The Obama B-Ball Mixtape

Ballin' Barry Obama, thanks to the creativity of sab015, now has his own mashup video of his many basketball skillz. It's real dope.



H/T: The On Deck Circle

It's Danica Patrick Day!

Did you stock up on your Peak anti-freeze?



The ever-so-thoughful Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich says that today is "Danica Patrick Day" in the state. Blagojevich also called her "a new hero in Illinois." That's good, because the last heroes we had left because of the lack of available medical care and the crumbling educational system.

The governor also said in Friday's proclamation that he was honoring Patrick for her "sparkling achievements."

He does know she only won one race, right? By the way, Graham Rahal also won his first IndyCar race this year and he was only 19 years and 93 days old when he won (a record), but he isn't a woman. Which win is more impressive?

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Playboy and wrestling want you to vote!

I know when I think of the electoral process the first two things that come to mind are Playboy and pro wrestling. Turns out maybe they should be, since they are actually two groups in this mess of a political race that are trying to do something good.

NewsCorp's flagship Broadband Television Network program, The Heyman Hustle visited Playboy's Rock The Rabbit party in New York City, as host/producer Paul Heyman interviews former Miss November Lindsey Vuolo and legendary UK rock n roll photographer Mick Rock, who personally designed the new campaign in conjunction with the Rock The Vote movement.

That's right, Paul Heyman, the mastermind behind ECW (the good ECW, not the watered down crap that Vince McMahon is feeding us), and a smokin' hot Playmate are out trying to get the youth of America to vote. Now could a girl that looks like this really get a person to vote?



Okay, silly question. She could get me to do a lot of things.

The party highlight was Vuolo, who travels across the United States with Playboy, promoting youth involvement in the electoral process. "It's so important to be involved, now more than ever," the Rock The Rabbit's gorgeous spokesmodel told The Sun, "Especially with so many issues facing the world today."

Yes, this is all so true. From the mouths of Playmates...

Below are some more pics of the true voice of reason in today's wack world, plus there's a slideshow and video of Vuolo here.



If that doesn't inspire you to vote, you're a lost cause, bud.

John McCain has hired a top-notch POA to herd his interns

According to Politico, Miss South Carolina 2007, Ashley Zais, has come on board Team McCain. She will serve as McCain's intern coordinator at his campaign headquarters. She will be in charge of his "interns", huh? Yeah, baby... Meghan McCain and Ashley Zais on the same ticket? I know who I am voting for. What, they're not actually the candidates? Who's running this circus anyway?



Politico also makes sure that we know that this Miss South Carolina is not the same chick as the one who displayed her massive intelligence awhile back in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Yeah, we mean you, Caitlin Upton.

The coolest politician evar

Sue Myrick, representative for the Charlotte/Gastonia 9th District in the United States House of Representatives, is awesome. In this video she congratulates wrestling legend Ric Flair on his recent induction into the WWE Wrestling Hall of Fame, which is very cool, but the killer is that she topped it off with a "WOOOOOOOO!"



H/T: The Sporting Blog

The Clinton Cackle is Wiccan

When Hillary Clinton isn't fucking Obama, she is laughing the laugh of the ancient women of Salem. Ladies and gentlemen... The Hillary Clinton Cackle Compilation.



As an encore The Pantsuit Mannequin plans to build a house made entirely of gumdrops and gingerbread to try to lure children into her oven. That is, if she's still sober enough.

H/T: Unibrow

Enimem singing at Nelson Mandela's b-day party... wait, what?

Black girls only want your money cause they’re dumb chicks/never date a black girl/they only want your money/and that ain’t funny.

Black girls and white girls don’t mix/black girls are dumb and white girls are good chicks.

Those are the lyrics to an unreleased Eminem song that caused a wee bit of controversy a while back. So it makes perfect sense that Nelson Mandela would want to get down with Slim Shady at his 90th birthday party this summer.

In case you forgot, since Em has been "retired" for a couple of years now, he has also "been involved in several brushes with the law and has been repeatedly slammed for his homophobic, misogynist and violent lyrics."

Oh well, as The Sun's insider puts it...

I know Eminem’s lyrics are always at the centre of controversy but people forget he did actually sing with Elton John at the Grammys.

He also publicly apologised for the offence caused by racist lyrics.

So I guess all's good then! What was I worried about? Pffft.

Hillary Clinton is f-cking Obama

I think the title pretty much speaks for itself.



Barry is gonna have nightmares about this. I'm gonna have them just thinking about it myself.

Happy Opening Day!

Yeah, we know it's not really Opening Day thanks to the asshattery that is Bud Selig, but it is to us. Hopefully your day is better than George W. Bush's was yesterday as he received a less than warm reception from the crowd at the Nats game.



They're not saying Buuuuuuuuuuu-sh, either.

Interlude: Why me?!

