• Welcome back Cold War. We apparently missed you.
• Obama camp swings back hard at The Obama Nation author Jerome Corsi.
• Despite being less popular than a smallpox outbreak, President Bush can still rake in the cash.
• Cable companies turn to the McCain campaign to hand them full control of the Internet after the election.
• Peter Pan hauled off in cuffs!
• At Oakland, The Rays pull out a 7-6 win in the 12th.
• Donald Trump (!) comes to Ed McMahon’s rescue.
• Sorry kids, Harry Potter’s next big screen adventure has been bumped to 2009.

• While the world watched the Olympics, war broke out in Eastern Europe.
• Incidentally, if you missed Friday night’s incredible Opening Ceremonies, they can be seen here.
• Lieberman on McCain’s short list, proving past performance is not a vetting factor.
• Who the hell is Robert McGovern, and what the hell does he have to do with the Edwards mess?
• Be the first to know Obama’s V.P. choice.
• The U.S. poised for an economic recovery?
• R.I.P. Issac Hayes, R.I.P. Bernie Mac, R.I.P. Whaley’s Market.
• The Rays break the team record for wins in a season.

• Obama wows them on the continent.
• McCain’s going to pick Romney for V.P., isn’t he?
• No end in sight: Foreclosures double from a year ago.
• Ford loses $8.7 billion last quarter.
• Firm charged with manipulating the oil market. But the oil execs said high prices were only caused by supply and demand?
• Qantas may never crash, but they can still come damn close.
• The Internet’s “critical flaw” exposed.
• The Mindfreak prepares for a little building-implosion prestidigitation on Clearwater Beach.

• Poor John McCain, he just can’t catch a break. (This is possibly the most ridiculous story ever published by the Washington Post.)
• Obama gets double the airtime of McCain, and double the tough questions.
• “If somebody told me that I would save the people on the airplane by taking my pants off out in public out there, I wouldn’t mind doing it, but this was not necessary.”
• The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center warns his employees to limit their cell phone use to avoid tumors. Ah, what does he know?
• Jewelry stores and investment banking firms prepare for the rush of new customers as the U.S. minimum wage jumps to just $6.55 an hour.
• Headline of the week: “Motor racing chief wins ‘Nazi’ orgy lawsuit.”
• The Bucs on the verge of landing Brett Favre? Just what they need, another really old QB.
• The Bruce B. Downs “flyover” opens, traffic remains somewhat snarled.

• Obama touches down in Jordan.
• Wachovia crumbles.
• McCain blames Obama for high gas prices. Up next, the JFK assassination and sinking of The Maine.
• The not-so-sordid tale of the McCain NY Times op-ed. At least one reporter thinks the Times did McCain a favor.
• What should St. Pete do with the Pier? The city would like you input.
• Texas prepares for an impromptu production of Hello Dolly.
• Madonna crumbles. 
• iPods about to get a price cut?

• Iraq’s PM backs Obama’s withdrawal plan. The McCain camp pretends they are still relevant on the issue.
• Complete Bullshit: “Mullen: Timetable in Iraq ‘Dangerous’, Time Horizons Safe.”
• Where in the world is Barack Obama today?
• Ridiculous flying machines? Check. Humorous crash landings? Check. 100,000 spectators cooking in downtown Tampa swelter? Check!
• What Would Jesus Watch? Christian groups try to shut down Marriott’s in-room porn.
• This is why I don’t do triathlons.
• The Dark Knight slays ‘em at the box office.
• Facebook gets an update.

• The case for and against Gov. Charlie as McCain’s V.P.
• Meanwhile, the Gov.’s hob-nobbin’ with Prince Charles as Florida languishes in financial crisis.
• Al Gore’s got a 10-year plan that has the conservatives bouncing off the walls.
• “McCain, R-Ariz., the top Republican on the Senate Armed Service Committee, has attended zero of his committee’s six hearings on Afghanistan over the last two years.”
• The LA Times picks apart McCain’s campaign schedule. Brace yourselves folks: He’s basically just out raising money.
• Shoddy work by American contractors in Iraq has lead to hundreds of electrical fires and more than a few deaths.
• Sticks of Fire is already campaigning for a Best of the Bay award. What’s your website doing?
• Hollywood preps the cash registers for a record weekend.

• Starbucks to ax 600 stores in the U.S.
• A blogger outs the Supreme Court for basing their no-death-penalty-for-child-rapists decision on an error.
• Obama to defeat McCain — it’s written in the stars.
• Forget music, today’s college kids are file-sharing their textbooks. You want to guess who’s unhappy about that?
• J.P. Morgan Chase broke into and emptied a house that the bank though was in foreclosure. It wasn’t.
• 10 reasons to not be so glum about surging gas prices.
• A lost 1964 Lennon/McCartney interview turns up in a damp London garage.
• Rays win again.

Now realize McCain was against this bill, and even proposed an alternate version that did not contain the provisions he’s bragging on in this video.

• Seymore Hersh’s latest New Yorker piece, on Bush’s increased covert action against Iran, is a doozy.
• Obama takes aim at southern voters.
• Tampa looks at minimum zoning requirements.
• Wall Street feasts on finger nails before the open.
• Some cry over Wal-Mart’s spilled milk.
• Will they or won’t they? Hollywood actors prepare to strike.
• Checking in on Oliver Stone’s W.
• The Bucs re-sign Earnest Graham.

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.