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January 06, 2009
5:23
Middle Eastern Shoe Art Renaissance™ Spreads to the Philippines
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Protesters display a huge shoe effigy prior to hurling it at the Israeli Embassy at Manila's financial district of Makati city on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009 in continuing protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza. Protesters condemned both Israel and the United States for the alleged 'brutal and bloody all-out military invasion of Gaza' and urge the United Nations to sanction Israel for bombings. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

It's barely 6AM and already a banner day for the MESAR. This event, obviously, reminds one again of Claes Oldenberg, but this coordinated absurdist street activity is unmistakably patterned more after the work of Oldenberg's cohort, Happenings conductor Allen Kaprow. And, thus, another obscure movement is revived by the crafty shoe artists.

Here they are hurling their creation:
January 05, 2009
17:57
Middle Eastern Shoe Art Renaissance™ MEGAPOST!!
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OMG, this is just totally my fave story of the year so far. The fabulous MESAR™ movement is gaining both complexity and geographical distribution. Starting with today and working backwards, let's go to Ramallah:

A Palestinian demonstrator displays a shoe on a banner showing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, during a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children and six other civilians, as they consolidated a bruising land offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Quite nice! We've gotten used to mainly seeing contemporary inspirations upon the new shoe artists, so it's refreshing to see such a quaintly archaizing form, almost like an Early Netherlandish diptych. Ah, but our tour is just starting. Next up, Tehran, where we find this kinda Lichtenstein-meets-Rauschenberg creation:

January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN)

And next, we're on to Barcelona, where a sizable shoe art happening...um... happened yesterday. I really love the Arte Povera-like minimalism in the Spanish shoe artwork:

REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino(SPAIN)

I swear, if you just covered that whole thing in white plaster, people would think it was a real Paolini.

Here's where the whole thing gets freaky. Remember about how Bill "Papa Bear" Richardson was going to be secretary of commerce and everything until he wasn't? And they said it was because of some grand jury thingee or something? Well, the real reason is that he was photographed at a violent shoe art demonstration in Australia (Australia!) on Sunday. I hope it was worth it, Bill:

(AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australia! The Middle Eastern Shoe Art Renaissance has become the Global Shoe Art Renaissance, and isn't it thrilling! And the best thing about it is that the movement is so adaptable. In some far-off lands, Bosnia for instance, they've charmingly tailored shoe art to meet their own needs, as in this case where local rulers were substituted for George Bush in a rousing public loafer-toss:

(AFP/Elvis Barukcic)

And as happens when anything anywhere gets trendy, eventually the Brits will find out about it:

A demonstrator throws a shoe near the Downing Street residence of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza at Trafalgar Square in London January 3, 2009. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

And naturally, if it's worth doing in London, it's worth overdoing:

(Reuters)

