10 ) Congress finds itself at an impasse over the solution to the looming fiscal cliff and filibuster reform. Going to be a long two years until mid-term elections…
9 ) Senate Republicans reject a UN-backed non-binding set of recommended standards for handicapped access based on the US’s own Americans With Disabilities Act. One more group brought under the GOP’s big umbrella!
8 ) Japan gets hits with a major earthquake on Pearl Harbor Day. This is the sort of coincidence Pat Robertson dreams about.
7 ) Fox News ramps up its annual “war on Christmas” coverage. The first casualty: credibility. Oh, wait, it’s Fox. Never mind.
6 ) The trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness drops, wowing fans while failing to name Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain. Hopefully, the character will have a more ominous name than “Benedict Cumberbatch.”
5 ) A Cape Cod-area reporter is caught fabricating sources. Editors found out from a tipster named Amanda Hugginkiss.
4 ) Gossip rag TMZ catches Mitt Romney shopping at Costco. Also known as the company run by the guy who wants higher taxes on the rich and pays employees a living wage. But hey, Romney and cognitive dissonance have always been on good terms.
3 ) Fleetwood Mac reunites for a global tour. They say they’re really going to focus on the music, which should be easy now that they’ve gotten old and doughy and don’t want to sleep with each other constantly.
2 ) Lord of the Rings geeks hit a new low in obsession by criticizing the frame rate of the new Hobbit film. Could you please go back to debating whether omitting Tom Bombadil from The Fellowship of the Ring was necessary?
1 ) Kate Middleton is pregnant. And let’s be clear, unless you are her husband, relative, or close friend, this news is NOT IMPORTANT TO ANYONE.
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Good reading as always.