The Political Whore

Slow news week: At the risk of going back to the SNL well once too often, here’s Andy Sandberg as Rahmbo, a Web-only offering from NBC.

• Obama reaches across the aisle to work with … George W. Bush?
• Gov. Crist ponders a foreclosure freeze financed by a cigarette tax hike.
• The Obama economic team is Dr. Doom approved.
• Buy! Buy! Buy!
• Tiger Woods gets laid off by GM.
• Might Cancer just go away on it’s own?
• Hannity and Colmes are splitting up.
• Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy.
• “That’s I-75 going through rural Lithia.”
• Don’t bother sending that manuscript you’re pitching to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
• Will Obama disappoint those who want pot reform?
• YouTube goes widescreen.

Michelle Obama charms the ladies of The View. Warning: This video is pretty long. If you hate The View, don’t bother.

• Big Oil carves up Iraq.
• The Royal Bank of Scotland yells fire in a crowded global marketplace.
• In retrospect, Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open was even more spectacular than anyone realized.
• The Washington Post loves the new Firefox browser. I can’t get it to open without it crashing immediately.
• Progress in the war on cancer comes one obscure, cutting-edge technique at a time.
• I’m sure that burger’s tasty, but $200 tasty?
• Your tax dollars at work: The shape-shifting robot.
• Rays beat the Cubs … again.

Today is Firefox 3 release day. If you’re still using Internet Explorer, we really have to talk.

• “Crist. Oy. Brought in as the keynote speaker because he’s on the short list of potential McCain running mates, his performance Friday night truly did help his party. By showing unequivocally he would be a complete disaster for the GOP – the worst running mate since Dan Quayle.”
• The Dems cave on Iraq. Again.
• McCain’s plan for energy independence: Tap that coastline!
• Hi, I’m the nation of Iran and I’d like to close my account today.
• The AP seems ready to tell bloggers “hands off our text.” But first, the news organization will meet with a “blogging group” to make it look like they’re actually seeking council from those they wish to restrain.
• “George W. Bush is behind the Phish breakup.”
• Legendary: Tiger Woods wins his third U.S. Open. (By surviving a 19-hole playoff. On a bum knee. After not walking a golf course in months).
• R.I.P. Stan Winston.

I usually don’t pimp golf, but Tiger Woods put on a show this weekend at the U.S. Open. His bum knee a constant distraction, Tiger made a dramatic birdie putt on the final hole to force an 18-hole playoff with Rocco Mediate.

• How do you replace Tim Russert? You can’t. But the fact that “It’s going to take four or five people to replace Tim,” does help clear up how an apparently healthy 58-year-old keels over at his desk.
• The Saudi’s open the spigot.
• Historians heart Obama.
• If this new “super-paper” really is “stronger than cast iron,” will a paper cut require hospitalization?
• The attack of the killer tomatoes continues …
• Hulk does incredible business.
• Festival drama: Kanye West pulls a Bonnaroo”debacle.” Meanwhile, M.I.A. announces her retirement from touring right from the stage.
• The Lakers force game six.

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?