The Political Whore

Lost finale tonight. Predictions in the comments section.

• The general election begins next Tuesday.
• “Team McCain: Ready for Prime Time?”
• Did the press do anything without Bush’s permission between 2001-2004? Apparently not.
• Still not a recession (until we figure out how the government keeps cooking this number).
• “[Obama] is a rock star. I love what he is saying about education. I think he will win and I am anxious to meet him.” —Rupert Murdoch.
• “Good luck with your layoffs, all right? I hope your firings go really well.”
• A solar-powered iPhone?
• Ready for his/her close-up: E.T.

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What will you do with your government stimulus check?

• Barack’s “victory lap.”
• Hillary just keeps on campaigning.
• “Dear Barack, why are you being such a stickler for the rules?”
• Let the Lebanese civil war commence.
• Citigroup to trim about $400 billion worth of fat.
• WTF: The 3-year old St. Pete boy who has never fallen asleep.
• Your Lost recap. (I have to start watching the show alone so I can hear over all the people in the room bad-mouthing it as it plays.)
• Dude, that’s not what we meant by “head shop.”

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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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What’s worse than dressing up like a Smurf in a bid to help break a world record? Trying and failing.

• The Clinton/Obama debate goes Hollywood.
• The wisdom of Bill Clinton: “We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.”
• Who do the tech-heads favor for president? Turns out Bill Gates and Steve Jobs actually agree on something.
• Fund-raising update: Obama is a juggernaut.
• Scam alert: Beware people using the promise of proposed government rebate checks to trick you into giving up secret bank account information.
• Yes, there’s a Heath Ledger drug tape, and no, you won’t see it on Entertainment Tonight.
• Lost returns tonight. Here’s a little primer from our friends at Newsweek.
• Britney goes to the hospital. Again.

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