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]

Alert UK journalist “Richard” sent us this Reuters pic, wondering what kind of movie Willie Mays and Robert Gibbs and the sleazy White House press pool enjoyed last night on the flight over to the MLB All-Star game. What do you people think? MORE »

Problem: Cuba produces fantastic baseball players, but the thousand-year Cuban embargo makes it impossible for Major League Baseball scouts to farm Cuban players.
Solution: Create a dimensional portal to go around the U.S. embargo! MORE »

• Yesterday a district judge ruled that MLB cannot make fantasy baseball owners pay royalties, “since the ballplayers are considered public figures and therefore their performance on the field is owned by the public domain.” [Blogcritics]
• Left-handed men earn more than right-handed men. [Political Animal]
• Taft was the last President with facial hair. [Lawyers , Guns and Money]
• LGF readers make fun of DailyKos, “what total maroons!” [LGF]
• “When I woke up this morning - political animal that I am - what was literally the first thought to cross my mind was, ‘this morning, Israel is fighting for it’s life against Islamo-fascist terrorists while last night the Democrats kicked out a Jew who supports fighting Islamo-fascist terrorists.’” [Blogs for Bush]