This is just over the top. He even puts a Presidential Seal on it — wait till the election’s over, please? Anyway, to see the whole Presidential Bracket, check out this Washington Post article and READ THE COMMENTS. They are very concerned about the President promoting gambling with this popular American ritual: MORE »

• Your city is suing the Bank of America, as the bank’s employees have been scamming D.C. with fake property tax checks since the 90s, when people still had property. [Washington Post]
• Terrible meta-pseudoterrorism strikes the Atlantic Monthly, as a Documenterrorian sent the magazine some PR materials for a film about anthrax, which included a bag of sugar labeled “anthrax.” [Fishbowl DC]
• The free shuttles that you enjoyed to your Nationals games are maybe being threatened! [WTOP]
• The debate about Maryland slots (slots) rages on, as teachers are in need of gambling revenues but don’t want everyone to become addicted and gamble away their life savings, which for an Average American Family includes three cans of soup and a Sarah Palin Halloween costume. [DC Examiner]
• That prostitute boss lady, the “D.C. Madam,” who died last year, has conclusively died of suicide. [DCist]

Well here is yet another tale of John McCain’s terrible anger and simmering rage and also his addiction to craps, a game of chance! Just three years ago, John McCain nearly assaulted a woman standing next to him at a craps table in Puerto Rico because she touched his arm. Nobody touches John McCain’s arms! Don’t they know who he is? MORE »

Remember last summer when “real conservatives” were pushing actor Fred Thompson to run for president so as to save the Republican party from the several gay divorcee Mormon liberals also running? And he was like “yeah sure, probably I’ll run or whatever” but didn’t really announce until September, on the Jay Leno program, during a Republican debate that he was too lazy to attend? Well it was during that “probably” time that he launched “imwithfred.com,” his proto-campaign website. And after everyone realized Fred Thompson was a lazy douche and couldn’t win anything, Fred’s people sold this domain name to a bunch of Italian gambling e-entrepreneurs, as you can see in the screen capture above. Vote “Italian Gamblers” for president, the real Republican’s alternative to WALNUTS! [I'm With Fred via The November Blog]

John McCain can stand up for several hours at a time and play games of chance for money! One eyewitness report comes from Above the Law’s David Lat, who used to write for Wonkette before he got classy. MORE »

Hey you know that handsome black politician who plagiarized Thomas Jefferson and likes to talk about hope? He is like that other guy, so an Obama presidency is as naturally doomed as the Patrick governorship. MORE »

It turns out that Hillary Clinton is not the only member of her family to speak with the dead. One artist has captured in paint definite proof of two living Democratic ex-presidents in sinister commune with the long deceased. What sort of liberal witchcraft is this coven engaged in? And what does it mean that Bill seems to “have all the chips,” while FDR “deals the cards”? MORE »

There is no better way to divine the future than to see what people are betting on. This is why everybody knew well in advance that the Patriots were going to win the Super Bowl in a walk! Now the mathematics of chance turns its eagle eye to the Democratic vice presidential contest and discovers that the likeliest pick is Nobel Prize winner, 8-year Veep, and secret president Al Gore. MORE »

Crazy Vegas/European gamblerholics have been following the polls and Wonkette’s trenchant commentary closely to set odds for our next president. Some dude from Bloomberg News has aggregated the bookies’ thoughts, and he’s got Hillary at 3 to 1. It’s the first time Hillary’s faced 3 to 1 since that wild first year of marriage with Bill. MORE »

Online betting site Bodog has been keeping odds on the 2008 presidential election and, according to them, have included Stephen Colbert since the outset. And now that Stephen Colbert has announced he will run in South Carolina — the details of which are still nebulous — the Bodog people have bumped his odds in “Who Will Win the 2008 Presidential Elections” from 800/1 to 600/1. Huzz…ah? How is he in 20th place still, behind the likes of Ralph Nader (125/1) and Duncan Hunter (100/1)? How was he behind someone named Jonathan “The Impaler” Sharkey (700/1) until yesterday, and how do the rest of us remain behind him? Who the fuck is Hillary Clinton (3/2)?

Oh and haha, Tom Tancredo and Mike Gravel have no odds whatsoever.

Odds On: Who will win the 2008 Presidential Election? [Bodog]
Photo via GQ

Over in Ireland, it’s apparently legal to bet any amount on anything at any time, a fact that presumably allows people to deal with the centuries of British oppression and, of course, the recent ban on smoking in pubs. One Irish bookmaker, named “Paddy Power” (it’s OK for Irish people to use the “p word”, but NOT YOU SASANACH), was taking bets on the next high-profile American to be arrested, and was giving 14-to-1 odds on “Al Gore.” MORE »