weeks ago earned an A+, but the following week (”Ben loves Juliette”) sank to a melodramatic C-. Last night the show rebounded a bit, earning a solid B. Hey Lost producers: More A+ please!

(Photo of a bomb squad member in downtown St. Pete yesterday, by Loaf Account Executive James Ostrand)

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Let us all now gawk at the woman Spitzer paid for sex.

• Could Spitzer’s frugality have led to his downfall?
• Hillary plots victory in Pennsylvania.
• In the wake of Adm. William Fallon’s resignation, Cent Com in Tampa cuts 1100 jobs.
• Of all the resignations this week, Geraldine Ferraro’s takes the prize for the most self-righteous.
• Just when you think it can’t get any worse, the mortgage crisis deepens.
• We’re killing the Internet with our love!
• The Rays and Yankees come to blows.
• Yes, they made a sequel to The Lost Boys … and Corey Feldman is in it!

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“Mr. Sinbad! Mr. Sinbad! Do you have any comment about your trip to Kosovo with Hillary Clinton?“

• Good bye , Eliot Spitzer.
• Obama wins Mississippi, which doesn’t count toward the nomination since the state’s full of black people and Hillary didn’t win it.
• Spin control: Geraldine Ferraro.
• Leave it to the Dems to fight over what a “winner” is.
• Oil at $110 a barrel: Still less expensive than a new kidney.
• Your tax dollars at work: Tampa Rep. Victor Crist proposes a law regulating the amount of toilet paper in restaurant bathrooms. Square-sharing to remain legal.
• War with Iran? Not on Admiral William J. “Fox” Fallon’s watch! In other news: Fallon just resigned.
• Spokesperson Dana Perino comes clean on the Bush Administration’s monetary policy: “I’m under strict instructions, and have been from the beginning, to not talk about the dollar, and I’m not going to get fired to satisfy your question.”

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Down goes Spitzer!

• Hillary: You can be my wingman any time. Obama: Bullshit, you can be mine.
• How hard is it to release a tax return?
• Fingers crossed: Karl Rove tells a group of college students that he expects to be indicted by the end of the year.
• Three shot, two dead in Camelot.
• Down goes Ooze and Schmooze!
• Can anyone define “natural selection” for me?
• Welcome home Warrick Dunn.
• SXSW is all a Twitter.

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Not only does “spring ahead” suck, it might be bad for your health, too.

• Fresh off winning Wyoming, Obama dances with Ole’ Miss.
• Now Hillary, about that experience …
• Florida and Michigan Dems planning to mail it in?
• Without Walls Lakeland has a buyer … and it’s Without Walls Lakeland.
• A new website lets citizens rate the performance of individual police officers. The cops, naturally, are furious.
• The latest front in the war on drugs: Itty-bitty plastic bags.
• Welcome to Facebook, what’s your blood type?
• Sir Paul signs a huge deal, finally delivering his old mates to iTunes.

(Photo Credit: Bimsboy)

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Thar she blows.

• Obama aide cries “monster” in Scotland, and she ain’t talking Nessie.
• Your vote is in the mail: Another option for a Florida Dem do-over.
• Emergency: We must have the election right away because Tom Hanks is bored!
• Dean’s DNC trounced by the Republican party in fundraising
• But the Republicans had better watch out because this guy may be stealing it all
• SF Bay Guardian wins $15.6 million judgment against Village Voice Media, also known as “some libertarian assholes in Phoenix”
• ABC News: If streaker on the soccer field gets hits, why not naked tree-hugging, too?
• Hillsborough to sex offenders: Get a move on.

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Frontrunner.

• 10-0 since 2/5.
• Wisconsin exit polls foretell a rough ride for Hillary.
• Obama leads Clinton by 14 points nationally.
• On to Texas and Ohio.
• Jon Stewart battens down the Oscar hatches.
• Prepare to fire!
• Lunar eclipse tonight. Try to keep the howling to a minimum.
• Sharper Image files for bankruptcy. Now where will I get a deluxe foot massager-MP3 Player-food processor-that’s also a suitcase? (It makes a great gift!)

(Photo Credit: SEIU International)

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“And if you get in my way, I will destroy you!“

• Wisconsin, Hawaii vote today. Do I smell a Clinton comeback?
• Clinton plans to go after Obama’s pledged delegates. But they can’t go against the will of the voters, right? Wrong.
• On Jan. 29, the U.S. military struck al-Qaeda inside Pakistan without the Musharraf government’s permission. Didn’t Bush just rip Obama for saying he’d do exactly this?
• Shhhhh! U.S. banks “quietly” borrowing billions from the Federal Reserve.
• Do I detect a pattern? Another Hillsborough sheriff has been caught on tape abusing a prisoner at the Orient Road jail.
• Worried about Internet predators fondling little Billy? You can calm down.
• Lindsay Lohan bares all for a Marilyn-insipred photo shoot. Drug-related suicide is now on deck.
• Get well soon: Dick Fletcher.

(Photo Credit: Nrbelex)

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Watch out for falling debris.*

• The Florida connection to the Northern Illinois University shooting? The gunman’s dad lives in Lakeland.
• M&M Twins: Mitt endorses McCain.
• The Supers are starting to shift to Barack, as are the giant labor unions. Plus, he’s got the lead in a new poll out of Texas.
• More prognostications of Hillary’s demise, this time from Peggy Noonan in the WSJ.
• Will Obama’s Chicago ties derail his electoral chances?
• Today’s friend of torture: Joe Lieberman.
• Hot Rumor: Al Pacino’s on board for a cameo as the head baddie in the next Bond flick. Hoo-Ah!
• Alicia Keys = Prince?

*Satellite depicted is not the one being blown out of the sky by the Pentagon. Photo credit: PRNewsFoto/Space Systems/Loral.

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