Pointing out that Obama is half white and half black isn’t racist … noooo ….

“I’ve got this thing and it’s (expletive) golden. And I’m just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing.” Get this and other Blago Greatest Shits as convenient new ringtones! Or just wait until someone else creates non-bleeped versions. [State Journal-Register, via Political Wire]

Kottke refers us to the Awkward Stock Photos blog, which makes us regret that we haven’t saved for retirement so we can slip one in on our next project.

As a tonic, Kottke also refers us to new Mad Men posters, which merely make us insanely jealous.

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Karl Rove: “The damage extended beyond Mr. Bush’s presidency. The attacks on Mr. Bush poisoned America’s political discourse. Saying the commander-in-chief intentionally lied America into war is about the most serious accusation that can be leveled at a president. The charge was false — and it opened the way for politicians in both parties to move the debate from differences over issues into ad hominem attacks.” [WSJ]

Kansas News 9 blows open the Shocking Story! of America’s Youth “i-dosing” on binaural mp3 files. Your Stinque Synthedelic Squad investigated a sample of iDrugs available for any child to download in cyberspace, and discovered that Steve Reich doesn’t have anything to worry about, although Terry Riley might need to step up his game.

Report: Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High [Wired]

Jim Bunning, R-Not Rand: “Because [Steinbrenner] was smart enough to die in 2010, there is zero tax liability on the estate tax… If he had died in 2009, or 2011, there would have been a $500 million tax liability to his estate in 2009, and in 2011 — under the proposal that we have — there would have been a $600 million liability.” [The Hill]