God, so totally fun! Where will shoe art erupt next?
January 04, 2009
8:42
Sparkle Pony 2008 Review Part Four
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October was pretty much a month made for PSP as torrents of "news" about hairdos, shoes and fashions simply fell into my waiting lap. At first I resisted, but then threw up my hooves, surrendered to its siren-like call and went ahead and posted 129 items (!) about the stupidest month in American political history. Some highlights:
- 10-01: Sarah already creating jobs as Craigslist reveals casting call for Palin porn.
- 10-01: I tried to warn Al Franken about the dangers of adorable puppies.
- 10-02: We all swooned at the fabulous, Gumby-like first lady of Qatar.
- 10-03: We noticed that Jeff Gannon had disappeared from the internets.
- 10-07: Bulgaria unveiled a lolling, horrific, grimacing Condigiant.
- 10-10: I declared a new national holiday to absolve myself of all wrongdoings.
- 10-12: I found disturbing connections between the McCain campaign and I Dream of Jeannie.
- 10-13: Palin porn debuts, nation feels uncomfortable, awkward.
- 10-15: News of Palin's shoe shopping and pictures of her shoes pretty much dominated the entire month.
- 10-16: Some debate happened, and McCain debuted his exciting "grotesque tongue monster" persona. A star was born.
- 10-17: I broke character and had a little tizzy fit, and then Free Republic laughed and pointed at me, and then they ran away.
- 10-20: Still obsessed with Cindy.
- 10-21: The entire world realized the whole election was mostly about Sarah Palin's wardrobe.
- 10-23: I confronted my own elitism and sampled questionable pork products.
- 10-28: Yes, yes, but what about the male candidates' hairdos?
- 10-29: Peruvian shamans call the race for Obama, election officially over:
NOVEMBER:
- 11-04: I was so excited by the outcome of the election –that Jean Schmidt had been reelected– that I could hardly contain myself.
- 11-05: We pondered the deep, philosophical questions posed by Piper Palin's fake LV bag.
- 11-06: We remembered Condi was still around, looked her way, got bored.
- 11-06: We bid a tearful farewell to Cindy McCain, ogled her in her bathrobe.
- 11-11: For one night only, Condi became queen of the Glamour Universe.
- 11-13: I was relieved to realize that Sarah Palin will always, always be hilarious and stupid.
- 11-17: We all hopped on the Papa Bear Bandwagon.
- 11-18: I thought about how pretty a burning cross on my front lawn would look for Christmas.
- 11-20: We took a quick Ursula Break, not realizing that such pleasures would be short-lived.
- 11-23: And then she was gone.
- 11-24: We consoled ourselves in New York City's high-concept advershitters.
- 11-25: We consoled ourselves further when we realized that at least we get to keep adorable, teensy-weensy Robert Gates:
DECEMBER:
12-01: Condi got to meet the Queen! In her bathrobe!
12-03: Beard-killer Obama pretended to miss Bill's.
12-07: I optimistically introduced the soon-to-be-mothballed Bill Richardson Facial Hair Alert System.
12-08: I worried about false idols.
12-10: NPR asked Condi if she were sick of "blogs that follow your hairstyles and shoes."
12-11: We fell in love with Blago's hair.
12-12: CNN fell in love with PSP falling in love with Blago's hair.
12-14: Middle Eastern Shoe Art Renaissance got off to a flying start.
12-17: We briefly considered Sarah Palin gift baskets for all our friends.
12-22: We contemplated theft.

All in all, it was a fantastically stupid year, one uniquely suited to the focus of this blog. This new year provides much upon which to speculate: will the Middle Eastern Shoe Renaissance grow in sophistication and influence? Will Condi really not become "arm chair SoS" on the Sunday shows like she promised? Will Ursula Plassnik remain out of the public eye? Will Papa Bear Richardson get his groove back?

Stay tuned!
January 01, 2009
21:07
Sparkle Pony 2008 Review Part Three
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JULY:
- 07-02: Condi came to the Xbox.
- 07-14: Win a dream date with Condi for $750,000.
- 07-15: Here's the moment I started falling in love with Cindy McCain.
- 07-22: Tragedy struck when Jordan's adorable Bear King shaved off his beard. For Obama. I swear, just as Bill Richardson would later. Barack Obama: enemy of beards.
- 07-28: Hilarious Thandie/Condi images revealed:
AUGUST:
- 08-11: Lovable old war criminal Henry Kissinger fell asleep at the boring Olympics.
- 08-12: Alan Keyes compared McCain to AIDS and took, like, 50 gazillion words to do it.
- 08-14: Cindy debuted her chic sling accessory.
- 08-14: People went way, WAY overboard with Ray Charles analogies, and then they stopped just as suddenly as they began.
- 08-18: We all breathed a sigh of relief when Peter Pan was arrested.
- 08-21: I realized that, like John McCain, I, too, have trouble keeping track of my things.
- 08-27: Cindy still rocking the cast, now in intoxicating hot pink!
- 08-29: I went on vacation the same day Sarah Palin's nomination was announced.
SEPTEMBER:
- 09-01: This blog pretty much got eaten by Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin from this day forward. But there were other things! I swear!
- 09-03: George Will compared McCain to Nixon and Buchanan, and this was supposed to be a defense.
- 09-03: AP photographer focused on the things that mattered: Bristol Palin's uterus and ring finger.
- 09-03: And on Cindy McCain's shoes.
- 09-04: And on her fabulous fashions and crocheted boleros.
- 09-08: Condi was asked about Sarah Palin, answer unclear, please try again later.
- 09-09: Condi griped about no negroes at the State Department or something. I wondered if that were true, asked DoS staffers, found out it was typical Condi bullshit.
- 09-10: Please, can we get back to Sarah Palin's terrible shoes?
- 09-14: I doubted Sarah's commitment to Sparkle Motion.
- 09-15: I got distracted by her shoes again.
- 09-22: I wondered if Sarah Palin failed to give a speech she didn't write, does she still get credit for its contents?
- 09-22: We all remembered that Condi still existed, glanced at her, got bored.
- 09-24: I teased scoop-desperate Ian Halperin for being gullible about Condi Veep Rumors.
- 09-29: By the end of the month, Sarah's transformation to totally psychotic, self-caricaturizing monsterbot was complete:
10:36
Sparkle Pony 2008 Review Part Two
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(AP Photo/Fitness, David Y. Lee)

