* Hillary Clinton’s “One Week, One Million” fund-raising campaign taps into the base impulses of Net surfers. [TechPresident]
* The eyebrow-plucking alligator shoe wearing set is behind you all the way. [GQ]
* Cunningham/Foggo clusterfuck moves on from Watergategate/Hookergate to Highestlevelsofpowercoveringupreallyheavyshitgate. [TPM]
* The 1/2 Hour News Hour is decidedly less funny that the 23 1/2 other hours on Fox, says Olbermann. [C&L]
* How about a vice president who’s on teevee any hour of day or night? McCain/Thompson ‘08. [Hotline on Call]
* Billy Frist the kitty murderer gets older today. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* September 11, 2001: the best day of Rudy Giuliani’s life. [Media Matters]

Representative Steve King (R-Iowa), ladies and gentlemen, with our bad metaphor of the day: MORE »

We apologize for our long absence today. We had to lie down for a few hours after witnessing THE CUTEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED ON THIS EARTH. We’re serious. Baby Jesus surrounded by kittens on rollerskates singing “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth,” that might come close. A puppy riding a pony in a cowboy outfit while pretending to rob a bank? Eh. We have seen The Stick in a bowl. Observe:

Sure, he’s still getting it on with that frightening butt plug large dog toy, but, man… The rolling, the tumbling, the turning into a furry little yin-yang symbol? Oh, we’re going to have to lie down again. MORE »