Following his heart: Mike Huckabee, who will not be running for president.
Also probably not running for president: IMF President Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose arrest aboard an Air France flight and accused attempted rape of a hotel housekeeper makes Nicolas Sarkozy look downright civilized.
In Florida: Two imams and a family member were arrested yesterday for allegedly providing support to the Pakistani Taliban, the Justice Department reported to CNN.
Negotiating: Vice President Biden and leaders of congress are considering reducing the national debt by increasing the amount government employees contribute to their pensions.
New best friend alert! Korea and Iran have been trading missile technology, which violates US sanctions, reports MSNBC.
In Arlington, WA: The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash that killed one person at Arlington Municipal Airport yesterday.
Just as cheerful as it sounds: Department of Justice officials heard complaints about the Seattle Police Department at El Centro de la Raza yesterday as part of their investigation of the department.
Today, in rescheduling things: The launch of the space shuttle Endeavor is officially reset for Monday.
Finally, the happiest man in the world: One half of the musical team representing Azerbaijian, who won the Eurovision song contest yesterday, beating some twins from Ireland named Jedward, and these guys (from Moldova):
“Nicolas Sarkozy look downright civilized”
So when a French socialist rapes one of ‘the workers’, that makes Sarkozy look civilized? Who has Sarko raped?
That was ADORABRLE. Initially I was off-put by the simplicity and the broken English and the spoken-word lyrics- but it just kept getting better and once the brass joined in and they started dancing around energetically like crazy rocker gnomes my heart swelled three sizes.
They won me over.
“Nicolas Sarkozy look downright civilized”
To say nothing of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister who faced charges of abuse of office and paying for sex with an underage prostitute.
The only thing that could have irked my Scottish roommates more than Azerbaijan winning would have been Jedward winning. Frankly I thought most of the music was pretty mediocre, but I was thoroughly entertained by the different outfits. An interesting mixture of nationalist garb and haute couture. Georgia’s wacky outfits made them my favorite.
I use “haute couture” VERY loosely, btw.
This mean Baku gets to host next year’s Eurovision telecast. Book your tickets now.
Zdob si Zdub are awesome live – one of the original gypsy punk/rock bands. I saw them play an outdoor show in 2004 for Oktoberfest in Brasov, Romania and the crowd got just as insane as these guys. I was very surprised to see a video of them on Slog. =)
Serbia was ROBBED. But I would have been happy if Moldova had won. Bosnia-Herzegovina was pretty good.
Everything in the top 10 was pretty shitty. Greece? Sweden? ABSOLUTE SHIT.
I always wondered what happened to the Mentors after El Duce died- now I know- they moved to Moldavia…
Moldova were robbed. A Roberts Court-esque bad decision. Serbia, Georgia & Ireland other good efforts, along with Azerbaijan. As was said @9, Greece & Sweden were ABSOLUTE SHIT. If Sweden had won, as it was looking like they might half way through the voting, I would have gladly flown home to Europe with a dirty bomb.
What was most worrying was the number of songs about rape. Lyrics & titles like, “Running Scared” & “Taken By A Stranger” & the frankly terrifying Russian entry with the chorus of “I’m coming to get you … I know you want me to” & later “If you want to have fun, just scream.” Eeeeek!