SPOILER ALERT: Thoughts on the finale after the jump.

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Tuesday night after President Obama’s non-State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was tapped by the Republican party to deliver its rebuttal. It did not go so well. Before he started speaking, Chris Matthews was heard off-camera muttering “Oh god” as Jindal walked toward the podium. As the Huffington Post pointed out, this response would not be appropriate for another 15 seconds. And before he even finished his brief statement, an unflattering comparison had begun to circulate its way around the web: Bobby “The Government Should Not Pay For Volcano Monitoring” Jindal as Kenneth the Page, from NBC’s 30 Rock. Compare:

I say why stop with this metaphor? Let’s call a spade a spade: the characters of 30 Rock are ALL metaphors for Republican figures. After the jump, a sampler.

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During the primaries Eeez made me a limited edition Steeez Obama t-shirt, and I decided to wear it today to celebrate his inauguration, along with the Obama fleece my mom gave me for xmas Christmas.* Totes ‘08, y’all.

*I wouldn’t want to x the Christ out of Christmas!

Yes, dear readers, that is Ann Coulter. That image will be appearing in this calendar:

“Following in the tradition of past calendars from the Luce Policy Institute, Pretty in Mink celebrates smart, conservative women role models … with flair.

“We took some of your favorite leaders of today’s conservative movement on a journey back in time, and made them up into glamorous movie stars of classic Hollywood. Back when the big screen was a little more glamorous, women were a little more feminine, the men a little more charming—and the world a little less politically correct.”

And what, pray tell, is the Luce Policy Institute? Why, it is an organization whose “goal is to engage, inform, and connect conservatives across the country, with a special focus on young women who will lead and shape the future of our nation.”

Lovely, no? They promote delightful articles such as this one by Monique Stuart, the Program Director for the Institute:

“Unlike most of my female college classmates, I was never a fan of the show Sex and the City. My roommates would rent the videos and buy cheap champagne and watch them. I watched the show with them one night. After barely stomaching two episodes, I declared the show would be better titled “Sluts and the City” and then went to bed. I wish other students had followed my lead. Instead, they chose to usher in a new wave of feminism: Slut feminism, where how openly promiscuous a woman can be without judgment or penalty is the new test of gender equality.”

As you can probably guess, my Pretty in Mink 2009 Calendar is already in the mail, but for a mere $25, you too can enjoy one.

If you are a “modern American women who want[s] fair treatment and equal opportunities, but [is] offended by the radical, liberal agenda [you] encounter in our nation’s high schools, colleges, and popular culture,” then you too might be a Luce Lady!

PS, you can get one of the above posters FREE! (Shipping and handling charge of $7.00 applies)

Hat tip to Ben Smith, who points out that a certain prominent female conservative (hint: she’s a governor who can see Russia from her house) is missing from the calendar.

NO Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t yet seen the ANTM finale, it’s OK!

Last night was the season finale of America’s Next Top Model, and, as is so often the case, Tyra did not disappoint when it came to her own appearance. My boyfriend was so impressed he insisted we pause the episode to take pictures so I could post them here. Apologies for the lack of fourfour-quality graphics.

First up is what I like to call The TyRhombus:

As my BF pointed out, the hair appears almost to mirror the dress.

Our second look of the night is The Stewardess of the Future, 1963 Edition:

Here’s your Ion Cola, enjoy the flight to Mars!

After the jump, my favorite screen cap from previous-Cycle winner Whitney’s big CoverGirl campaign! (more…)

Sure, to gauge the weakness of the economy you could look at the collapsing stock market, rising unemployment or the specter of looming deflation.

But I prefer to get my economic news from those with a true birdseye view of the economy (heh). Waiting for the subway the other day, I was surprised to notice a swarm of birds boldly crowded onto one area of the open-air platform.

What were they crowding around? What delicious morsel of food would draw a flock of birds to a crowded subway platform and cause them to jockey for position and push one another out of the way? Wait, was that food? No, it’s…

Jeez, we must be in desperate times when a small piece of paper is so enticing to birds. It didn’t even appear to have food residue on it! Staring down the barrel of imminent corporate layoffs at my company, these birds did not make for a reassuring sight.

Now that you can get bacon sleeves for them!

Look out for this at Eeeez’s next pork party!

In less happy iPhone-related news, a woman wrote in to an Apple support forum with this question:

Please help! I took my husband’s i-phone and found a raunchy picture of him attached to an e-mail to a woman in his sent e-mail file (a Yahoo account). When I approached him about this (I think that he is cheating on me) he admitted that he took the picture but says that he never sent it to anyone. He claims that he went to the Genius Bar at the local Apple store and they told him that it is an i-phone glitch: that photos sometimes automatically attach themselves to an e-mail address and appear in the sent folder, even though no e-mail was ever sent. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? The future of my marriage depends on this answer!

After a number of responses informing her that, sadly, no, her husband’s absurd story was a bald-faced lie, a user raised the most important point, saying “I feel bad for Susan, but I am morbidly curious of what the picture looks like.” Luckily for us, Susan obliged:

Well, if you must know … it was a close-up shot of him pleasuring himself taken at the exact moment of maximum pleasure. (I’m trying to remain G-rated here.) It’s such a good shot that one must wonder if he actually practiced it a few times before getting it right!
Add that picture to the late night phone calls and some other miscellaneous texts and e-mails that I found … and this is not the first woman … and let’s just say that my atty is working on the divorce complaint.
Nonetheless, I wanted to remain open to the possibility that it was all some big mistake (I think that he is the big mistake) and thank everyone who provided input on this discussion.

Sounds like Susan is belatedly on the right track.

Via Gadget Lab.

Barack Obama… What can’t the guy do? He can give us health care, cut our taxes, get us out of Iraq, and restore our standing in the world. He can beat Hillary Clinton, out-debate John McCain, destroy him in the polls and now, it turns out, he can speak fluent spanish.

Lets see Juan McCain try to deliver a 30-second ad in spanish!

“I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out if they are pro-America or anti-America.” - Republican Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann

Sound familiar?

Video Via HuffPost

From outside an Obama rally.

Remember what the cops did to Abner Louima? Thank god for the Secret Service. 

Via Ben Smith