News 7/14/10

(Today in shoes: The Oxford. Photo courtesy of A Suitable Wardrobe.)

• God damned federal appeals panel strikes down f*cking FCC ban on foul language.

• Bristol Palin and Levi Johnson announce their plans to belly up to the hitchin' post.  Aren't straight people adorable?

• Ahead of mid - term elections, Democrats suggest Obama criticize the GOP, rather than "Washington culture," in light of grumpy public. (The Democrats ARE Washington culture you see.)

• Tea Partiers "traumatized" by NAACP condemnation of Tea Party racism and bigotry.

• Self - righteous, hate - filled gasbag indignant that due process and equal protection apply to gays. I won't link to Maggie Gallagher's whiny, scuzzy essay. If you really want to read the thing go to "Human Events" online and search under her name. You'll be sorry.

News 7/12/10

(Today in shoes: The Kitten Heel. Photo by Bret L.)

• Go arthropods! Octopus accurately predicts World Cup winners. (via Joe My God.)

• High speed boat race in the Bahamas nabs "barefoot bandit." Law enforcement ponders who will play suspect in movie.

• US fails to provide vital information to Swiss. Roman Polanski free to make more bad films.

• Possible losses in US House of Representatives signal worries for Democrats' continued strategy of bold caution.

• Capehart applauds Massachusetts DOMA ruling, still concerned about prop 8 case.

News 6/10/10

(Lady Bird Johnson circa 1962. That's a hairdo.)

All Bow To The Princess. Princess Sparkle Pony marks the opening salvo in the California hairdo electoral battle. Peteykins quotes Carly Fiorina's first slap at Senator Barbara Boxer's coif: "God, what is that hair?" Fiorina went on to describe her opponent's do as "sooo yesterday."

Do You Have This In A 14D? World's oldest shoe discovered in Armenia.

Cute! Gay best friends voted prom king and queen in Hudson, New York. (Via Joe My God.)

"That's Odd. The Blood Usually Gets Off At The Third Floor." If the ban on gay men donating blood is lifted, the Williams Institute estimates that an additional 219,000 pints of blood per year would be added to the nation's supply. (I haven't donated blood since 1989. Hello? I'm ready to open a vein for you people!)

Evening News 4/09/10

Oh My God, No! Women risk dreadful injury for modern shoe fashion.

Get Out.  Kyrgyzstan President offered passage out of country.

Huh? Twitter acquires Tweetie. I know those words, but that statement makes no sense to me.

Young at Heart. A couple of old diamond thieves arrested for planning to rob a Chicago bank. At least they're keeping busy.

(Picture of Claudia Cardinal and David Niven from the Blake Edwards film "The Pink Panther" via screenrush.)