This is talent, people. She lost to Grace Kelly, a pretty stooge who played some fool in some nonsense about something.

The song is by the Gershwins, the musical staging is by Robert Alton and the bliss is by God.

Swanee!

We’ve been questioning all weekend whether we really care this year — from a programming conflict with our favorite Zombie Soap Opera, to nominees we have no interest in, to Billy Fucking Crystal — but after taking our pulse and consulting our Deity, we decided that if we missed a Train Wreck Everybody’s Talking About, we could never forgive ourself. So the Oscar goes to our Academy Awards Open Thread for the Undead, if only because it’s being held in a theater named for a deceased photography company.

“While Christie and Bush might be fine candidates, perhaps the Republicans should consider a more inspired and game-changing pick: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.” [via Balloon Juice]

Title: “Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It’s Too Late”

Authors: James Robison and Jay W. Richards

Rank: 16

Blurb: “Together, they tackle tough, controversial political issues facing conservative Christians today, including abortion, stem cell research, education, economics, health care, the environment, judicial activism, marriage, and others. Written to appeal to a broad spectrum of believers, INDIVISIBLE not only argues political questions from a Scriptural standpoint, it also provides simple arguments that Christians can use to support their beliefs in public settings.”

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Newtie was in the Bay Area to pick up some cash (hide your wives!), and was asked by someone from the Chronicle why he’s always using the coded phrase “San Francisco Values” — does he mean the values of tolerance and universal health care?  In any event, the question led to him waxing nostalgically about the friendly transvestite he met out here back in 1984…

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When we’re suddenly hearing criticism of the Siri garage-band commercial from three independent realms of our online life, we suspect something’s up.

[via Know Your Meme]

I love this man: