Friday, February 8, 2008

The Week That Was: 2/8/08

McCain Reigns; Mitt Quits; Huckabee Key: The former 'Nam POW powers through Super Tuesday with a commanding lead. After flip-flopper Romney bows out, speculation is rife that Huckabee is staying in to broker a VP slot. Stay tuned.

Bama and Mama: Despite splitting Super Tuesday evening with Hillary, Barack is still painting himself the underdog. There is much speculation that Obama will end up as the veep candidate at a brokered convention-- there's no way Hillary will play second fiddle to a man again. It's now or never for her.

White Men Can't Prosecute: Wesley Snipes pulled an O.J, getting cleared of tax fraud charges. I guess we can all look forward to "Blade: Quatro"

Calling Miss Utility: To make matters even worse for Asia and the Middle East, a third underwater cable was cut-- interrupting internet service even further. Millions of folks were forced outside their homes, where they weren't be able to drink (Saudi Arabia), kiss women in public (India) or openly criticize their government (China). Fellas-- let's get that internet going again, so people can go back indoors and have some fun . . .

Joran [in the] Van: [I dumped] der Sloot: A Dutch reporter finally gets the scoop on the Natalie Holloway story-- by getting the snotty little cretin to admit on film that he was involved with her death and that he arranged to have her dead body dumped into the ocean. There is no justice in Aruba or anywhere for U.S. citizens if this asshole doesn't get jail time.

They Might Be Giants: The almighty Patriots fall to the New York Giants in a highly-rated and close Super Bowl, making it back-to-back rings for the Manning family. In return, Eli and company get the first ticker-tape parade in NYC since 2000.

Not A Prayer, Blair: Despite heavy politicking, European diplomats say it'll be a cold day in hell before Tony gets the EU Presidency. War's a bitch, dude.

Head Over Heels For Good Sex: An Italian doctor says that wearing high heels strengthens your pelvic muscles, which will therefore improve your sex life. There was no mention of how much "field work" was done for the study, buy of course the advice applies only to women, not men.


At The Movies: The weekend movie selection is a little bit like Super Tuesday-- something for the white folks and something for the black folks. And in the end, everything gets split up the middle. The new Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey film must surely be named for any fool that parts with his gold to go see it. And even the commercials for the new Martin Lawrence comedy ("Roscoe Jenkins") are cringe-inducing.

What's getting so-so reviews might be worth a change of pace-- Vince Vaughn's "Wild West Comedy Show". Not a standard comedy, but a documentary of a 30-day road tour of four stand-up comedians. "In Bruges", garnering good marks for Collin Farrell and Ralph Fienes performances, looks to be a fun piece of filmmaking as well.

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