Kenyan freedom fighter George Hussein Obama, savagely arrested over the weekend for either possessing a single joint or owning all marijuana ever, and fighting the cops over it, has been released. All charges dropped! The Kenyan police now say it was all, heh heh, a misunderstanding. MORE »

OBAMA BRO BUSTED FOR ONE JOINT! Oh noes, one of Barack Obama’s million half-brothers somewhere got arrested, for having a single joint. Where does this dude live, Oklahoma? No, the slums of Kenya! So the cops are just going to fuck with anyone named “Obama” for the next eight years. [Gawker/Telegraph]

• HA HA HA WE MET THIS GUY IN ST. PAUL: This dude Tim was walking around The Liffey telling everybody about his great idea to start a fundraising site for Barack Obama’s brother in Kenya, and Ken kept asking him if Obama’s brother would need an iPhone. “It’s got GSM,” he said, and this Republican tool wandered off in bafflement and disgust. [Help Obama's Brother]

• Why would Obama rather surf in beachy Hawaii and be President than live in Nairobi with his brother in a subprime lean-to? [Marc Ambinder]
• Embarrassing reggaeton musical act “Daddy Yankee” endorses McCain, at one of Cindy’s 11 high schools. [The Caucus]
• Joe Biden admired notable racist Strom Thurmond for his mysterious and fashionable hair. [Ben Smith]
• A bunch of losers Photoshop a button for Obama because they are too sad not to. [Huffington Post]
• “Barack Obama” is a fictional character created by Aaron Sorkin and he is played by Martin Sheen. [Ezra Klein]
• Dick Cheney is having his own Convention! In Azerbaijan, with Foreigns! [Matthew Yglesias]
• Joe Biden told his wealthy lobbyist son Hunter Biden to cut it out with the wealth and the lobbying. [Fresh Intelligence]