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Barack bounces back …

• … Just in time for The Final Push.
• They shoot horses, don’t they?
• Today’s sign the sky is falling for the Republicans: Cazayoux defeats Jenkins in Louisiana.
• Hear a gun shot, see your neighbor lying on their porch, assume she’s sunbathing?
• We’re #2! We’re #2!
• Iron Man turns to solid gold at the box office.
• Could GTA IV whack the Wii?
• The Sox sweep the Rays.

(Photo of Obama at UNC by Runder.)

Our new hero. Have a good weekend everyone.

• Happy days are here again!
• It’s great that the convicted D.C. madam chose suicide over prison, but did she have to do it in the Bay area?
• The polls continue to tighten.
• More surprising: Obama’s proposed $15 billion tax on oil company profits, or the fact that $15 billion is only 10% of what the bastards walked away with last year?
• Bush makes history.
• Hot or not? Barbara Walters got in on with a married U.S. Senator back in the ’70s.
• Puff, Puff, Give: Smoking weed will not give you lung cancer, and it might even protect you from it.
  
• Bombs away! It’s raining babies in India.

Happy fifth anniversary.

• Obama takes a beating, still manages to pick up another Superdelegate.
• Hillary’s never had plastic surgery or heard of Red Bull, but she does have a thing for Honest Abe. Oh, and “testicular fortitude.”
• The experts agree: The McCain/Clinton gas tax holiday is a crap idea.
• The Bush Administration and the telecoms conspired to hide their illegal activities. Can’t we just give these nice Americans immunity already?
• Another Bay area teacher has been arrested after an inappropriate romantic relationship with a student. This time, however, the perp is male. Let’s execute him!
• Troxler gets robbed!
• First take: “Unlike the irreducible element that is its namesake, Iron Man the movie is an alloy, a combination of several different and disconnected components that don’t manage to unite to make a coherent whole.”
• A $199 iPhone? Don’t count your chickens just yet.

Dude, you gotta read your deed restrictions.

• Obama cuts off the ravin’ Rev.
• Mrs. Irrelevant.
• U.S. preps military action against a “hostile” Iran. I’d suggest “Operation: National Suicide” as a title.
• U.S. economy staves off recession with .6% growth. I feel better, don’t you?
• Figuring out the rice shortage. (Hint: The problem isn’t just ethanol.)
• Al Franken finally pays his taxes.
• Paula Abdul’s got issues with her short-term memory.
• Lede of the week: “A teen accused of plotting to blow up his high school told police that he wanted to die, go to heaven and kill Jesus, federal authorities said Tuesday.”

Who said it? Can you match the quote to the name below?

• “… my general feeling is that the recession will be longer and deeper than most people think.”
• “I would hope that we could bring them all home. …”
• “At the heart of my approach is a simple belief. … Middle-class families are paying too much and oil companies aren’t paying their fair share to help us solve the problems at the pump.”
• “The displays of personalities such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter… as well as the irregular importation of unsanctioned computer games and movies are all warning bells to officials in the cultural arena.”
• “It all adds up to a new level of depth for an interactive entertainment experience.”
• “Indictment should also be against Sony and Microsoft which are making this pornographic game available to minors, and openly so, on their PS3 and Xbox systems.”
• “Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought it was really cool. That’s what she wanted me to do, and you can’t say no to Annie. … I think it’s really artsy. It wasn’t in a skanky way.”

A. Jack Thompson

B. John McCain

C. Seth Schiesel

D. A complete fucking liar Miley Cyrus

E. Warren Buffett

F. Hillary Clinton

G. Iranian Prosecutor General, Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi

(Photo Credit: Aymlis)

Hillary wins it!

• What does it all mean?
• “The Low Road to Victory.”
• What’s next?
• McCain’s lovin’ it.
• Delta loses billions.
• Bush breaks the record for lowest Gallup approval rating ever.
• The L.A. Times chops up “parodies of themselves” Pacino and DeNiro.
• Lost in real life. (Minus the smoke monster.)

