I’ve always said a lot of the fun at Chippendales is the women themselves. I love seeing them let go and have a good time…
Can Michele Bachmann ‘promise’ $2 a gallon gas?
Rep. Bachmann told a crowd on the campaign trail she could promise $2/gallon gasoline as president– a claim that, according to CNN’s Joe Johns, was “completely fact-free.”
Johns went through Bachmann’s comments and followed up with experts explaining how gas prices work – they are set internationally, with the president having very little to do with it.
As for how prices can drop to that specific price Rep. Bachmann promised, Johns noted somewhat wryly that “about the only way for the price of gas to drop to $2 is for the entire global economy to tank” – something that could happen with the influence of an American president, but doesn’t really make for an appealing campaign talking point.
Johns turned then to CNN financial reporter Ali Velshi, who emphatically attacked the promise as an “entirely irrational, baseless claim, not doable.” If it did happen, he added, “the most likely way to do that is a global depression.”
Did Rick Perry invest in a pornography company?
From PoliticusUSA.com: According to reports, Rick Perry invested as a private citizen in Movie Gallery corporation to the tune of between 5-10k according to his 1995 personal financial reports.
Movie Gallery was, at that time, the largest distributor of porn in America, and able to sell and rent regular videos for much cheaper than the competition due to their heady porn profit.
The ultra conservative American Family Association (AFA), a self-described “Christian organization promoting the biblical ethic of decency in American society begged the government to investigate Movie Gallery.
Rick Perry later passed laws to help companies like Movie Gallery avoid “frivolous” tort suits, after they were sued for allegedly violating the law by illegally distributing porn across state lines. This move was seen by some as a move to protect his investment in Movie Gallery, as he used the very word Movie Gallery used (“frivolous”) regarding the lawsuits they were fighting at the time.
Joe Manganiello in talks to join Soderbergh movie about male strippers
True Blood’s Joe Manganiello is in final talks to join the Steven Soderbergh flick about male strippers that already stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer.
Manganiello will play Big Dick Richie (no, didn’t make that up), a role that is sure to require the ripped actor to drop trou at one point or another.
The flick will feature Tatum as the title character, a veteran stripper who mentors a younger dancer. McConaughey will portray a former stripper who now owns the club, called Xquisite, where Tatum’s character works.
The movie will mark a reunion, of sorts, for Manganiello and Bomer – two former school chums who just worked together on an episode of White Collar. The True Blood werewolf shed the extra hair to play a villain on the USA drama. His episode will air when the series returns in January.
Meanwhile, Manganiello is expected to remain gainfully employed over at HBO, which just ordered a fifth season of True Blood. The current season ends on Sept. 11.
Magic Mike will start shooting on Sept. 14 for a 2012 release.
I’m personally of a mind that Joe Manganiello should do some research by visiting the Chippendales here in Las Vegas… anyone agree?
(via InsideMovies.com)
Rush Limbaugh on Oreos and Obama
Rush Limbaugh on the new Oreo cookie and President Obama: “Kraft foods is going to launch a new Oreo … It’s a Triple Double Oreo. Do you like Oreos, is that? Well, it, what it’s going to be here, it’s actually a biracial cookie. You’ve got three of the chocolate wafers, and then you’ve got the white vanilla cream, the cream, and then there’s a chocolate cream. So you’ve got, you’ve got three — the stuff, the thing that says Oreo on it, the wafer. And then you’ve got the white cream, then you’ve got another chocolate wafer, then you’ve got the chocolate cream, and then you’ve got the bottom wafer. The Triple Double Oreo. You wait, it isn’t going to be long before it’s called the Or-Bam-eo, or something like this. Well, it’s a biracial cookie, here … In the midst of all this talk of obesity. And, I mean, every time Michelle Obama goes out there and talks about healthful eating, the food industry responds with, ‘Oh, yeah? Take this.’ And Kraft comes up with the Or-Bam-eo, the triple double-dipper.”
There is no way that Rush Limbaugh is ignorant of the racial slur “Oreo,” which refers to a black person who “acts white” or is white on the inside. Is this a pointed comment at President Obama being an “Oreo”?
Presidential Vacations
There has been some criticism of the president taking a few days vacation at this time. But how does the number of vacation days the president has spent compare to his predecessors? CBS Radio’s Mark Knoller has kept track of presidential vacations for years and supplied the data.
So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. This number is actually only a third of what his predecessor had taken at this point in his presidency.
At this point in their presidencies:
George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch
Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.
Bill Clinton took the least time off — 28 days.
Unlike Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, who got grief for vacationing at the family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, Obama doesn’t own a vacation home.
To be fair, a presidential vacation away from the White House is not the same as a vacation for the average person. The president is still in contact with his advisers and on call for any emergency.
Anderson Cooper gets the giggles reporting The Ridiculist
He really can’t stop giggling that he made a “funny”.
Jon Stewart on Rick Santorum’s mislabeling of napkins
When Kathy Griffin Met Michele Bachmann
The title speaks for itself.
Watch. If you read my blog regularly, you’ll enjoy these three minutes.
LOL…
Christine O’Donnell walks off the set of Piers Morgan – won’t answer questions about topics in her own book
Failed GOP senate candidate Christine O’Donnell walked off the set of CNN’s Piers Morgan tonight because he asked her questions about topics covered in her own book that she allegedly wrote regarding subjects like DADT, gay rights, etc…
Watch the video.
O’Donnell, whose handler apparently ended the interview, told Morgan that apparently she should be the one to decide what questions and topics were to be discussed, in dramatic contrast to normal interview practices.
Someone is obviously still living in a parallel universe.