Today’s story that I don’t believe:

Andre Agassi doing meth. Sorry, Andre, not buying.  I do believe the part about the hair extensions, though.

Linkarrhea, October 31

Whit Stillman’s ‘Metropolitan’ is like watching National Geographic for me.

Dominic Carter. NY1 Anchor no more. [NY Daily News]

You know what’s sexy? A man who loves to cook. [Art of Talk]

You know what’s entertaining as hell?  Newsweek writer Allison Samuels being dinged by the blogosphere for casting judgment on Angelina and Brad’s black hair management skills. Dear Allison Samuels, if you BELIEVE the issue of self-esteem is so vital for black children, I think it might be helpful if you also educate black parents about the need to maintain self-esteem for their children, as well.  [Newsweek]

Why dating is so dismal in New York City: indecisiveness about choice overload and laziness. [NYmag.com]

No, you can’t stalk a co-worker’s wife and expect to keep your job. [The Last Angry Fan]

I’m writing in a candidate for Mayor next Tuesday.  Bloomberg is too much of a plutocrat and Bill Thompson doesn’t really want to be mayor; he just wants to be in politics.

Mike Albo has been treated harsher by the NY Times than Judy Miller (witch) and Maureen Dowd (careerist hack).  And David Pogue (tech grifter). [nytpicker]

Prediction:  Tameeka Foster Raymond is going to be added to the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. [Essence]

Fave costume of 2009 – AT AT from ‘Star Wars’:

Family related blowback in its purest form. [The Guardian]

Song of the Day – Black Boys/White Boys from “Hair”

H/T: RockStar

Quote of the Day:

Giuliani is an amoralistic, opportunistic bottom-feeder.  I’m not going to say anything about Bloomberg, but you sleep with the dog, you wake up with fleas.

-Playwright Tony Kushner in New York Magazine

why I heart goody bags…

I get to try new products for FREE!  Shout out to the organizers of the NY chapter of the National Organization of Women’s  Love Your Body Day Bash

• skinnyskinny lemon & blood orange soap & lip balm with tea tree oil
• aguacate & co moisturizers
• nurture my body ginger body lotion
• origins facial scrub
• Toys in Babeland coupon book

in a reusable Whole Foods bag!

I cannot wait to play!

dear Thrillist, jetblue, Las Vegas Tourism Board, Jamaica Tourism Board…

You can give me a free trip anytime. I do not have any media overlords to displease if I take a free trip to somewhere fun or exotic for a weekend.

I love massages and fruity cocktails with paper umbrellas. The smell of rum punch makes me swoon! Crunching sand between my toes is better than sex for me. And staying out all night on the Strip is my idea of heaven. Stop bothering with those freelancers who write for Newsweek and the Times. I’m your woman for a no-holds barred good time on your dime.

New York Times Travel Writer Broke These Travel Writer Rules With Junket [Gawker]

Ethics takes a holiday: Newsweek, New York Times writers in swag orgy [Daily Finance]

Linkarrhea, October 20th

Adam Serwer of The American Prospect responds to Patrick Buchanan’s bleating about white Americans losing ‘their’ country:

Black Americans have shed blood in every American war since the Revolution. This country, even the very Capitol building in which today’s legislators now demand to see the birth certificate of the first black president, was built on the sweat and sinew of slaves. Before we were people in the eyes of the law, before we had the right to vote, before we had a black president, we were here, helping make this country as it is today. We are as American as it gets. And frankly, the time of people who think otherwise is passing. If that’s the country Buchanan wants to hold onto, well, he’s right, he is losing it.

Good riddance.

Tis a pity how reality must intrude into Mr. Buchanan’s brain.

It’s funny when a former police commissioner has to go to jail. It’s even funnier when it’s Rudy Giuliani’s best friend Bernie Kerik! [NY News]

Oprah and Sarah. November 16th. I’m taping that ish! [The Caucus, NY Times]

Making the bigotry of Judge Keith Bardwell of Louisiana a tool for social justice. [The Unemployment Cafe]

The heart breaks for Rush Limbaugh. He was so close to achieving what, I presume, was a lifelong fantasy for him: becoming a NFL team owner. But unfortunately the reality of the free market that he once loved with his big mouth self. How does it happen that a man who says the most obnoxious things for stacks of cash doesn’t understand that a multibillion dollar enterprise doesn’t want to be tainted by his wacky, divisive antics? [Michael Wilbon, The Standard]

Dear Mr. President, I’d rather you fight for the Public Option than fight Fox News. [Telegraph]

I tell myself if the people in this video knew they were going to be asked these questions, they would have read a newspaper or book.

Favorite answer regarding former President George H.W. Bush: ‘He’s from Texas, he’s gotta be right.’

But I bet everyone knows about Jon & Kate Gosselin!

Balloon Boy was a hoax, but his parents’ cluelessness and fame addiction is very real.

For me, watching the parents in the interviews (with the sound off) was  looking into a void of nothingness.  Empty, grasping, stupid, shallow people who don’t mind their child vomiting on television (twice) if it furthers their goal of achieving any kind of fame, even the desultory kind.  I can’t even be sad anymore that the parents are such simpletons who breeded;  just happy that it’s not me taking that sleazy ride on the fame express.

Balloon boy hoax driven by quest for fame and fortune [The Globe and Mail]

P.S. The US media continues to prove why it should die in its current state.

Song of the Day – Wilco ‘Say You Miss Me’