Log in / Sign up
  • Follow JezebelFollowing Jezebel
  • Related blogs
  • That's What She Said
  • The Muse
  • Pictorial
  • The Slot
  • Blogs you may like
  • Deadspin
  • Gawker
  • Gizmodo
  • Jalopnik
  • Jezebel
  • Kotaku
  • Lifehacker
FollowFollowing

The World, Too, Is Bipolar

mcarpentier
5/09/08 6:40pm
Filed to: news roundup
  • Barack Obama
  • Donna Karan
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Iraq
  • John McCain
  • Uae
  • Burma
  • foot massages
  • Oil
  • oil industry
  • Ralph Nader
  • trade deficit
  • world food programme
54
  • Edit
  • Invite manually
  • Promote
  • DismissUndismiss
  • Hide
  • Share to Kinja
  • Toggle Conversation tools
  • Go to permalink
  • Hillary Clinton won't wear Donna Karan anymore because it makes her look too well-dressed. Four words, Hillary: Nancy Pelosi is Speaker. [Times UK]
  • Nader wants to to save half of your tax return and give him the other half so he can hopefully get McCain elected. Man, fuck that guy. [Boston Globe]
  • It's okay, though, because oil is now $126 a barrel, a new record, so you'll just have to spend it on that anyway. [Washington Times]
  • Staff Sgt. Louis Falcon spent months of his tour of Iraq trying to get a teenage Iraqi girl prosthetic legs. It made him feel so good he's, um, willing to do more tours there killing people. [LA Times]
  • The Burmese junta is going to hold elections on time tomorrow, now that they've successfully resolved the humanitarian crisis of a CNN reporter reporting on the cyclone and the resulting death and destruction they don't really give a shit about doing anything about. [Washington Times, CNN]
  • But they're in "good" company in their apathy, since OPEC only gave $1.5 million to the World Food Programme this year, dwarfing the only member donation from the UAE of $50,000. The U.S., by comparison, has given $362.7 million so far this year and pledged $250 million to the WFP. [Fox News]
  • But, hey, the oil industry's got plenty of money for a charm campaign. They're taking bloggers to oil platforms! Everyone will learn to love high gas prices once bloggers explain to them the nuances of oil prices and why oil companies deserve billion-dollar profit margins. [Washington Post]
  • Schadenfreude alert: Al Sharpton owes $1.5 million in back taxes and penalties. Someone's gotta pay for those suits. [Associated Press]
  • Obama has surpassed Clinton in the race for superdelegates this afternoon. Not a good Friday at Hillary HQ. [NY Times]
  • Which probably explains the anti-Obama e-mail campaign Hillary supporters have started, much to the chagrin of uncommitted superdelegates. Really, people? McCain is better than a Democratic Presidency? Maybe you're the ones who should move to Canada. [Huffington Post]
  • I've already had a drink but, like this judge, I could really use a foot massage. I'd rather not have to order an underling to do it, though. Yay equality, bringing sexual harassment to both sexes. [CNN]
  • Crap, I was supposed to find a happy story. Um, the trade deficit is down because our economy sucks! But, the trade deficit's down! [NY Times]
Reply54 replies
Leave a reply

You may also like

Kotaku

Pokémon Go's Launch Has Been Terrible

Today 11:30am
The Slot

Florida Judge Sanctioned, Ordered to Take Anger Management Classes After Jailing Abuse Victim 

32 minutes ago
Deadspin

Gilbert Arenas Goes To Nick Young's House And Acts Like An Asshole

49 minutes ago

Recent from mcarpentier

  • 31
  • 2.1K
Beatrice Biira, the "Beatrice" of Beatrice's Goat, graduated from Connecticut College last weekend and is headed to the Clinton School of Public Service in Arkansas for her Master's degree before going back to Uganda to work for a non-profit. Beatrice's family's rise out of poverty was aided by Heifer International, which allows people like us to purchase livestock for families like Beatrice's. The goat Beatrice's family received served as a source of nutrition and income for her family, which allowed Beatrice to attend school, which led to scholarships and to her being the first person in her village to get a college degree from America. [NY Times, Heifer International]
Jezebel · mcarpentier

Beatrice Biira, the "Beatrice" of Beatrice's Goat, graduated from Connecticut College last weekend and is headed to the Clinton…

7/03/08 5:20pm
  • 182
  • 7.4K
The Pro-Choice Movement, Proving the Anti-Choice Movement Right
Jezebel · mcarpentier

The Pro-Choice Movement, Proving the Anti-Choice Movement Right

6/30/08 4:30pm
  • 52
  • 1.2K
If All You Have Is A Nucleus, Can You Really Be a Citizen?
Jezebel · mcarpentier

If All You Have Is A Nucleus, Can You Really Be a Citizen?

6/25/08 12:20pm
Download a Free Android App, Get a $5 Fandango Credit
Deals · Shep McAllister

Download a Free Android App, Get a $5 Fandango Credit

Today 12:25pm
ShareTweet


  • About Blog
  • Need Help?
  • Content Guide
  • Permissions
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • RSS
Kinja is in read-only mode. We are working to restore service.