Prediction: Hillary by 8.*

• What does it all mean? Five things to pay attention to when watching primary results tonight.
• Cash crunch: Obama is flush while Hillary is drowning in debt.
• A match made in heaven: Bush & Deal or No Deal.
• Oil: Still cheaper than a fake Marilyn Monroe sex tape.
• Happy birthday DARPA.
• Earth Day hits the funny pages.
• Gas is so expensive, Bay area residents are actually riding the bus.
• First the Harry Potter chick, now it’s “racy” pictures of Miley Cyrus.

* – Prediction arrived at by determining what Clinton margin of victory would be the most inconclusive. 8 points is short of the blowout Team Hillary needs, but it’s not close enough for Obama to declare victory.

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!

I’m ashamed to be an American today.

• “Worst. Debate. Ever.”
• Clinton comes out guns ablazin’, Obama ducks and covers.
• Is Barack electable? “Yes, yes, yes.”
• Consensus: Chuck & George sucked big time. They were so bad, they were heckled.
• They were so bad ABC’s viewers noticed and flooded their website.
• They were so bad Philly.com wrote them an open letter detailing the shame they brought upon the media. (Man, if you make the media feel ashamed …)

IN OTHER NEWS:

• The dollar just keeps on sinking.
• Pope calls dozens of priests molesting hundreds of children “a deep shame.” Dozens of priests call it “a good time.”
• PS – The abused aren’t really down with the pontiff’s mea culpa.
• Joe Lieberman ready to rock the Republican convention?
• The father of Chaos Theory dies in Massachusetts, rain is reported in Tokyo.
• Chug! Chug! Chug!: A chemical used to make plastic water bottles may be killing you.
• Now that’s a nice cruise ship.

(Photo Credit: Daquella Manera)

Dear Penn-heads,

You have a lovely state there in the northeast. I’ve traveled through it many times and, aside from the large swatches of territory completely destroyed by 20th-century industry (Hello Pittsburgh!), the natural beauty Pennsylvaniaites gaze upon daily is inspiring. Plus, the preservation of a hole Ben Franklin used as a toilet when he lived in Philadelphia shows you have great reverence for history and the nation in which we live.

Tonight, Philadelphia plays host to another shit-filled bottomless pit when the Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Hillary Clinton of Illinois Arkansas New York Scranton comes to town. This will be the 21st such meeting of the candidates. What you guys hope to glean about these two that you did not pick up on in the previous 20 debates is a mystery to me, but I admire your thoroughness.

Next Tuesday, you will take the knowledge acquired this evening to the polls and select the person you want to run against Republican John McCain in the fall. Like many votes, this one will be completely meaningless. Just to fill you in on what’s happened so far: Barack Obama has already won the nomination and no one wants to tell Hillary Clinton it’s over. He’s won twice as many states, building an insurmountable lead in both the popular vote and the pledged delegates in the process. So, the charade continues and the fine people of Pennsylvania are subjected to wall-to-wall campaign advertising, news reports and talking head rants.

You, great voter of Pennsylvania, have a rare and historic opportunity. You can end this soul-eating Bataan Death March of a primary season by rejecting Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and granting Barack Obama a surprise victory in your state. This is your moment to shine PA! If you don’t step up and send Hillary back to the Senate, Indiana’s just going to do it in three weeks anyway. Why let those Hoosier assholes steal your glory? Do the right thing and end the primary season. The nation will be forever in your debt.

Thank you,
Joe Bardi

Hell hath no fury …

• Clinton vs. Obama: Round 21 tonight.
• The Senate passes a bill giving billions to auto makers and the airlines under the guise of helping struggling homeowners.
• Chris Matthews for Senate?
• Hillsborough Election Supervisor Buddy Johnson’s got some explaining to do.
• More on those tasty McCain family recipes stolen from the Food Network. When all else fails, blame the interns.
• Oil: Still cheaper than owning your own island.
• Only 17 days until “Shutdown Day.” Have you finished your shopping yet?
• With child: Ashlee Simpson.

