Historic Olympics

Pretty amazing, huh? The 29th Olympics will be remembered as unique. I'm referring, of course, to the Most Obvious and Distracting Toupée Ever at the Olympic Games. And I'm giving the games this title as one who has seen, and remembers, Howard Cosell. Howard's toupée made you want to call your dog, just to check that he wasn't somehow involved. But Bob Costas has got Howard beat. Hands down, a walk-off toupée.

Why She Fights

Why is Nancy Pelosi being a jerk about drilling even when she knows she's thwarting the wishes of the American people, as well as hurting her party? I think it's images like this one. Victory in Iraq is bad news for Nancy. She's suffered one setback after another and she's desperately clinging to the remnants of a failed Democrat world view.

(clickabiggen) photo via US Army Images

DNA Disproves Foot Dimensions

What a surprise, the Bigfoot was a hoax:

Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence.

Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a container resembling a refrigerator.

And I was so sure this was the one.

Tink in Chains

".....if all of you clap your hands real hard to show that
you do believe in fairies, maybe she won’t die.”

Protesters dressed as Tinker Bell and Minnie Mouse wait to be taken away after being arrested by police officers during a demonstration against Disney's treatment of hotel workers..

The joke, of course, is on Mickey. These are just a bunch of guys in Anaheim Police costumes.

Highlight of the show? Arraignment.

Woo-Hoo

So US gymnast Nastia Liukin got the gold. Pretty impressive. And with minimal crying too; which is good because I understand that whenever tears hit the floor in these Olympics, Michael Phelps would dive in and win another gold medal. (Also it was rumored that the court dryer-offers in the men's volleyball competition had to keep chasing him away from the sweat with their mops)

By the Way

This award just lost some of its prestige:


Put that on the shelf next to Al Gore's Carbon Neutral Certificate.

The Eyes Have It

So that's 15 players and, what, 3 or 4 coaches, and not one of them thought this might not be a great idea? Course, they are European, so maybe there's some nuance here my clumsy American brain just can't see.

h/t: ¡No Pasaran!

Euphonious

Stop what you're doing, and dance:

AP is Disgusting

The despicable AP writes:

WASHINGTON - John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

The payments raise ethical questions about the intersection of Randy Scheunemann's personal financial interests and his advice to the Republican presidential candidate who is seizing on Russian aggression in Georgia as a campaign issue.

Yeah, this would be fine with John McCain if it weren't for money. Morons.

photo: Boston.com

Sure Glad That's Over

It looks like I may have underestimated Barack Obama. He reportedly has forced Putin to back down by gripping his hand and threatening to hold the staring-off-into-space-dreamily pose until the prime minister agreed to withdraw from Georgia.

"Dammit Vladimir, I'm prepared to do this all day. Your troops will not make it to Atlanta!"