The Villagers are in a snit:

Thursday’s Post reported about a growing controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to scale down a voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party. The story succinctly summarized the issues but left many readers with a question: What took you so long?

Travelgate? Nothing there. Vince Foster? Nothing there. Whitewater? Nothing there. ACORN-pimp kerfuffle? Nothing there, unless you count the lawsuit against the pimp/whore filed by the guy who lost his job. Black Panther voter intimidation case? You tell me.

Another conservative tantrum over nothing.

Why the Silence from the Post on the Black Panther Story? [WaPo]

Title: “The Obama Diaries”

Author: Laura Ingraham

Rank: 5

Blurb: “Major media outlets love to describe the president as ‘no drama Obama,’ but The Obama Diaries tells a different tale. Through these ‘diary entries,’ readers will see past the carefully constructed Obama façade to the administration’s true plans to ‘remake America.'”

Sample Entry: Michelle on being First Lady: “I’ll be damned if all this fabulosity is going to go to waste reading Dr. Seuss to snot-nosed kids all day.” (January 23, 2009)

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She’s alive, although Dick Cheney might beat her to the grave:

Happy Birthday Phyllis.

San Francisco is famous for its more than 600 murals across The City,  including great examples of Chicano art in the Mission, the controversial pro-labor WPA-era murals in Coit Tower, and Diego Rivera’s work in various buildings.

Imagine my delight this morning when Mr. SFL and I were driving down 8th Street to Trader Joe’s and discovered the newest addition to San Francisco’s collection of murals, painted on the side of a janky  hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant.

Close ups after the jump.

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No one out-cutes the Japanese:

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We would love to recommend this handsome Periodic Table of Swearing, available in a “signed Giclee print in limited edition of 300” that would look great on any bathroom wall, but at £90 it costs too fucking much.

Periodic Table of Swearing • Detail View [Modern Toss, via Kottke]

Since the news appears to have taken off early for the weekend, please enjoy the most popular video on YouTube right now.

How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made [ReadWriteWeb]