Isn’t it inspiring when local luminaries attract national attention to Central Florida?

• From “It’s gonna be a blowout!” to “It’s a miracle we’re still in the lead,” The Clinton campaign begins manipulating expectations ahead of the Pennsylvania primary.
• Obama snubs the gay press first in Texas and now in Pennsylvania. Shocking! There are gay people in Texas.
• Long lines? At Tampa International?!!? Thank you American Airlines!
• Packing heat at the office? A-OK with the Florida Legislature.
• The sordid tale of Joe Lieberman’s crashing website.
• Scrambled eggs can kill!
• Gizmodo’s take on the future of high-speed internet: “We’re Totally Screwed.”
• Can anyone beat Tiger at Augusta?

Hey, who let the old guys on YouTube?

• Obama rakes in $40 mil in March. Hillary score half that.
• Citing the agency’s ineffectiveness against natural causes, McCain turns down secret service protection.
• 81% of Americans feel nation should pull over, ask for directions.
• Why King’s dream still matters.
• Moqtada al-Sadr plans “million-strong” march in Najaf to protest American occupation of Iraq, disprove old axiom about safety in numbers.
• Bush gets no love from the historians.
• Tampa Bay: Home to sun, sand and porn fantasy camp.
• Scientists and DOT professionals plan an experiment to determine the point at which human beings explode by closing a northbound lane on the Howard Frankland for three days next week during the daytime.

Yesterday’s viral video today …

• A possible compromise in the Florida delegate clusterfuck bubbles to the surface.
• Bush’s final NATO summit is marked by success and failure.
• Caffeine does the body good.
• The mark of leadership: Are those new sneakers I see?
• See honey, 5 minutes is ideal!
• Seinfeld — The Lost Episode: The Car Wreck.
• The iPhone shortage: Is a new model on the way or is the gray market taking over.
• “I’ve turned into the Rolling Stones of hip-hop.”

Still alive.

• MSNBC’s kick-ass number cruncher Chuck Todd goes inside the latest poll numbers.
  
• The little lady should be seen and not heard: Clinton’s moneymen sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi telling her to shut her trap about superdelegate voting.
• Joe Klein floats Al Gore as the possible democratic nominee. Time to retire, Joe?
• McCain puts Russia squarely in the enemy category.
• The New York Post has linked Spitzer to a second call girl ring (“And There He Ho’s Again”) and provides details on the couple that ran Emperor V.I.P.
• Shuttle Endeavor zips by with a bang.
• The L.A. Times retracts their “Diddy did it” Tupac murder story. Puff is still guilty of murdering Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” for that shitastic Godzilla remake, though.
• Adobe’s Photoshop goes online in an “Express” version, and by “Express” they mean free.

(Photo Credit: Steve Rhodes)

Happy “Gangsta Thursday.”

• Hillary’s chances continue to narrow.
• Hey Tampa, Guess who’s coming to dinner? Why it’s Barack’s pastor, Rev. Wright.
• And speaking of wacky pastors, what’s Hillary got in her closet?
• Osama bin Laden uses his first message in months to bitch about cartoons. Praise Allah he’s never seen The Far Side.
• Today’s leading economic indicator: The decline of Starbucks.
• The cubicle turns 40.
• Indie video games take off with Crayon Physics Deluxe.
• How about them Cowboys!

Greatest last five seconds to a crappy cell phone video ever!

• Yesterday’s Obama race speech was a hit.
• Bush: Iraq was was worth it. (In fairness to the Prez, what’s he supposed to say?)
• Mediocre radio slugfest: MJ battles Bubba.
• Much to Joe Francis’ delight, Ashley Alexandra Dupre went “Wild” four years ago.
• Not a Scientologist: Will Smith.
• Tina Fey smacks The Daily Show.
• R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke.
• R.I.P. Anthony Minghella.

