Here’s Barack Obama captured in a touching moment of wishing the hell he was somewhere else, maybe piloting a spaceship or eating hamburgers with oceans of dijon or just getting so high on the beach. [White House/Pete Souza]

By the Comics Curmudgeon
Are you bored with run-of-the-mill conspiracies? “The Jews did 9/11!” Yawn. “Where’s Obama’s birth certificate?” Snooze. “The Illuminati pull the strings behind the world’s government!” That’s going to be the plot of a major motion picture directed by Ron fucking Howard and scheduled for summer release, my friend. No, to learn the really exceptionally deranged conspiracy theories tormenting the mind of America’s most paranoid, you have two choices: you can listen to the half-understandable rambling of filth-encrusted hobos, or you can read political cartoons. MORE »

Bill Richardson’s longshot presidential campaign is in turmoil today after shocking pictures of New Mexico’s “Virgin Spaceport” reveal that it looks like a big pussy. Or maybe a giant bedpan. Or some pussy/bedpan combination. Richardson has been hyping his role in getting Virgin Galactic to build the spaceport in New Mexico, and now all the world knows what he’s really building.

One Giant Leap for Space Tourism [Business Week]

Al Gore just gave another semi-solid refusal to run in ‘08, which means his plan is working just fine. MORE »