“John and Cindy McCain buy houses like you and I buy umbrellas. They buy them, they set them down, and they forget where they are.”

- Eugene Robinson - Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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The UK’s Guardian Blog has put together a hilarious LOLBush compilation based around our commander in chief’s exploits at the Olympics.  A personal favorite:

(via Ben; Via Guardian)

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TPMtv has put together a great compilation of John McCain’s gaffes, awkward pauses, crappy catch phrases and foreign policy misunderstandings, highlighting what Fox News Managing Editor Brit Hume calls Mccain’s “senior moments.” Is this man fit to lead?

(Take particularly note of McCain’s reference to Vladimir Putin, President of Germany — First off, it’s Russia, not Germany, and he’s no longer the president- he’s now the Prime Minister! And also, Czechoslovakia hasn’t been a country for more than 15 years!)

(via Eliot, via Talking Points Memo)

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The newest addition to John McCain’s crusade to convince even the reddest of Republicans to vote for Barack Obama: losing to Paris Hilton in a battle of wits.

McCain’s new ad comparing Barack Obama to celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears:



And Paris Hilton (I hate to say this) brilliantly retaliates via Funny or Die:

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Russ Kick - Disinformation author and publisher of The Memory Hole - requested 400+ forms used by the National Security Agency, via the Freedom of Information Act. Most of these have never been seen outside of the agency.

(via Disinformation)

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To those of you that haven’t heard, last week John McCain initiated another, somewhat questionable fundraising strategy. McCain sent all of his supporters a $1 bill in the mail along with almost laughable plea for money, asking the people he spams with falsehoods about his rival to “return this dollar with a hundred more of [their] own for a total contribution of $101.”

First of all, Yeah right– I’m keeping that dollar if you send it to me. Secondly, we here at Blogadilla feel that McCain is more deserving of a bill of a different amount:

(image components borrowed from via noveltywholesaler; thewashingtonnote)

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For one state in the dirty south, today is election day. This year I decided to get involved with rocking the vote and all that nonsense, and so I volunteered at a local voter rights organization. One of my duties involved calling registered voter to inform them of their voting location, and on my umpteenth call, I reached the voicemail of a 70s era pimp, named Rocky Knight. Here’s what pimps have to say on their voicemail:

 

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You have reached the home of the Rocky Knight, the Rocky Knight is not available at this time. However, if you are close to the Rocky Knight, you know his cell phone number – use it at this time. Secondly, if you are calling to borrow money, to ask about money, or to look for money, don’t call the cell number. If you owe me money and wish to pay me my money, call the cell number. And, have a nice day!

I pity the fool…. who owes Rocky Knight money.

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If you were one of the many who was outraged at the New Yorker for their recent cover with Barack and Michelle Obama, check out David Horsey’s spoof McCain National Review cover.  The sad thing, though, is that the stuff about McCain is actually true and not just satire like with the Obamas!

(Thanks for the heads up, Eliot!)

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Guess who’s not going to be vice president? That’s right– South Carolina governor, Mark Sanford. The state of South Carolina should be oh-so proud, with Sanford doing his best Lauren Caitlin Upton impression. Kudos to Keith Olbermann’s Countdown for this brilliant mashup.

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This is Troy.
He is 39 years old.
His wife’s name is Paige.
They have three kids.
They live in Alabama.
Troy is a Republican Attorney General.
Troy has been very outspoken against homosexuality.
Paige recently caught Troy having sex with his male assistant in their bedroom.

Way to live the stereotype, Troy.

(via Susan, de la Wonkette)

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First American president George Washington has a phallic national monument, a post, a state, a Sweat-Hog, and a Denzel named after him.

Current president George W. Bush may soon receive an equally appropriate honor:

The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is proposing a vote for this November’s ballot - to rename San Francisco’s “Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant” the “George W. Bush Sewage Plant.”

God Bless America.

NYTimes Article

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Though China has five Olympic mascots (”The Fuwa”), several others never made it past the drawing board.

A Blogadilla exclusive: rejected Chinese Olympic mascots.

Maomao - Lil’ Mao Zedong.

Melmel - The Melamine Cat.

I take pleasure in knowing that I’d be shot for doing this if I lived in China.

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The pattern of recent disasters in China has had many superstitious people concerned about the Olympic Mascots (the Fuwa) - claiming that each of the five reflects/predicts a particular disaster. According to Reuters, Chinese censors have made efforts to remove posts about the Fuwa superstitions, struggling to keep the air of the upcoming Olympics at a rosy-fresh note.

Recently, the fifth and final Fuwa prophecy has been supposedly fulfilled.

Huanhuan - The Olympic Flame - (“The Bearer of Incendiary Strife”) Starting in March 2008, this Olympic Torch Relay may go down in history as one of the most protested and problematic.

Jingjing - The Giant Panda - (“The Lord of Angry Earth”) The panda patron of Sichuan Province has been associated with the disastrous 7.9 May 12th earthquake that occurred there, which left 69,000 dead and over a million stranded or homeless. The epicenter of the earthquake was near the Wulong Panda Research Center.

Yíngying - The Tibetan Antelope - (“The Creature of Righteous Unrest”) On March 10, 2008 - the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising Day - demonstrations began in China. By March 14th, destructive riots ensued in several regions of China.

Nini - The Swallow/Shayan Kite - (“The Bearer of Unfortunate Wind”) April 28, China Railway Train T195 crashed near the city of Zibo in Shandong Province, killing 72 people and injuring more than 420. The nearby city of Weifang has had a long association with Shayan kites.

Bèibei - The Chinese Sturgeon - (“The Bringer of Torrent and Flood”) Over the last month, flooding in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan Provinces has displaced thousands of people and over 1,000 people are missing or dead.

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I found this shirt the other day in my great grandpa’s attic and licensed it to BustedTees … Now it can be yours for just $13!

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In the 7th century BC, Sappho - poet and resident of the Greek island of Lesbos - wrote of her great love of women, and thus the term “lesbian” was born.

As well as the ancient Greek sport of hot girl-on-girl pillowfighting.

The 100,000 current residents of the island of Lesbos are now taking it back - citing that the use of “lesbian” to denote female homosexuality violates their human rights, as the “original Lesbians.”

There’s a bad “Who’s on First” comedy dialogue waiting to be written about this - it starts with “Where are you from?”

BBC News article

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Vintage footage of professional jackass Bill O’Reilly having a conniption fit (during the shooting of an episode of “Inside Edition”) has made its way around the interwebs in recent weeks.

Honestly, I would be more surprised to see footage of him not acting like a d!ck.

Behold the brilliant Barely Political “unseen footage” edit of the O’Reilly pants-pooping:

(via Mary, via Brave New Films)

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Here we see MSNBC moonlighting as Captain Obvious. I know they’ve been trying, but get with it, mainstream media! How is this “breaking news” ??

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From SNL:

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It looks like General Zod may give the other presidential candidates a run for their money.

“Kneel before Zod, son of Jor-el!!!

link: Vote for Zod 2008

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“I always say, ‘Come to America, go to community college and marry a Kennedy.’ It’s all very simple.”

- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

(via Susan)

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