“Clean up on aisle 1234-5678-9101-1121.”

• A security breach at Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets (owners of 109 Sweetbay stores in Florida) “exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud.”
• Hillary is going to win big in Pennsylvania and there’s nothing Obama can do to stop it.
• No re-vote for Florida.
• CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey has Obama up 52-45 nationally.
• This November, vote to shift your property tax burden to the backs of the poor.
• Meet the new boss: The new New York governor and his wife both admit extramarital affairs.
• Real conservative guys: Wall Street gets a massive government bailout. Main Street? Not so much.
• The Dali Lama threatens to resign. Can reincarnated Gods actually step down?

(Photo credit: Porkfork6. Porkfork is a St. Pete resident who has taken some great pictures of Weedon Island and Roser Park. Check out his Flickr page.)

No end in sight.

• Obama answers every question the Chicago Tribune can think up about Tony Rezko, escapes intact.
• The kicker: Rising gas prices may wipe out any economic benefit of the coming Bush stimulus checks.
• How low will it go? The stock market preps for a rocky Monday.
• Sure Gov. Crist used to smoke weed recreationally, but that’s no reason to change drug policy.
• What Florida needs now is more traffic laws.
• The rich history of St. Patrick’s Day, more recently known as an excuse to wear green and get shit-faced in public.
• Office pool alert: Get your printable NCAA tournament bracket sheet here.
• Beverly Hills 90210: The Spinoff.

(Photo Credit: debaird)

“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.”

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.

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)

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.

Get comfy. We’re going to be here a while.

• A “minor explosion” rocked a military recruiting station in Times Square this morning.
• The Clinton campaign plots their next move and take time out to fight like cats and dogs amongst themselves.
• What’s wrong with this New York Times headline: “Clinton Success Alters Delegate Race’s Dynamic”?
• Obama’s next move? Attack? Chase the super delegates? Cry a bit?
• Will Florida try and call “do over?”
• Ron Paul wins it!
• If you’ve ever wondered what Helen Keller looked like, so did she.
• Don’t let grandpa drive the fire truck.
• Big Cable vs. NFL Network.

(Photo Credit: Westendraider)

                                                                                Please God, let it end today.

• Texas and Ohio finally vote! Who will win? What does “win” even mean? If we can’t figure out how to define “win,” can it ever end? 
•  Canada defends Obama. 
• Got a few days? Everything you ever wanted to know about John McCain’s economic plan.
• The truthiness behind the “Colbert bump.” (Oh, it’s real.)
• Dear Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: “I only have one thing to say to you: You are the sleazebag I always suspected you were, and I should have listened more carefully to my gut instincts …“
• The new Girl gang-banger memoir Love and Consequences is a fake. The fun part: No one figured it out till the author’s sister saw her picture in the NY Times. 
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck gives her View: Gloria Steinem = evil.
• Amy Winehouse and her expanding face.

(Photo Credit: Jeremy Ryan)                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                               Who’s hungry?

• Obama goes for a “knockout blow.” Clinton lays the groundwork for fighting on after Tuesday. The polls remain inconclusive.
• Gov. Charlie says he’d “support” a democratic primary re-vote, and by “support” he means “pick up the tab for.”
• Dynasties among us: NY Times sports mag Play gets all Greek-tragic about the Steinbrenners of Tampa and visits the would-be Venus and Serena Williams of golf in Bradenton.
• Going to war: Venezuela and Columbia.
• Hillsborough County Fire Chief Bill Nesmith gets hot under the collar, ends up booked for aggravated assault after threatening to kill his wife then himself. (Brian Blair always thought he seemed perfectly nice at church, though.)
• Mick Jagger = assassination worthy.
• Damn it, Rover! Drop that chew toy.
• Gasparilla filmfest gets something new: audiences.

