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Plan “A”: VP of USA. Plan “B”: Talk-show host


2008
11.08

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Sarah, light of my life, fire of my loins

Sarah. Light of my life, fire of my loins.

The saga of the Great Alaskan Moose-hunter gets more bizarre: Gov. Sarah Palin has graciously given a brief interview to the Liberal-Socialist-Atheist-Elitist-Pro-choice Beelzebub New York Times where she guns down McCain’s staffers,

saying that their criticism was “cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks.”

“Jerks?” Aww, Sarah, you betcha!

That out of the way, it’s time for her to look forward:

When Ms. Palin was asked by an entertainment reporter if she would consider becoming a talk show host, she said, “I don’t have any idea of what the next chapter of life is going to open up into, and I look forward to just the surprises that life offers.”

Or perhaps “The Foreign Policy Newshour with Sarah Palin” on PBS?

Palin Calls Critics Among McCain Aides “Jerks” (New York Times, 2008-11-07)

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Obama!


2008
11.05

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Courtesy of Deroy Peraza/Hyperakt.com

As of 9:20 p.m. EST (0220 GMT the next day), the BBC projects Obama’s got 175 to McCain’s 76 electoral votes.

The New York Times‘ dashboard reports all the major news networks (NYT, AP, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox) declare Obama as the head runner.

Congratulations to Mr Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States.

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Poor TV Reception


2007
09.04

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Pres. Bush and Mr. Paul Bremer in the Oval Office

Prez and Bremer in better times (White House photo by Tina Hager)

The former US proconsul to Iraq, Mr. Paul Bremer, today forwarded internal government letters to the New York Times contradicting Pres. Bush’s statements that the Prez did not know of the dismantling of the Iraqi military before the action took place.

Besides the shocking lapdog mentality (“As I have moved around, there has been an almost universal expression of thanks to the US and to you [Pres. Bush] in particular for freeing Iraq from Saddam’s tyranny.”), Mr. Bremer’s letters demonstrate the Washington Way of sucking up your superiors:

In the northern town of Mosul yesterday, an old man, under the impression that I was President Bush (he apparently has poor TV reception), rushed up and planted two very wet and hairy kisses on my cheeks. (Such events confirm the wisdom of the ancient custom of sending emissaries to far away lands).

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/04bremer-text1.html

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Font non grata


2006
01.07

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In a sign that no matter is too small to affect international diplomacy, the US State Department has issued an edict banning its longtime standard typeface from all official correspondence and replacing it with a “more modern” font.

In an internal memorandum distributed on Wednesday, the department declared “Courier New 12″ — the font and size decreed for US diplomatic documents for years — to be obsolete and unacceptable after February 1 [2004].

“In response to many requests and with a view to making our written work easier to read, we are moving to a new standard font: ‘Times New Roman 14′,” said the memorandum.

There are only three exceptions to the draconian new typographical rules: telegrams, treaty materials prepared by the State Department’s legal affairs office and documents drawn up for the president’s signature, it said.

The memorandum offered no explanation for the exceptions, leaving foreign service officers to speculate as to whether the White House, US treaty partners and telegram readers are not yet able to handle the change.

― AFP via Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar…


2005
12.31

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Comedy Club D.C. style a.k.a. United States Supreme Court
Comedy club, D.C. style

It’s comedy night at the Supreme Court! According to the New York Times:

Of course, what passes for humor at the Supreme Court would probably not kill at the local comedy club. Consider, for instance, the golden opportunity on Halloween this year when a light bulb in the courtroom’s ceiling exploded during an argument.

It takes two justices, it turns out, to screw up a light bulb joke.

“It’s a trick they play on new chief justices all the time,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who joined the court that month, said of the explosion.

“[Laughter.]”

“Happy Halloween,” Justice Scalia retorted.

“[Laughter.]”

And then, the kicker. “We’re even more in the dark now than before,” Chief Justice Roberts said.

“[Laughter.]”

On the other hand, in a January argument in a statute-of-limitations case, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy made an amusing observation about the absurdity of modern life.

“Recently I lost my luggage,” Justice Kennedy said. “I had to go to the lost and found at the airline, and the lady said has my plane landed yet.”

“[Laughter.]“

For more side-splitting mirth, visit the one and only argument transcripts repository of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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