Daily Round Up! Maoist Re-education Edition

Pow! Bam! Guess Who? Not Gonna Tell You! While we’re anxiously teetering on our laurels waiting for Obama’s Boy Wonder to fly in his yellow cape, some men hope that Obama’s Robin is actually, um, a Catwoman. (Michael Moore swears Obama’s VP should a should be a certain Kennedy and Nader believes is none other [...]

Afternoon Tea: News Roundup

Denver Debauchery With just 10 days until the Democratic National Convention kicks off. The media is salivating over every scheduling change and RSVP. The Obama camp has decided to let Hillary Clinton’s name be added into the mix to appease the legions of Clintonites who won’t quit ’til their gal has a fair shot at clinching [...]

Let the games begin

The Olympics kicked off today in Beijing with a whole lotta flair.
More than a 100,000 people gathered to witness China’s “night of joy” (as the country’s official news service put it). Not everyone shared in on the fervor, though—groups gathered across the world again today to protest China’s human rights record and rule of Tibet.
Nothing [...]

Short and Sweet: Daily News Round Up

Gassy Breaking News: The air still sucks in Beijing.
Protesty Breaking News: Cyclists backpedal, apologize.
Dopey Breaking News: The Russians are still cheating.

Politico Breaking News: When it comes to raising money, Obama’s just like the rest.
Fiscally Sound News: McCain likes fiscal conservative superstar David Walker.
Overexposed Breaking News: People are sick and tired of hearing about youknowwho.
Iraqi Breaking [...]

Breakfast bites: morning news roundup

And now…make-up sex: After 140 years of sleeping on the couch in Black America, the House of Representatives has issued a formal apology for “the institution of slavery, and the subsequent Jim Crow laws that for years discriminated against blacks as second-class citizens in American society,” NPR reports.  As the Washington Post points out, though, [...]