(Photo Credit: qthrul)

USF Hires a new assistant football coach, while an ex-UF linebacker has a bad day.

• The final weekend? Obama leads in Texas and is even in Ohio.
• Fund raising juggernauts: Clinton nabs $35 million in February. Obama may have crested $50 mil.
• Las Vegas Police are investigating a package sent to a hotel that may contain poisonous Ricin. The real head-scratcher: The hotel targeted was the Extended Stay America.
• If you can read this, you probably need a nap.
• His propaganda mission complete, Prince Harry is headed home from Afghanistan.
• Getting an upgrade: Prime Outlets Ellenton.
• Will Farrell in Semi-Pro: He’s funny, he’s not funny, he’s only funny if you like this kind of thing.
• Batman merges with Bilbo.

(Photo Credit: Sylvar)

“Without telecom immunity, how will the government know what you are telling your grandma over the videophone?”

• Bush tempers his absurd demands for telecom immunity and more war money with a request for increased AIDS funding. One out of three ain’t bad.
• McCain says “Obama doesn’t know Al-Qaeda is in Iraq!” Obama responds: “Of course I do, John, you helped put them there.”
• Is McCain a “natural-born” citizen? It’s not as open and shut as you think.
• Bloomberg bows out before he was even in.
• It’s always an event when Keith Richards talks to the press.
• Apple prepares the iPhone development roadmap.
• Time to upgrade those contact lenses?
• Best Onion headline of 2008 (so far): Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results of 2008 Election Early.

Tonight on MSNBC: Clinton. Obama. The rumble in the rust belt.

• Somali Costume-gate: Clinton pleads ignorance, Obama calls her out, what do the robes signify, and how is this affecting the polls?
• McCain suddenly realizes the Iraq war ain’t that popular and starts backtracking fast.
• Welcome back: Inflation.
• If you’re reading this instead of the printed word, consider yourself part of the solution.
• The New York Philharmonic rocks Pyongyang.
• I’m a little depressed at the new study saying anti-depressants don’t work in people who aren’t severely depressed. What can I take to fix the situation?
• Can you be too hot to fly? Two Oldsmar hotties say yes (with picture).
• Scientists report the end is near! (”Near” = 7.6 billion years.)

(Photo Credit: Mike Licht, notionsCapital.com)

“Can we not talk about this in front of the wife?”

• NY Times reports Senator McCain had an affair with a lobbyist in the late ’90s and maybe did her political favors.
• McCain responds: “At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust or make a decision which in any way would not be in the public interest and would favor any one or any organization.”
• Both McCain and the hottie lobbyist deny the affair and the campaign is pissed.
• The Washington Post’s version of events seems to back up the NY Times account.

In other news:

• Toiletries? Check. Directions to Tampa International? Check. A box-cutter stashed in a hollowed-out book? Check.
• The Teamsters endorse Obama.
• Dems debate tonight in Texas.
• Is Hillary’s campaign going broke?
• Launch that sucker, yeah! The Pentagon blows away a damaged satellite.
• Amy Winehouse knocks back a big Grammy bump.
• A whole lotta shakin’ going on in northern Nevada.
• Coming soon to a theater near you: Monopoly. Yes, the board game.

(Photo credit: Photo-Mojo)

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)

“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)

It’s Christmas in February for JFK conspiracy theorists… either that, or a script by a would-be Oliver Stone.

Bill Clinton’s goat gets got.

McCain gets senior Bush endorsement, but aides don’t want his son to stand too close. (What, no hugging?)

Church to married couples: Every day for 30 days, whether you want to or not.

First beef, now lollipops?

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.

Hey, PoHo blog peeps, will you be our valentine?

• America loves Obama!
• But Ohio still loves Hillary!
• Huckabee loves the Cayman Islands!
• Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson love the economy in ‘08!
• Space station astronauts love their firearms!
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia loves torture!
• Jane Fonda loves the C-word!
• Developers, Apple fanboys and me love the upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch developer’s kit!