Truth (Plus Lies)

(a) China tries to use a tradition started by the Nazis to celebrate their own “harmony”.

(b) The rest of the world takes the opportunity to remind China that their government sucks balls.

(c) China whines.

NAPITALIANO: Hey Sen. Lieberman, you know Barack Obama, is he a Marxist as Bill Kristol says might be the case in today’s New York Times? Is he an elitist like your colleague Hillary Clinton says he is?

LIEBERMAN: Well, you know, I must say that’s a good question. ….

Oh Joe, you’re the king.

via Boing Boing

Keytarist Quits Band

The United States of America: Our worst critics prefer to stay.
via Neatorama

Rising star Shia LaBeouf gave one of his younger fans the cold shoulder at the LAX baggage claim over the weekend. The young fan asked LaBeouf if he was going to do another Even Stevens movie, which got no response from LaBeouf. Then the fan began to shout “Hello?” over and over again until LaBeouf picked up the wrong piece of luggage and ran out of the terminal.

There will be a new Space Invaders game where you control the space invaders.

On Hardball, while remarking on Sen. Barack Obama’s reported request for orange juice after being offered coffee at an Indiana diner, David Shuster asserted: “[I]t’s just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, ‘Here, have some coffee,’ you say, ‘Yes, thank you,’ and, ‘Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?’ You don’t just say, ‘No, I’ll take orange juice,’ and then turn away and start shaking hands.” Host Chris Matthews agreed, “You don’t ask for a substitute on the menu.”

via Cynical-C