Weinergate

If you weren't paying attention to the news this weekend (like me), you may have missed the incredibly strange story of Weinergate.

The full story is here.

It involves a hacked twitter account, a photo of a man's fully aroused underwear, a college coed, Representative Anthony Weiner, and a conservative blogosphere that took the story and ran with it long before any facts were revealed.

The Blago Trial

I love the way John Kass describes Blago's performance on the witness stand yesterday.

Rod filled the jury with stories involving emotion, about his feelings and his fears. He was the star of his own Lifetime movie. He explained that he's ashamed of his narcissism. He reveled in his childhood heartbreaks. He described how self-conscious he was as a young man when he realized — all clad in polyester and leather at Northwestern University — that he didn't have the right clothes.

"As I got older," he said wistfully, "I started wearing less polyester."

I wish it was televised. I would have watched that.

Bieber's Tattoo

That's right. Bieber's got a tattoo.

Haven't I always said that Bieber was a badass?

Now I have to hand paint the tattoo on my Bieber doll.

Lance Armstrong

I wouldn't want to be Lance Armstrong today. I don't know if you saw the piece on 60 Minutes last night, but it was devastating. (Scott Pelley called it "a painful interview")

I watched the entire interview of Tyler Hamilton, and I consider myself a pretty good judge of people. He was clearly pained to be saying what he was saying, because he didn't want to throw anybody under the bus. He was given immunity, but it was conditional immunity, meaning that if he tells any lies about this case at all--the deal is off the table. If he was lying, it was an Academy Award performance.

He answered every single defense that Lance Armstrong has been using (including "no positive drug tests") and left Armstrong with no out but to call Hamilton a liar. That may work on people that didn't see the interview. It won't work with me.

The Botox Mom

You've probably heard all about that horrible mother that injected her 8-year-old daughter with Botox. Well, she now claims she didn't do it. She was just lying to make some money...and was forcing her 8-year-old to go along with it. Nice.

Interesting defense. "I'm not a monster. I'm just a fraud teaching fraudulent practices to an 8-year-old."

The lovechild's mama

Pictures are here.

Her first name is Mildred. And she's what the Germans like to call "zaftig."

If you look at her, and then look at Maria, I think it's fair to say that Arnold doesn't have a "type."

Exploding Watermelons

Remember the old commercial featuring Mother Nature? In that commercial she said the wise words: "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature."

Here's another example of what happens when you do: Exploding Watermelons

Arnold's Love Child

The LA Times broke the story about the reason for Arnold's separation from Maria...he accidentally fathered a love child with someone on their household staff 10 years ago!

"You see, Maria, I vas valking down ze hallway, und, um, I tripped over ze laundry basket, und I didn't see her, but Fraulein Consuela vas scrubbing ze floor naked, und I said "Vatch Out!" but I must have bumped into her. I vould have told you sooner, but I then I became ze Governor, und it kind of slipped my mind, until little Hans here started lifting veights."

I have to admit that I get a kick out of stories like this because they make me look like a great husband. As I reminded Bridget this morning, our household staff has never been touched (or hired).

Big Day in Chicago

Da Bulls
(Beat the hated Heat)

Da Mayor
(Offically takes over)

Man with Jetpack Flies over Grand Canyon

This is pretty wild...



Read the full story about the guy here.

60%

The latest AP/Gfk Poll has some incredible news for President Obama. His approval rating is now at 60%! That's the highest it's been in two years.

Of course, the first President Bush had similar approval ratings a year before he lost to an unknown governor from Arkansas, and many things can go wrong between now and November 2012, but the Obama camp has got to be excited about those numbers.

I suspect we'll be hearing about a new "outrage" in the coming weeks, as the Republicans fight back.

The Beefcake Congressman

The person on the cover of Men's Health magazine this month is none other than Illinois Republican Congressman Aaron Schock. He's trying to promote fitness, but it is raising some eyebrows in Washington and his home town of Peoria.

As for me, I'm pretty darn ticked off. Let me just say this one last time for all of you photo editors out there. You DO NOT have my permission to keep photo-shopping other people's faces onto my body. It's an insult to the many hours I spend each day waxing and buffing my torso.

Arnold no longer a Kennedy?

I have to admit this one caught me off-guard. After 25 years of marriage, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are separating.

From the Washington Post article about the separation, comes the following explanation--which for now is probably all we're going to get...

"The statement from Schwarzenegger and Shriver says that after “a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion and prayer,” they decided to live apart while they work on the future of their relationship."

Richie Daley

John Kass' column today is a masterpiece--it discusses his long and complicated relationship with our soon-to-be outgoing Mayor Richard M. Daley. Highly recommended.

I've met Mayor Daley a couple of times (I wrote about those meetings a few years ago), and I know people that have worked for him. I can tell you that my impression of him is very different than the impression of the people that have worked for him.

I always liked the guy.

Bin Laden death leads to shaving

Remember the story of the teacher in Washington that vowed he wouldn't shave until Bin Laden was captured or killed? He shaved yesterday.

The full story is here. The before and after photos, courtesy of KOMO-TV are on the left.

Inside Bin Laden's compound

The more you hear about this, the more you realize how daring this raid was. Incredibly brave. I'm so impressed...

Reaction to Osama's death

I've been reading tons of stories about the reaction to Osama's death this morning, but so far this one is my favorite. It's from Business Insider, and it tells about the reaction in the crowd during the Phillies-Mets game.

The crowd heard the news about Bin Laden through Twitter and text messages, and it spread like wildfire. They spontaneously started chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" The writer of this piece describes it perfectly as a "goosebumps moment for the ages."

And the players had no idea what was going on.

Look at that rock!

It's 5 carats, or approximately 10 times bigger than the one I got Bridget twenty years ago. (Remember girls, it's not the size of the diamond, it's the size of the heart. I always say that to Bridget, to which she always replies "If size really mattered, would I be with you?" I think she's referring to the diamond.)

You probably think this ring belongs to the newly Royal Kate Middleton.

Actually, it doesn't. This rock is now on the finger of Jay Cutler's fiance.

I kid you not. Click on the link to read all about it in People Magazine.

The Royal Wedding

OH NO! I missed the Royal Wedding! Why didn't they let people know this was happening?

Actually, this was a pretty funny piece about it on the Daily Show last night.

80% of people in England didn't care about it.

Trump unveils another political first

Behold: The profanity laced stump speech.

The guy is 100% class.