A very special Monday News Roundup
The weekend is usually a slow time for news except for Vice Presidents shooting old men in the face, but this weekend brought a few pretty notable happenings.
- The annual White House Correspondent's dinner was held this weekend, where President Bush made oh-too-truthful jokes about his incompetent leadership. What a cutup. Stephen Colbert was the featured performer, presumably because Bo Derek and Chuck Norris were unavailable, but the highlight of the evening was the appearance of Steve Bridges, famed Bush impersonator.
Be afraid, folks, we've either just seen the reason why President Bush will reverse his position on cloning or the beginning of a Condoleeza Rice wet dream.
Also, gotta love the juxtaposition of President Bush yukking it up at a fancy dinner the night before an enormous grassroots demonstration on the genocide in the Sudan. Oh by the way, thanks George Clooney, as if you weren't attractive and distracting enough to every woman in the world already, you go ahead and do this. It's time for the rest of us to just give up.
- While vacationing in Fiji, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree. No, that's not a metaphor. The money quote:
According to New Zealand's Sunday Star-Times, Richards fell out of a coconut tree and suffered a serious headache, but he still had the energy to jump on a jet ski and get into another accident.
Are we at the point in Keith Richards' life where we can positively state that he made a deal with the devil in the early 1960's and that he will live a couple hundred of years?
- Susan Sarandon claimed in a recent interview that she received death threats for her public opposition to the Iraq War. Personally, I think it was because of her appearance in Alfie.
- The annual White House Correspondent's dinner was held this weekend, where President Bush made oh-too-truthful jokes about his incompetent leadership. What a cutup. Stephen Colbert was the featured performer, presumably because Bo Derek and Chuck Norris were unavailable, but the highlight of the evening was the appearance of Steve Bridges, famed Bush impersonator.
Be afraid, folks, we've either just seen the reason why President Bush will reverse his position on cloning or the beginning of a Condoleeza Rice wet dream.
Also, gotta love the juxtaposition of President Bush yukking it up at a fancy dinner the night before an enormous grassroots demonstration on the genocide in the Sudan. Oh by the way, thanks George Clooney, as if you weren't attractive and distracting enough to every woman in the world already, you go ahead and do this. It's time for the rest of us to just give up.
- While vacationing in Fiji, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree. No, that's not a metaphor. The money quote:
According to New Zealand's Sunday Star-Times, Richards fell out of a coconut tree and suffered a serious headache, but he still had the energy to jump on a jet ski and get into another accident.
Are we at the point in Keith Richards' life where we can positively state that he made a deal with the devil in the early 1960's and that he will live a couple hundred of years?
- Susan Sarandon claimed in a recent interview that she received death threats for her public opposition to the Iraq War. Personally, I think it was because of her appearance in Alfie.
posted by quint at 9:31 AM
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