Hip Hop Hurray

Rosa DeLauro is a Fucking Hipster has officially made my life better.

Oh For Cute

Caption: President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own.

Picture, Meet Lead

CNN has an article up on Saskatchewan's status as a jobs "hot spot".

Normally, "hot spot" isn't the first phrase that comes to mind when talking about Saskatchewan. But with most of Canada suffering from devastating job losses, this cold province is becoming exactly that. Premier Brad Wall encourages people not to count out a move to the area based on stereotypes that it is "only winter here," and "all of the land is just rolling hills." full story

If Mr. Wall is hoping the stereotype that his province is an isolated arctic outpost would be dispelled by this article, he probably was hoping for a different picture to go along with it:

Fun? Yes. Height of civilization? Not quite.

What's This Picture Worth?

This is the picture CNN has been using as its stock "Norm Coleman/Al Franken" piece. I like it, because it's spectacularly unflattering to both, yet entirely accurate. Coleman comes off as a slick loud-mouth jerk, which he essentially is. And Franken comes off as a know-it-all nerd with poor social skills, which is likewise pretty much true.

Score one for journalistic accuracy.

Beware the Thin-Headed Man

The doyen of the Virginia political establishment, Senator John Warner (R-VA) is set to announce his re-election plans on Friday.

The picture along with the article makes him look like the thinnest-headed man I've ever seen. In fact, I thought it might be distorted--but I assumed I was just being paranoid. But if you actually look at the original picture...I was right! It was cropped to make him look ridiculous! The liberal media strikes again, making Republicans look ugly and alien! Somebody, quick, write 22,000 words on it! That'll show CNN what's what!