Tine to once again engage in some shameless appreciation of beautiful women, in accordance with Rule 5 Sunday.
- The London Time’s Money Central blog starts with The 10 richest models in the world, noting that Gisele Bundchen clocks in a number one with an estimated income of $24 Million in the last 12 months. VP Joe Biden, who seems to have developed a thing for Russian women, may be interested to know that the beautiful Natalia Vodianova made over $5 Million in the same period.
- Premiere.com features The 40 Most Beautiful Hollywood Women (Right Now). The spot at number 28 belongs to my personal favorite, the stunning redhead Isla Fisher (pictured.)
- Finally, The Times of London interviews the French actress Ludivine Sagnier and asks in a related article What is it about French Girls?
Too early to say, but if the trend holds the Senate could be rid of one of its dimmest bulbs. Now Boxer Is In Trouble? – Real Clear Politics – TIME.com.
In What Was That ‘Stupidly’ All About? Victor Davis Hanson quite rightly points out that the President risks permanently losing some of his rapidly decreasing credibility by speaking out prematurely on the Gates incident.
And if the public comes away with any lasting impression, it will be that an impromptu Obama, for all the post-racial rhetoric, still sees controversies in prisms that reflect stereotyped us/them racialism rather than looking at each incident empirically.
It’s been a tough week for him – plummeting poll numbers, delays in his health care reform package, his buddies in ACORN have been revealed as possible crooks, and he has been roundly criticized for his remarks on the Gates incident. Time for a weekend at Camp David.
The answer would appear to be yes, according to the Washington Examiner in Rep. Issa’s report claims criminal enterprises within ACORN.
Both structurally and operationally, ACORN hides behind a paper wall of nonprofit corporate protections to conceal a criminal conspiracy on the part of its directors, to launder federal money in order to pursue a partisan political agenda and to manipulate the American electorate.
ACORN continues to function despite numerous reports of corruption and falsified voter registrations. Of course, if it was linked to Republicans, there would be howls of outrage and demands for criminal investigations. Two logical questions: Who’s protecting them? And when will anyone on Capitol Hill actually do something to ensure that ACORN is investigated and shut down, instead of being awarded an expanded role in the Obama administration by helping with the Census?
A roundup of offbeat news and opinion.
First up – Remember “who dropped the chalupa?” Gidget, the famous Taco Bell Chihuahua, has died. For the uninitiated, The Urban Dictionary has a pretty good list of what that advertising slogan came to mean.
At last VP Joe Biden and I agree on something. But Joe – it’s not just in the Ukraine. Walk around any capital city in Eastern Europe and you’ll see an unending supply of some of the most beautiful and stylish women on the planet.
Elsewhere, the Times of London has a roundup of Europe’s 10 best beach parties.
Obama’s people can’t even get subversion right. A fifth column is supposed to be a clandestine group of intelligent agents, not an overt cluster of moonbats. Michelle Malkin » Anti-war congresswoman who protested surge now at the Pentagon.