A Joe Biden Moment

Take it away, Senator McCaskill....

Of Biden, McCaskill said, he “has a tendency to talk forever and sometimes say things that are kind of stupid.”

Asked to elaborate on fears she has about Biden’s penchant for gaffes, McCaskill tried to put the best light on her remarks.

“He a regular guy and … he doesn’t parse his words and he’s not hyper-careful,” she said. “He’s very authentic,” McCaskill added, before seeming to regret her own candor. “I was probably having a Joe Biden moment myself,” she said of her initial remarks.

The Best Temping Gig in History

So true...

Sleeping With the Fishes

Exhibit A in how to kill your career before it even took off:

Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is threatening to axe scenes starring actor Tyler Nelson in the upcoming Indiana Jones movie after he leaked the plot line to an Oklahoma newspaper. Upcoming star Nelson, 24, was so excited about landing a role alongside Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, he revealed the plot and every major scene to local paper, the Edmond Sun. And now Spielberg is considering cutting all scenes featuring Nelson from the film following his betrayal. A spokesman for Spielberg says, "Who knows if he's ever going to work in town again?" The new Indiana Jones movie has been shrouded in secrecy since filming began earlier this year. The title of the sequel was only made public by actor Shia LaBeouf at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas on September 9.

I Love the Way You Put Me in the Big House

From TMZ.com:

Paris Ordered to Serve 45 Days in Jail

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in L.A. County jail for violating her probation in a reckless driving case. Judge Michael T. Sauer handed down the harsh sentence, telling Paris she will not be allowed work release, furloughs, use of an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail. She must do the time!

The next season of the Simple Life, perhaps? Nicole Richie needs to get busted on some charge and get thrown in jail to be Paris's cellmate.

Sad Kermit

This is funny for all the wrong reasons - Kermit the Frog covering Nine Inch Nails.



More covers (audio only) including Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, and Nine Inch Nails available here.

Quotable

Matt Stoller at MyDD has one of the funniest and most memorable quotes about a political campaign that I've seen this side of Hunter Thompson's "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72." His post-debate analysis is skewed in favor of Lamont, but this line is too good to not quote.

It's not that Lamont has overperformed, or that Joe has melted down, it's that Connecticut Election 2006 has gone off the deep end. It's not your normal white picket fence suburban election, with attack ad facing attack ad. No, this is more like a white picket fence election that suddenly gets bored with life and decides to live in the forest, take a bunch of LSD, trout-fish naked, and taunt a bear cub before ending its life suddenly and with total and inexplicable resolution on November 7.

The International Community Forcing Kim Jong Il to Go Cold Turkey?

This from the New York Post:

KOOKY KOREAN TO LOSE BOOZE
U.S.: CUT OFF KIM'S HOOCH

October 10, 2006 -- The United States moved quickly yesterday to seek tough U.N. sanctions against North Korea - including an export ban that would cut off alcohol-guzzling Kim Jong Il's flow of his beloved top-shelf booze.

The U.S. plan for hard-hitting sanctions against the rogue communist nation came as world leaders joined the international outcry against Kim's underground test Sunday night of a nuclear weapon.

The Bush administration urged the United Nations to take urgent steps, including:

* Banning sales of military hardware to North Korea,

* Inspecting all cargo entering or leaving the country, and

* Freezing assets connected with its weapons programs.

But it was a ban on countries exporting "luxury" items to North Korea that would hit Kim the hardest - right in his prodigious liquor cabinet, stocked with the world's best libations.

The often-drunk Pyongyang dictator is known for his huge consumption of pricey French wines, Johnnie Walker scotch and the finest cognac.

He is said to spend an astounding $650,000 a year just for Hennessy cognac, and the basement of his official residence is a wine cellar with nearly 10,000 bottles of one of France's most famous exports. And those foreigners who have spent time with Kim say his thirst is never sated. Reaction to Kim's boast of a successful nuclear test was swift at the U.N. Security Council.

How come they didn't show this in Team America?

Supporting the Troops

Captain's Quarters points out the photo on this section of the DNC's website:



The problem? The soldier is Canadian.

Mea Culpa

The real culprit responsible for the Mark Foley scandal 'fesses up and takes responsibility.

A Fun Thing to Do

I've been out of town the past few days so I have not been able to get my regular dose of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

Stephen Colbert took the morning shows out to the woodshed and proceeded to systematically tear them apart using sarcasm alone over their handling of his "interview" with Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Florida).

Moral of the story: Did everyone forget Colbert's skewering of President Bush at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner earlier this year? If you mess with this man, you do so at your own peril, and it won't be pretty.

Career Retrospective

The Onion takes us through the highlights of Dan Rather's career at CBS.

Wrong Number

From Editor and Publisher:

'Wash Post' Error: Ran Sex Phone Number for Lebanon Evacuees

By E&P Staff

Published: July 21, 2006 12:25 AM ET

NEW YORK The Washington Post ran an article Thursday that included a phone number for evacuees in Lebanon to call -- but it turned out to be a number for a sex line.

The paper corrected it online but the number already appeared in print on A19.

The Web site Wonkette first reported it. A staffer called the "800" and got, the site said, this message: “Feeling horny? Try these red hot lines from National. Live hot fun at just 69 cents per minute.”

The lesson, it said: "Americans seeking information about evacuations of US citizens in Lebanon should just relax, man."

Oops, Is This Thing On?

Screenshot from CNN, image from ThinkProgress.

President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had a rather interesting and candid exchange over how to resolve the current escalation of violence in the Middle East. Unfortunately for them, it appears that they didn't know they were on camera or that the microphone nearby was on and was picking up every word.

Take a look.

Sky News has a full transcript of the conversation.

Selective Editing

The guys who put together the hilarious Brokeback to the Future parody trailer have decided to take a stab at the new X-Men movie.

Take a look.