Senator Chris Dodd
Axelrod, David
• public outrage about AIG bonuses — Gallup poll says 76% want the money recovered — is perversely minimized ("people are not sitting around their kitchen tables thinking about AIG") by
Bush, George W.
• book about a dozen of the Decider's decisions will carry the byline of, "so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened"
Carlson, Tucker
• four-and-a-half-year-old smackdown by Jon Stewart still rankles
Colbert, Stephen
• Meredith Vieira's inquiry about use of Twitter by prompts naughty response from
Collins, Kenley
cat is thrown into face of fiance by
Dobbs, Lou
• proud xenophobia ("What is with all of these ethnic holidays? How 'bout an American Day?") of
Dodd, Sen. Christopher
• adamant denial of any involvement by in adding of AIG bonus loophole
• sudden memory of that AIG bonus loophole was, after all, added by
Dylan, Bob
• new album is coming from
• stench from port-a-potty on property of wafts toward Malibu neighbors of
Facebook
• users of absolutely hate the redesign of
Fox News
• utter disregard for truth — stop the presses! — of
Fritzl, Josef
• sudden realization of that decades-long imprisonment in fetid basement dungeon by of daughter of (and, as time passed, of three of the seven children she'd borne as a result of thousands of rapes by) was "cruel"
Geithner, Timothy
• job performance of is described by Obama as "outstanding"
• speculation begins about date of end of tenure as Treasury Secretary of
Gibbs, Robert
• White House reporters are shocked — shocked! — by the audacity of to respond with contempt to Cheney's fearmongering
Grassley, Sen. Charles
• commission of suicide by AIG executives is suggested by
• corporations are said by to be "suckin' the tit of the taxpayer"
Guantanamo
• Colin Powell's former chief of staff says vast majority of prisoners at are innocent
Huffington, Arianna
• enjoyable imaginings of
LaTourette, Rep. Steve
• "giant sucking sound" of "the tightening of sphincters on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue" is noted by
Liddy, Edward
• refusal by to name AIG bonus recipients because of death threats like "All the executives and their families should be executed with piano wire around their necks"
Limbaugh, Rush
• unbelovedness of
Madoff, Bernard
• jail seems not to agree with
Manson, Charles
• current countenance of seems unlikely to inspire much of a cult following
Obama, President Barack
• avoidance of horrible Gridiron Dinner by
• German culinary "homage" to
spokesman for explains that joking reference by to Jay Leno about lack of bowling skills of "was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics"
Paul, Rep. Ron
• unamusement of at attempted seduction of by Sacha Baron Cohen in upcoming film Bruno
Pope Benedict XVI
• preposterous claim is made by — based on religious dogma rather than, say, science — that "You can't resolve [the African AIDS epidemic] with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the problem"
Richardson, Natasha
• untimely passing of
Sci Fi Channel
• name of is to be changed by because, according to network executive, "We couldn't own Sci Fi; it's a genre. But we can own Syfy"
van Susteren, Greta
• fondness of husband of for helping the ladies is defended by