Weekend Update - October 18th

• "The Governator is stale news," writes Bad Hat Marin County Political Correspondent Arthur. "There are those who worry that Governor Schwwartsawhatever will run for Senator from California and win. Not very likely if this Field poll is any gauge of public sentiment, which is far from approving, even amoung Republicans. The experience of having a steroid-addled Austrian body-builder and stiff actor serve as one's Governor is beyond my powers to describe. In a recent encounter with the California Democratic Caucus at a dinner in San Francisco where a good deal of drinking had already gone on, most reports of the encounter had a lot of blank spaces where family newspapers were not able to print what the attendees told the Governor. Nothing was actually thrown, aside from insults and curses, presumably because the Governor travels with a security detail. But from this Fields poll it really does look as though Arnold has scored a perfect trifecta: the Legislature hates him, Democrats hate him, Republicans don't trust him and can't stand him. What an amazingly unifying figure he is!"


• It's a story from the dark political underbelly that makes you question the entire setup, rethink humanity, and lean out your window and scream: what the hell is wrong with these people? Who are they, really? Why do we give them power? Mark Morford writes about a gang rape and 30 Republican senators who don't give a damn about battered women.


• I swear I'm not making this one up: "Pigs still can't fly, but this winter, the mayor of Moscow promises to keep it from snowing. For just a few million dollars, the mayor's office will hire the Russian Air Force to spray a fine chemical mist over the clouds before they reach the capital, forcing them to dump their snow outside the city. " From Time Magazine.


• I read somewhere recently that the audience for FOX News is supposedly up 20%, sort of like the most popular newspaper is the National Enquirer. As Bill Mahar would say, "Americans are stupid..." At any rate, the Obama Administration has had enough. They've finally declared war on Fox.


• In an interview with CBS News radio, former President George H.W. (Poppy) Bush assailed the tone of our national discourse. He even went so far as to refer to Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow as "sick puppies." Oh gasp.


• Rush Limbaugh wanted to be part owner of the Rams football team. NFL players said they wouldn't play for a big fat racist like Limbaugh. And the world, as we know it, keeps on turning.


• And we can't close out this week's report without yet another Vaporub induced weep-fest from The-Creepy-Clown-Who-Is-Glenn Beck.