Politics, Politicians, Elections, and Electoral Mayhem

• Lapdog no more?
• Ruh-roh. Hard times a comin’ for Gucci Gulch
• Like Jeter and A-Rod, things have cooled down for Obama and the Hillster. I guess that means no more sleepovers for them either.
• An interview with Bill Richardson
• Dog chases cat. Republican picks on Democrat. Red Sox fan mocks Yankees fan.
• Oh my, Hillary’s taking some shots for her lobbying stance
• Now these are always fun… a 2008 competitive House race chart!
• A shift in public sentiment towards the war?
• Who woulda thunk, they still don’t act civilized
• Republican debate reactions from RedState
• Is Thompson’s Watergate work a tad tainted?
• Oh, and in case you haven’t seen this yet… Indecision 2008 is online!

Sport, in all its glory and wonderfulness

• This is why minor league baseball is the best
• Interesting. A regional breakdown of baseball allegiances

Stuff for nerds and environmentalists like me

• Woohoo! Renewable energy rules! Fossil fuel drools! Eat that, you knuckle-dragging, coal munchers
  • More from the LA Times on this good energy legislation
  • A little breakdown of the green jobs provision from Grist
• Bush to UN: I wanna hold my own climate talks!!!
• The old outpost makes a comeback?
• Fat doesn’t kill people. People kill people.
• The development of a societal work ethic?… Or perhaps the evolution of a society?
• Would this be called global warming sticker shock?
• Think globally, eat locally
• A great review of Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Plastic = baaad
• Heidi Cullen rocks

Stuff for dorks and pop-culture addicts (not so much like me)

• Pattie Boyd tells us her side of the Clapton-Harrison love triangle
• Top ten high school movies… according to WaPo’s blog
• Paul Allen distancing himself from DreamWorks

Miscellaneous… or just plain weird

• Hitler liked Jew… ish music
• Awww, poor wittle Bob Novak doesn’t get to talk to the Pwesident anymore
• Green appliances, as good as advertised?
• It appears Slate has begun to spy on 17 year olds…
• Want to raise your ratings? Bang the Mayor.
• Umm, competitive birthing?
• Goodbye Weekly World News, we shall miss you and your half-man, half-bat, half-leprechaun