APRIL:
- 04-01: We fell in love with Condicizing again, and her invisible spherical friend became momentarily corporeal.
- 04-02: Tom Toles pretty much summarized the entire Condiyear in one cartoon.
- 04-02: Laura "Crazy Eyes" Bush pretty much lost it in Romania.
- 04-02: Micheline: still fabulous.
- 04-07: Thandie cast as Condi.
- 04-09: My favorite post title of the year: Condi Veep Rumor Sideshow Tent Explodes.
- 04-15: Angela Merkel: They're real, and they're incredible.
- 04-21: Bored with Condi's hairdo, I gave her antlers.
- 04-25: Condi 'n' Bush cheered on wounded vets and created a Gold Medal Supreme Grossout Moment of the Year™:
MAY:
- 05-13: We found out that pretty much all the Sunday shows were sick of the Condibot.
- 05-15: And now for something completely different, assault with a deadly juvenile deity.
- 05-15: Alan Keyes called himself an abortion, and who am I to argue?
- 05-16: The troops need hairdressers now more than ever.
- 05-22: Larry Craig bobblefoot proved that anything is marketable.
- 05-22: I wondered if maybe Daffy Duck was loose in the State Department.
- 05-28: Condi met Kiss:
JUNE:
- 06-02: We got abstinence in our pants and we needed to dance.
- 06-07: Condi got the inevitable Kiss makeover.
- 06-10: Laura Bush stumbled onto the set of what could be the hottest gay porn ever.
- 06-16: I found out I pretty much work in a den of filth.
- 06-23: I made some probably ill-advised suggestions for new racist campaign merchandise.
- 06-30: Condi had gorgeous Chinese photo-ops:
9:23
Sparkle Pony 2008 Review Part One
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What a year! Is it just me, or was 2008 unusually well-suited for a blog mainly about shoes and hairdos? Let's review the year in... um... shoes and hairdos, and one or two other topics:

JANUARY:
- 01-06: Hugo Chavez was interviewed by Naomi Campbell.
- 01-08: Mitt Romney lost the presidency by associating himself with Timberlands.
- 01-14: Condi enjoyed festive beverages in Dubai, encountered hairdo-threatening raptors.
- 01-16: Condi lost to Michelle Obama in retarded "sexiest woman in politics" poll.
- 01-22: Happy Abortion Day!
- 01-23: A Reuters photographer got mesmerized by Condi's Manolo Blahniks.
- 01-31: Jean Schmidt got an allegedly "new, softer" hairdo.
- 01-31: Ursula Plassnik was crowned best sash-queen EVER:
FEBRUARY:
- 02-06: Condi endured a bad hairdo trip to London.
- 02-07: Ursula wore incredible boots while making the Syrian president squirm.
- 02-11: We fell in love with black velvet paintings of the Bush administration.
- 02-17: Condi's ugly Chanel sunglasses went to Africa.
- 02-20: Condi got sexy cuddles 'n' hugs from half-naked men.
- 02-25: I made some modest suggestions for new Florida "Confederate Heritage" license plates:
MARCH:
- 03-03: Ursula ski party!
- 03-04: In what was to become the surprise PSP story of the year*, we first met the Struts, the slutty plastic whorses for girls.
- 03-05: Condi 'n' Olmert invented the meta-photo-op.
- 03-07: The true horror of the unwholesome equine she-demons, the Struts, was fully revealed.
- 03-08: Also revealed: the back of Yulia Tymoshenko's hairdo.
- 03-12: We became hypnotized by Dagmar Metzger's Tippi-Hendron-inspired bouffant.
- 03-27: We decided to embrace our new slutty overlords and bought them new miniskirts and platform heels:
*True! The posts about the Struts really were the most linked things on this blog for the longest period of time, maybe even more than Sarah Palin. Something about these horrible toys really struck a nerve. It's nice to see, in retrospect, that they're now pretty much done; they didn't catch on. The whorses flopped.
December 28, 2008
12:19
Condi Finally Dragged into Middle Eastern Shoe Art Renaissance
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Turks set an effigy of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on fire, with a shoe fixed to her head, as they shout slogans during protest against Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. Several thousands of protesters carrying Palestinian flags chanted anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans and called for an end of Israel's attacks against Gaza. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)