SKATING: Gunshots at Tonya Harding home investigated
MLB: Giants repeat "no" to Bonds, remove his images
MLB: Ex-Yankee Leyritz sued for wrongful death in crash
MLB: Canseco: I introduced A-Rod to steroid distributor
BOXING: Mayweather aims to break WWE PPV record
NBA: Michael Jordan jersey still NBA's best seller
CBB: K-State coach expects Beasley to go pro
NFL: NFL season will start early to accomodate McCain speech
NFL: Pacman swears off strip clubs ... for next 3-4 years
CFB: Gamecocks QB Garcia suspended until August

Ashley Alexandra Dupre's Girls Gone Wild video

After offering Ashley Alexandra Dupre a cool million to appear in his new Girls Gone Wild magazine, GGW owner/founder Joe Francis decided to rescind the offer once one of his staffers discovered that the company had video of the NY Guv's hooker on tape from a week she spent on the GGW bus back in 2003. Problem is, if the tape was shot then, according to Dupre's lawyer, she would have been 17. Francis says that under Florida law (of which he is well-versed) if she signed a consent and there was no sex, he did not doing anything illegal. However, he has already said that of the seven tapes he shot of Miss Dupre, several included same-sex scenes, which by my estimation means he broke the very law that he is trying to hide behind.

Joe better hope he didn't do anything illegal or his ass is going to be back in jail for something that no one would have known about had he not been so quick to try capitalize on the 15 minutes of Miss Dupre.

I'm curious as to my readers thoughts here. Is Joe Francis a scumbag douche, or is he a hero entrepreneur? Tell me your thoughts and I'll tell you mine...

I'll play, but only if I can win a date with Meghan

"The fall of American civilization is near" was my first thought when I ran into this over at Hugging Harold Reynolds. Presidential candidates participating in online March Madness pools? Isn't that promoting the horrible illegal activity known as gambling in some perverse way? Meh...



"Win Great McCain 2008 Prizes"? The only thing about John McCain I want to win is his daughter.

I filled out a bracket anyway (hello, junk mail!!), just to see if I am smarter than the average McCain supporter. Portland State is looking good this year, right?

Interlude: The Olympic Spirit

As a part of our effort to keep you in the know, every so often throughout the day, we'll drop some knowledge on you about the world, mostly sports, but we'll mix in some other stuff when appropriate.

OLYMPICS: Chinese crackdown leaves 30 dead
SOCCER: Lightning strikes player in mid-match
MLB: Dodgers, Padres tie in first MLB game in China
MMA: Cro Cop wins as DREAM debuts
SKIING: Bode's personal staff resigns
NBA: Sonics, Oklahoma City reach deal on arena
NBA: Gasol injured, will miss at least three games
NBA: Raptors sue Spanish Basketball Federation over Garbajosa
CFB: Colorado LB arrested for assault
NHL: Pronger suspended for eight games
CELEB: DMX doesn't know who Barack Obama is

Checking in on the campaign trail with Meghan McCain

Regardless of your political preferences there is no arguing the value of having Meghan McCain involved in the process. Since I think basically all the candidates suck, I am rooting for McCain so that we can continue the ongoing fun of seeing into his beer drinking, tattooed, oh-so-public-friendly daughter's life and more importantly seeing pics of her hotness on her blog.



She also does videos...


We really need her in the White House, folks.



Check out a previous Meghan post.

Doesn't Arlen Specter have more important duties?

Last week Senator Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, made news when he said he wanted to know why the six videotapes the Patriots turned over to the league were destroyed. He is even going so far as to have a meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

This week, the politician with apparently nothing to do, introduced a bill that would allow houses of worship to show football games on big-screen televisions.

Is this what our founding fathers had in mind when they set up our government? Is this what the people who elected him sent him to Washington to do? How does this man have a job?

Here's his defense: "The legislation simply provides churches with a limited yet justifiable exemption to allow them to bring their congregation together to watch the Super Bowl," Specter, R-Pa., said when he introduced the legislation Monday. "In a time when our country is divided by war and anxious about a fluctuating economy, these types of events give people a reason to come together in the spirit of camaraderie."

Yes, because Jesus loves football. Specter has already begun raising money for his 2010 re-election campaign. Let's hope the people of Pennsylvania vote in 2010 for someone who can find better things to do with his time than worry about what a sports league is doing.

Times | Tribune-Review

Interlude: Testify!

As a part of our effort to keep you in the know, every so often throughout the day, we'll drop some knowledge on you about the world, mostly sports, but we'll mix in some other stuff when appropriate.

MLB: Clemens testifies in probe of drugs in baseball
CFB: Top recruit Terrelle Pryor leaning toward OSU
GOLF: AT&T: Practice rounds begin; Brady, Belichick not coming
NFL: Plaxico misses parade, makes rally
NFL: Patriots player Willie Andrews busted for pot
CFB: New NCAA rule aimed at Bama's Saban?
NFL: Nevada sports books lose record $2.6M on Super Bowl
NFL: Sources: 'Hawks tab Mora as next head coach
MLB: Card shows Rudy Giuliani celebrating with Red Sox
NBA: O'Neal headed to Phoenix to complete deal
NFL: Packers sign McCarthy to 5-year deal
NBA: Larry Brown wants to coach again, but not with Sixers

Vote for John McCain!

Not because we care about his politics, but because we want to see more of his daughter. Can you imagine four years of seeing her sweet ass on the tube all the time? We can. Right now I am imagining her being on lots of things, including the “tube”.

Seriously, what do they put in the water in Arizona, anyway?

McCain Blogette

And thanks to “the brain is the sexiest organ” tipster Gary for the heads-up.