The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    William K. Wolfrum's Morning: Mr. Colbert goes to Washington

    Stephen Colbert takes on Congress about immigration and more.

    News/Politics

    Clear Minds: Atheists know more about religion than theists. Believe in that.

    Rahm Gone: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is heading off to run for Mayor of Chicago. Now who will direct the Chicago Politics Department?

    Segue: Segway owner Jimi Heselden died Sunday in a Segway accident. This won’t be good for business at all.

    Hugo Time: Hugo Chavez saw his party win big, but the cracks are showing in Venezuela.

    Economy: Home prices up, growth down. Translation: Still fucked.

    Sports/Entertainment

    Deadspin: Area Man Shows Disdain For Team By Purchasing Team Merchandise

    That’s Entertainment: Sarah Palin watching Bristol Palin perform on Dancing with the Stars? Yes, this is entertainment, my friends.

    Bill Dwight Show: Bill talks Clintons with Rachel Maddow. (audio)

    Blogs

    Three Wise Men: Wondering what Progressives in Texas are up to? Wonder no more.

    Oleeb: George Carlin: A Nation Turns It’s Lonely Eyes To You!

    BV’s Black Spin: I’m not saying there’s anything predatory about Bishop Eddie Long. Nope.


    Eddie Long

    Not Saying that at all.

    Alan Colmes: GOP takes a false pledge.

    In the future

    Fact: In future generations Sesame Street will be known as the hate program that stifled Katy Perry's creativity.

    --WKW

    Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles

    Comments

    At the LA Times, Jonah Goldberg complains that Colbert was inappropriate, but the commenters generally disagreed. One makes the excellent point that few news outlets chose to show Colbert's out of character comments.