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Cuba Spends Its Birthday In The Caribbean

  • Tomorrow is the anniversary — or “cumpleanos”, in Muslim — of Castro’s Cuban revolution. [Hit & Run]
  • Douglas M. Elmendorf, some sort of lesser-known Lord of the Rings character, was selected by Democrats to direct the Congressional Budget Office. Nancy Pelosi is such a loser. [The Caucus]
  • Michael Bloomberg has purchased the Clintons for New Year’s Eve. They will be displayed in Times Sq., for America. [Shenanigans]
  • Barack Obama is holding an exciting essay contest! Winners will receive tickets to the Inauguration and the presidency of the Harvard Law Review. [CNN Political Ticker]
  • Al Franken will probably beat Norm Coleman after all, in case that was putting a damper on your ability to enjoy New Year’s, which it couldn’t possibly have been. [HuffPost]


1:07 PM on Wed December 31 2008
By Juli Weiner
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  1. actor212 says at 1:08 pm, December 31st, 2008

    I will be lighting a Monte Cristo #4 tomorrow in Castro’s honor.

    Yes, it’s from Havana.

  2. Please update Minnesota story with current tally for Lizard People.

  3. I placed a bid for the Clintons on Ebay, but Bloomberg overbid me right at the last minute. Jerk.

  4. V572625694 says at 1:25 pm, December 31st, 2008

    Minnesotans seem like nice, serious people. What’s up with electing clowns — literal, actual, professional clowns — from both parties? Here in California we only elect unintentionally funny politicians, many of whom did their best unintentionally funny work as actors: Reagan, Schwarzenegger, etc.

  5. shanemcgowan says at 1:37 pm, December 31st, 2008

    V572625694: Mary Bono . . .

    All snark aside, The Truth (With Jokes) is a truly thoughtful book. I recommend it. It gives me hope for Al Franken’s prospects as a senator.

  6. Larry McAwful says at 1:46 pm, December 31st, 2008

    I’m going to totally win that essay contest. You all should know that what the inaugural means to me is the dissolution of all borders and the establishment of one world government from Mecca, and the Number of the Beast being implanted in my right hand.

    I hope my wife can get a new burqa in time for the ceremony.

  7. Iggy Plop says at 1:49 pm, December 31st, 2008

    2009. Year of the Lizard People. You watch. I’m sure about this one.

  8. The first thing Castro heard when he entered Havana was, “You broke my heart, Fredo. You broke my heart *smooch*”

  9. “Cuba Spends Its Birthday In The Caribbean” is one of my favorite Wonkette headlines of year. This Intern Juli is like what, 16 years old? She must be stopped.

  10. HuskyMescan says at 2:08 pm, December 31st, 2008
  11. shortsshortsshorts says at 2:37 pm, December 31st, 2008

    V572625694: Remember that we have to expel the serious ones like Gray Davis.
    That guy was so not entertaining!1!!! BRITNEY SPEARS ‘10 WE CAN DO THIS.

  12. chascates says at 7:33 pm, December 31st, 2008

    actor212: And I’m stuck with a Partagas! Que lastima.

  13. Damn it. The Elmendorf thing sent me to Google to see which one of the bloody Hobbits they’d selected. You shouldn’t tease an old man like that. Like the idea of Gonzales as a victim, maybe living under the bridge in Austin, selling vials of bat guano to tourists, there is just such a visceral appeal…

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