Wonkette

* Please don’t be ashamed if former Soviet bloc citizens and politicians are more punk rock than you. [BBC; AP]* If everybody in the Middle East could just get laid, maybe a bong hit or two, we’d have a lot less to worry about. [Andrew Sullivan]

* The Fox News ratings formula: bikini girls on the screen, and the dulcet tones of Shepard Smith in your ears. [News Hounds]

* We can hardly wait; bring on the sleaze! [Fact Check]