I knew it was only a matter of time, but it doesn't make it any less thrilling!

And again the Middle Eastern Shoe Art Renaissance™ defies expectations. First we saw the homages to Oldenburg and Rauschenberg, then Jeff Koons, so naturally I thought the forward momentum through art history would continue. I envisioned perhaps a shoey Damien Hirst, either encrusted with diamonds or suspended in formaldehyde, or maybe a Chris Ofili tribute dotted with elephant dung. But no! They've gone back to the 1930s and found inspiration from an unlikely source: Elsa Schiaparelli's famous Shoe Hat, her wonderful collaboration with Salvador Dali (memorably referenced by Terry Gilliam in Brazil). And then, like another great modernist, Edward Steichen, they immediately grew disaffected with their creation and set it on fire.

I'm through trying to predict the future of this delightful art movement. Like the rest of you, all I can do is sit back and wait for whatever marvels lie ahead.

EDIT: Condi's praising the Bush legacy some more. A+! Two Ferragamos way up!
December 26, 2008
6:19
LOL Washington Post
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Haw! That's a lot of amusing double entendres in one article teaser! Potent new tools, indeed! What better way to fight the... um... growing Taliban insurgency? Hott!
December 23, 2008
18:30
Caution: Children
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The map above basically shows the deadliest states for children. Neat! It's from this morning's Washington Post Health section. The darker the blue, the deadlier the state is for tots.

Looking at it, I couldn't help but think that, you know, swap New Mexico and Texas, and that map looks awfully familiar. Where else have I seen color-coded state maps that look almost exactly like that recently?

It escapes me.
December 22, 2008
18:07
Condi's Biggest Regret Really Probably That She Doesn't Get to Keep Her Fabulous Presents
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(AFP)

Check out what Condi won just for participating:

... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raked in at least $316,000 in gem-encrusted baubles from the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia alone, making her one of top recipients among U.S. officials of gifts from foreign heads of state and government and their aides in 2007.

In January, Jordan's King Abdullah II gave Rice an emerald and diamond necklace, ring, bracelet and earrings estimated to be worth $147,000, according to the State Department's annual inventory of such items released Monday just in time for Christmas.

The king and his wife, Queen Rania, also gave Rice a less expensive necklace and earrings along with a jewelry box valued at $4,630, the document shows.

Not to be outdone, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia presented Rice with a ruby and diamond necklace with matching earrings, bracelet and ring worth $165,000 in July. The inventory also includes a $170,000 flower petal motif necklace the Saudi monarch gave to Rice in 2005, which the department says was not previously disclosed.

Kaching! And how did her boss do? Not nearly as well:

From the same Arab leaders, Bush received just over $100,000 in gifts in 2007, the list shows.

Awww. I heard something about somebody trying to give him some ugly shoes recently, but he didn't accept them. Well, don't feel bad, because they don't get to keep any of it, anyway:

Unfortunately for the Bushes, Rice and other recipients, they won't be able to enjoy the gifts as they have been turned over to the General Services Administration and government archives in accordance with federal law, which bars officials from accepting personal presents in almost all circumstances.

