I'm more worried about the idiot on the right
-It comes with the territory-
Britney Spears is threatening to sue a Florida radio station for billboard ads that 'appear to call her sanity into question.' That's putting it mildly -- it's not so much a question as it is an out and out statement. The billboards show a morning DJ with a bald, Manson-familyish Spears and feature tags like 'total nut jobs,' 'shock therapy,' and 'certifiable.'
Apparently, Spears has never seen The People vs. Larry Flynt. If she had, she'd know that courts ruled that public figures are open to satire -- either 'laughing with' or 'laughing at' -- as a First Amendment matter. Besides, in order to have a case, she'd have to demonstrate it wasn't true. I knew she was insane in 2003, when she said, "I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that." Cue the cuckoo noises... (Smoking Gun)
-You're kidding me, right?-
Convicted Bush administration official, J. Steven Grimes, has pleaded guilty to "lying to the Senate about his relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff." The former no. 2 at the Department of the Interior, he was sentenced to "10 months -- five months in jail and five months in a halfway house or in home detention." Grimes has a better idea, he wants to do community service. And here's where things get fucking ridiculous:
[O]ne of the two organizations he wants to do "community service" for -- the American Recreation Coalition (ARC) -- is actually a major lobbying firm that apparently benefited under Griles' tenure in the Bush administration. ARC leads the "Wonderful Outdoor World" (WOW) program, which has close ties to various federal agencies and the Walt Disney Co. Griles helped ARC set up WOW during his tenure at the Interior Department.
Some criminals, it appears, have no hope of rehabilitation. (Think Progress)
-Headline of the day-
"Inmate Uses Bible to Pound Ink Pen Into Eye." Sweet Jesus, that's brutal! It was a suicide attempt -- how much you want to bet that they'll still take your belt, but not your Bible? (AP)
