After eight years of that alky teetotaler George W. Bush, it’s always a delight to see that your president is man enough to have a beer without turning into some raging drunken elder-abusing asshole. Here is Barack Obama just cold slurpin’ a cold one with his powerful baseball-fan friends. On the left, let’s see, that’s probably Bill Gates. Hi Bill! And on the right … hmm, maybe Madonna? Let’s say Madonna. [White House Flickr]

Madonna is back in the States, fake accent and all, to help her husband promote his new movie and to do a little promotion of her own. Of all the things one of American’s most famous expats could have been asked about on the red carpet, Madonna was asked which of the two front runners she liked best.

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* Annual Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment meeting tonight. [The Green Miles]
* Cowgirl Creamery debuts nettle covered “St. Pat’s”cheese on Saturday. [Counter Intelligence]
* Only two more DCist Exposed shopping days at the Warehouse. [DCist]
* Is the H&M fashion turban Madonna designed racist? [Chit Chat]
* Awesome sighting in Maryland, “Above All Drywall” [Confessions of a Cartographer]
* Woman dated 34 men off Craigslist and writes about them, Roosh says “We are now living in a society where a very thick girl can judge other men who, unlike her, have the willpower to stop shoveling double-meat cheesesteaks in their mouth.” [Roosh V]

• Reliable Source: Tom Hanks and Dennis Miller spotted at the Spy Museum after Saturday’s Nats game. [WP]
• Heard on the Hill: Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) enjoys coke and prostas, owes his career to Flava Flav’s “The Flavor of Love.” [Roll Call]
• The Scoop: Madonna fans say Clear Channel stations won’t play the latest album because of Madonna’s anti-Bush commentary. 5,000 fans have signed a petition and “a number of petition signers report that when they request Madonna’s music, they’re told by Clear Channel-owned stations she’s too old or not popular enough.” [MSNBC]
• Page Six: A clear indication that he needs to cut his hair, Sir Bob Geldof only sold 45 of 12,000-concert seats in Milan last week. [NYP]

* Bach + Beatles = Brilliant or Bizarre? [The Washington Ballet via DCist] MORE »

When it comes to musicians, President Bush just can’t get any love. He gets pseudo-snubbed by Jessica Simpson. Then Neil Young records a song entitled “Impeach the President.” And now, Madonna weighs in: MORE »

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