Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda

Are You Kidding Me?

Kelloggs won’t renew its deal with Michael Phelps because he took a bong hit?  Are you fucking kidding me?  Does Kelloggs have any fucking idea how many millions of boxes of Sugar Pops and Sugar Smacks (the real names for that shit) stoned people have eaten late at night?  Do they?

Stupid useless fucks.  Fuck them.  I’ll never eat Special K again.

And Tony the Tiger?  He’s nothing to me.

Pardon Me

Pardon me for putting up this photo, but we’ve got a few last minute things to attend to before the country magically transforms into a land of milk and honey and ponies.

Politico has a piece up today predicting 10 pardons the Dear Leader might issue.  I think they’re wrong on several fronts, including the number of pardons, but here it is:

As the clock ticks down on his presidency, George W. Bush has shown few signs he plans to indulge in the frenzy of last-minute pardons that marked Bill Clinton’s final hours in the Oval Office.

But Bush could quickly leap back into the spotlight in the next two days if he issues a blanket pardon immunizing CIA and military interrogators, as well as their bosses, from criminal prosecution over harsh treatment of prisoners from the war on terror.

Plaxico Fall Down, Go Boom

Giants fan Lili prepares for the kickoff, blissfully unaware that her hero is in serious trouble:

The Giants’ dream season was thrown into turmoil Saturday when Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub and linebacker Antonio Pierce tried to hide the gun, police sources said.

Burress is expected to be arrested on felony weapons charges in the coming days, while Pierce’s attorney was in frantic discussions with cops last night to stave off criminal charges, police sources said.

NFL Today just said that, if convicted, Burress faces a mandatory three-and-one-half year sentence. That’s what happens when you fuck with Michael Bloomberg. And, of course, his carry permit is only for Florida and expired last year anyway.

Inspector Specter Investigates

The Iraq War must be brought to a swift conclusion. The economy could use some work. The environment could stand cleaning up. The rest of the world needs to be assured that this criminal administration won’t attack a couple more sovereign nations before next January. And that same criminal administration needs to be investigated - vigorously.

So is Senator Arlen “Magic Bullet” Specter interested in doing any of this?  No.  Instead, he wants to investigate … the New England Patriots.

Thanks Phil

Phil Simms, just now on The NFL Today:

[Quarterback Kellen Clemens] is going to have to make some plays if the Jets are going to win today.

Yes, it's cutting edge commentary like that that keeps me coming back to CBS.