Here is your Minneapolis man Prince, on the Jay Leno (!) show, just cold singing about AIG and income inequality and hard times and such, with an honest “but me” when he mentions the old neighborhood. Good or bad? We are not sure! Not bad, though. Dylan and his three gospel singers, pretty much, 1979, + Stevie Wonder harmonica, Joe Strummer guitar toss, ice cold. Uhm. OPEN THREAD. [via Tony Pierce]

• Teddy Kennedy is back in Washington. He was welcomed with a banner and brought his puppies, huzzah! [CNN Political Ticker]
• Looks like the Gays have some more anthraxing to do! Prince, the artist formerly known as a human (in the 70s), is against gay marriage too. [Daily Dish]
• Terry McAuliffe is running for Governor of Virginia on the platform of thinking he is running for Governor of Florida and just sort of going with it. [Daily Kos]
• Comically evil military contractor Blackwater USA shipped weapons to Iraq by hiding them in dog food bags. [TPMMuckraker]
• Here is Tim Robbins, writing a tear-stained blog post about how disenfranchised he was on Election Day. [HuffPost]

Good choice, Hill! The American people are tired of the masturbator! Sing along with Hillary! MORE »

* Thanks to the Iraq war and the rich getting richer, there’s a budget surplus projected for 2012. [WP]
* Senators facing reelection in 2008 increase pace of their waddling to escape reporters and pesky questions about Iraq. [WP]
* Walnuts McCain white washes his record of staff-bashing with new “Good Dude Doctrine.” [NYT]
* Barack Obama realizes he doesn’t have a guitar that only plays Purple Rain, chooses to focus campaign on message rather than rock star status. [WP]
* Immigrants and lawbreakers are first to face The Great DNA Harvest. [NYT]
* Traffic jam fetishists to rally against Administration’s “congestion initiative” funding. [WSJ]
* John Edwards has that not-so-fresh feeling. [NYT]
* “The nonbinding resolution would have no more force of law than the one approved Thursday commending the Miss America Organization .” [LAT]

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AnonHillStaffer: washington is burning yet?
AnonHillStaffer: the news is making it sound like the world is on fire
wonkette: i wish the british police were protecting us. they seem to be better at it.
AnonHillStaffer: they’re better at racial profiling
AnonHillStaffer: we tip toe around it
AnonHillStaffer: they just go after the irish and the muslims
AnonHillStaffer: and those students who are “lost”
AnonHillStaffer: the news headline here was something like “despite the NATIONWIDE MANHUNT, authorities are saying there is no immediate threat”
wonkette: dude — arrested in Minneapolis! awesome!
AnonHillStaffer: haha excellent
AnonHillStaffer: minneapolis has always been the epicenter of international terrorist intrigue
wonkette: probably drinking at the CC Club
AnonHillStaffer: haha
AnonHillStaffer: at prince’s place
wonkette: Paisley Park was the scene of a major anti-terrorist operation today…
wonkette: witnesses say the suspect was reportedly heard telling al-qaeda leaders “I Would Die 4 U” MORE »