Oh, that just totally sucks. Just like me, George 'n' Condi can't accept gifts valued at more than $50 (intrinsic value, I believe) from clients*, which means nothing you can't afford yourself. So it all goes to the GSA, otherwise known as the gift-vacuum.

Don't the Arabs know this? I mean, couldn't they have waited until February to shower Dr. Ferragamo with fabulous parting gifts? TSK.

*The best gifts we've ever gotten in my office? Chocolate. Always, always welcome. And we're not above soliciting it from particularly needy clients.
16:38
Here's Your Bush Shoe. Do Not Want
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Ramazan Baydan, owner of the Baydan Shoes factory, poses in Istanbul with a newly produced copy of the shoe (dubbed "Bush Shoes") that was thrown at US president George Bush by an Iraqi journalist on December 14, 2008. The maker of the shoe has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with a surge in demand for his footwear (AFP)

OK, so here is The Shoe. The Shoe is unusually ugly and unfashionable. The Shoe may be purchased, I suppose, as a keepsake, but do not let The Shoe anywhere near your feet. The Shoe is an eminently suitable projectile, but it is not acceptable footwear. You must resist thinking otherwise. Do not allow your mind to be clouded.
16:24
Condi's Late Entry in the "Understatement of the Year" Contest Probably the Winner
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here giving an interview at the State Department in Washington, DC, said Monday that President George W. Bush's administration's popularity in the Arab world was "not very great" but that it will eventually gain their respect. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Condi gave an interview to AFP today and provided us with this laff-getter:

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that President George W. Bush's administration's popularity in the Arab world was "not very great" but that it will eventually gain their respect.

Not. Very. Great. LOL. And why? Because they hate freedom:

"Perhaps it is not popular in the Middle East to say that it is time for the people of the Middle East to live in freedom, not in tyranny," Rice said in an interview with AFP.

Oh, Condi, you're so funny! Also, ha ha, she is soooo totally over that whole shoe thing:

The chief US diplomat was surprised when AFP, like other media outlets, continued to ask her about the wave of popular Arab support for the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush during his recent visit to Baghdad.

"Do you really think in 10 years anybody will remember this incident?," Rice asked.

Well, actually, yes. Yes I do!
15:58
Forbidden Fruit
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The above is a photograph of the label on the messenger bag slung over the back of the person in front of me on the escalator as I was exiting the Metro station at Columbia Heights on my way home from work this evening.**

Can you imagine finding that bag or, say, accidentally mugging* the person carrying it and then NOT opening it? OMG, I felt like I was just inches away from, like, totally the best blogging ever.

*Attention DOJ folks: strictly a fanciful jest!

**44-word sentence with no commas! This may be a PSP record.
5:33
Sabotage
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Pakistani protesters hold up shoes and caracatures of U.S. President George W. Bush during a demonstration in support of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. Dozens of protestors gathered to demand the release of Al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference in Iraq on Sunday, Dec. 14. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

I speculated yesterday that the Middle Eastern shoe art renaissance could possibly lead to the rise of a Kuwaiti Jasper Johns or an Afghan Jim Dine. What I meant to say, of course, was that it would lead to a whole troop of Pakistani Jeff Koons (Koonses?). I regret the error.
December 20, 2008
17:51
Shoe-Inspired Mid-East Art Renaissance Continues
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A Jordanian protestor holds up a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush with a shoe fixed on it, during a demonstration in support of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. Dozens of protestors gathered to demand the release of Al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference in Iraq on Sunday, Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

I pointed out yesterday that the popular shoe hurling incident had unexpectedly given birth to the Turkish Claes Oldenburg. Now, as you can see above, it has also had the happy payoff of a Jordanian Robert Rauschenberg. I can't wait for the Kuwaiti Jasper Johns and the Afghan Jim Dine. Good times!
10:27
Why I Don't Care About Rick Warren
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U.S. President George W. Bush gestures in a conversation with Pastor Rick Warren during the Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health during World AIDS day in Washington December 1, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

OH!!! He's intolerant! A Christian preacher! Who ever heard of such a thing?

