Why is Crain’s sponsoring an appearance by this racist asshole?

Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn dies aged 88 [BBC]

“Some executions in the US are being delayed because of a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, one of the drugs used in lethal injections… Officials in California are pressing for its first execution in over four years to go ahead on Thursday evening as scheduled, because the state’s last remaining batch of sodium thiopental expires on Friday.” [BBC]

Fox News comes late to the party with a story about Todd Henderson, the U. Of Chicago corporate law professor who recently opened up to the world on the trials and travails of an average American family struglling to get by on a mere $400,000.00 per annum (we covered it some time ago). As you might expect, the Fox News profile is gentler on the good professor than most such stories, quoting experts who note that:

“Any time you want to take away a sizable chunk of people’s money, it has a big impact.”

and wrapping up with this bit of wisdom:

“But the bottom line… is that no one wants to pay more taxes.” 

More interesting than Fox’s predictable take, perhaps is the reaction from Fox News commenters, many of whom, for some odd reason, assume that this professor of corporate law must be a Democrat. So for your edification, words of wisdom from a few choice Fox News commenters: Read more »

In honor of the press conference of eMeg’s Latina former housekeeper that Gloria Allred is hosting today at 11 am PDT, here’s your “What Else Can You Buy for $119 Million” open thread, not to be confused with Stinque’s previous “$22,140.75 an Hour” thread.

[Ed. Note: Thread may be updated with whatever are the actual “explosive” allegations against NutMeg Whitman]

2,725,968 new dictionaries for an elementary school on an Indian reservation in Montana ($6.97 per dictionary)

or 76,381 microscopes for a high school on an Indian reservation in Utah ($248.75 per microscope)

Picasso’s Garçon à la pipe painting. (Tip: MellBell)

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Our guest columnist has a better imagination than we do.

Equipment needed

a. Video

1. hidden cams on the boat
2. tripod and overt recorder near the bed, an obvious sex tape machine

b. Props

1. condom jar
2. dildos
3. Music
   a. Alicia keys
   b. 80s romance songs, things that are typically James
   c. avoid Marvin Gaye as too cliche
4. lube
5. ceiling mirror
6. posters and paintings of naked women
7. playboys and pornographic magazines
8. candles
9. Viagra and stamina pills
10. fuzzy handcuffs
11. blindfold

c. if CNN gets advance warning

If CNN gets advance warning and you find this out, you should simply cancel the operation, period.

Fake pimp from ACORN videos tries to ‘punk’ CNN correspondent [CNN]

• Barack Obama talks to Rolling Stone, continues campaign to pre-blame Progressives for the midterm results.
• CIA escalates drone attacks in Pakistan to thwart rumored European terror spree.
• Appeals court lifts ban on stem-cell funding while case proceeds.
• CBO says extending Bush tax cuts will hurt economy.
• Germany makes final World War I reparations payment.
• Four in ten Americans cannot name the Vice President.
• Sharron Angle sucks at government teat.
• George Lucas not finished desecrating Star Wars, announces 3D versions of entire series starting in 2012.

Squirrels masturbate to avoid sexually transmitted infections [Discover, via PourMeCoffee]