To me, the real scandal is that, for some reason, it's still necessary to have representatives of an ancient, Middle-Eastern resurrection cult open and close the inauguration, period.

Christianity, like Islam, like Judaism, etc., etc., is a terrible leftover of our ignorant, pre-scientific past, the appendix of our brains. I don't see much difference between a "nice" preacher and a "bad" preacher; they're all responsible for keeping the destructive, counter-productive, dangerous and divisive lies alive.

So, you know, Rick Warren? Whatever.
December 19, 2008
6:23
Hugz!
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a hug to Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs C. David Welch at the announcement of his retirement from the State Department on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Awwww! Well, Condi gets her physical intimacy when she can, poor thing.

But if there are plenty of cuddles 'n' hugs for the departing Mr. Welch, there are decidedly fewer for the departing Ms. Rice. She's been on the "Bush Legacy" tour, and not doing a terribly convincing job of it, maintaining that invading Iraq was a good idea, etc. I mean, nobody's really buying that, are they?

And if her reputation as secretary of state isn't too stellar, well, her legacy as national security adviser is even worse. A report just came out about that whole "pre-war intelligence" stuff, and Condi and her buddy Alberto don't come off too well. It's hard for me to understand this stuff, because it has nothing to do with shoes or hairdos, but I think it comes down to, like, Alberto saying Condi said the CIA said something was OK, and then Condi saying something else, and then the CIA saying Nuh-uh, and then everybody forgetting what lies they told when to whom and....

Um, you should probably have a better analyst than, you know, Princess Sparkle Pony explain all this to you, so I recommend going to Think Progress here and here to figure the whole thing out. Moral of the story: lying is superhard!
5:56
Death of Deep Throat Provides Me with an Excuse to Repost This Picture I Made of Him Done Up, for Some Reason, as a Stewardess
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5:00
Bush Haters Worldwide Finally Have Their Unifying Symbol
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A Turkish leftist holds a model of shoe as he marches to the U. S. embassy to protest against the invasion in Iraq and to express the solidarity with Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

So creative! Indeed, al-Zeidi performed a valuable public service by providing pretty much the entire world with a single, potent symbol of dislike for our dreadful outgoing president. Well done! Also from yesterday's demonstration in Turkey:

(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

And the offers are pouring in:

Also Friday, the head of a large West Bank family said it is willing to offer one of its eligible females as a bride for al-Zeidi. The leader, 75-year-old Ahmad Salim Judeh, said that the 500-member clan had raised $30,000 for al-Zeidi's legal defense.

Something tells me al-Zeidi isn't going to suffer much more, and then afterward... jackpot!

(Reuters)

He should be at least as celebrated as the guy who created the Obama logo. The shoe thing is really funny! I wonder if they know it could be a potent anti-Condi symbol as well? It's always all about the shoes, people, as I've been saying all along:

(Reuters)
December 17, 2008
18:21
This Year, Why Not Start a New Family Christmas Tradition by Burning Santa in Effigy?
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Oh, the thrilling twists and turns of the internets! I was looking up info on Obama's new favorite preacher, Rick Warren, and found this amazing anti-Warren rant by Pastor Harry, a mentally ill Christian rapturist so extreme he makes James Dobson sound like Harvey Milk.

I digress! Anyway, Pastor Harry has the best thing ever on his site: long, lonnnng diatribes against the unholy Santa Claus, spinner of lies, denier of Jesus, bringer of Satan, etc., etc. Here's just a sample:

LYING TO CHILDREN ABOUT SANTA IS
A SERIOUS SIN THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM
HEAVEN UNLESS YOU REPENT AND PRACTICE
THE TRUTH OF HIS GOSPEL.

PARTKING IN THE SANTA LIE WILL GUARANTEE
YOU A SEAT IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION WHEN
YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND IN THE FIRST RAPTURE.

IS SANTA WORTH LOSING YOUR HEAD OVER?

But how to cleanse your family of the evil Santa's pernicious influence? That's where the utterly fantastic Santa Be Gone™ Burnable Effigy Doll (seen above) comes in! What could possibly be more heart-warming:

SANTA BE GONE burnable effigy dolls use a specially designed "filler" (patent pending) that burns quickly and brilliantly without the need for dangerous accelerants such as lighter fluids.

IF OTHERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECORATE THEIR HOMES WITH LIT-UP SANTA DISPLAYS, THEN WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE AND (SAFELY) BURN A "SANTA BE GONE" DOLL AS PART OF OUR NEW CHRISTMAS TRADITION.

BEST TIME TO BURN YOUR SANTA BE GONE ritual effigy doll is Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Maybe you can buy two dolls one for the night and one for the day! MAKES A GREAT VCR GIFT!

OMG, I am so sold! It's so funny, because I honestly love the idea of burning Santa in effigy even though it's for completely different reasons than Pastor Harry's! And they're totally a bargain at only $95 plus $25 shipping and handling, which might seem steep, but they're hand-made (of cashmere, I wonder?) and, I mean, isn't it worth it to totally cleanse horrible Santa from your family's life? YES.
10:51
Quickie: Please Shed a Tear for Inconvenienced Rich Lady
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Want to get really, really angry? Just read this insane piece, one which Gawker initially mistook for a parody, by Alexandra Penney at the Tina Brown thing. It's about how she's less filthy rich thanks to the Madoff scam and now she has to, maybe, sell one of her mansions to make ends meet. I know you guys and I am certain you will totally want to claw her eyes out. An example:

I’d need to lay off Yolanda. I could cancel the newspaper subscriptions and read everything online.

Oh! It's another Dark Age!
5:38
UPDATE: Gannon Gone
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So sad! Unfortunately, the domain is not available (I tried, natch. God, how great would that have been?). So I have to ask again: where's Jeff?
4:36
Sarah Palin eBay Fire Sale Remnants Roundup
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We haven't heard anything for days from the Alaskan nincompoop, and that makes me (kinda) sad. Craving some Sarah, I headed to eBay to see what kind of steeply-discounted stuff I could buy, fondle, etc. I should probably pick up the above Garbage Palin Kids parody sticker to go with my voluminous GPK collection, but, oh, there's so much more!

Bobbleheads! Several to choose from, some at rock-bottom prices. I think I like the armed one the best:

Are you a sports fan? Never mind that a Sarah Palin autographed baseball makes no sense whatsoever, you clearly need this:

Here's amusing proof that Sarah would pretty much sign anything thrust in her general direction, an autographed copy of the infamous mustachioed Newsweek cover:

Of course, not all Sarah Palin merchandise looks to the past:

Wow, that hat is totally Helveticalicious! And just like Palin herself, it's 100% polyester.

But anyway, there's no shortage of Palin stuff for sale. Still! And most of it is super-cheap, so I think you should consider putting together entire SP gift baskets for your loved ones this holiday season. Just picture the confused looks on their faces!

My favorite, though (besides the poignantly mistaken "we can do it" Rosie the Riveter merchandise) is the music CD by the Singing Roofer:

He explains:

seems like the Hollywood folks don't care much for our girl Sarah well folks let me tell ya she has given me new hope four our system a good breath of fresh air last election I voted for Martha Stewart as a protest vote no joke and three times washington state counted it and three times they wouldnot regester it why have sign in blanks?? this copy of your own SINGing Roofer will be signed by Don recorded in the old wooldshead Maybelle museum some fast country type songs and a couple of Don's new Christmas songs and some 50 's rock type songs and a couple of Gospel tunes

Sounds good to me! Happy shopping!
December 15, 2008
4:43
Blago Pretty Much as Obsessed with His Hair as We Thought
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The NY Times has a funny article today about how Rod Blagojevich is basically crazy. The best part is, of course, about his hair:

[...] Mr. Blagojevich, 52, rarely turns up for work at his official state office in Chicago, former employees say, is unapologetically late to almost everything, and can treat employees with disdain, cursing and erupting in fury for failings as mundane as neglecting to have at hand at all times his preferred black Paul Mitchell hairbrush. He calls the brush “the football,” an allusion to the “nuclear football,” or the bomb codes never to be out of reach of a president.

And his staff tried –they tried!– to enact some hairdo moderation:

Behind the scenes, though, members of Mr. Blagojevich’s staff saw a different man: one who was

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