When you’re an ex President, you pretty much get to do whatever you want. [the big leap] Former President George H.W. Bush is poised to celebrate his 85th birthday by making a parachute jump in Maine, but the weather could dampen his plans. Barbs will watch from the ground.

Spot on. h/t bretmanley and great work @GoRemy Our favorite lines: So many places to choose you’re gonna like to pick I’m in Courthouse so much that they call me Michael Vick But we never do drugs no, cuz that’s not me the only thing high up in here are …

Reggie Love to whoever would listen at the time: "I did NOT sign up for this sh*t. I thought this job involved playing hoops and eating burgers with the boss." Reports are that Rahm enjoyed the ride. *Photo courtesy of the WH flickr page.

There are Obama coins , shoes , sweat bands , bibs , plates and lunch boxes , so why not an Obama font … Translation: Obama Loves FDC We’re still holding out for some Obama cereal, "Change" Breath mints and the much anticipated "Yes We Candy Bar."

A WGN reporter [entirely unqualified] who dunks over a little kid named Tyler, laughs at him, makes him cry on air and then confesses that he feels "powerful" for doing it, is our d-bag of the day. Congratulations, assbag.

Below are words you probably haven’t heard or said in a while: eBay  [does anybody use it?] John Kerry [is he still around?] Bush Twins [MIA] Jim Traficant [hero] Dan Rather [CBS needs you] Jessica Cutler [poor girl] Jeremiah Wright [oh, wait…] Monica Lewinsky [remember her?]

Remember this? For Howard Dean, that clip [which ended is political career] is something he’d like to soon forget, but for others, it’s a classic moment that will be used against him for years to come. Take for example the latest exchange between Dean and Rep. Phil Gingrey, who are …

While watching CSPAN the other night, [it was raining] we stumbled across Rep. Bachmann making an attempt to compare the state of the economy to the sinking of the Titanic.  It’s fantastic . Stay tuned next week when she compares our health care system to the Hidenburg disaster. 

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for. Congressional Motors just released their seven-way hybrid: ethanol, bio-diesel, electric, clean coal, wind, solar and pedal-powered 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition. It only took $100 billion and an entire Congress to design it. H/t jalopnik via RH

It’s back…. Comcast and the Trust for the National Mall announced today that they are joining forces with Time Warner’s HBO to bring back a cherished summertime tradition and ensure that Screen on the Green returns this summer to the National Mall. Their partnership will allow the event’s thousands of …

Gov. Huckabee, who’s spends a lot of time on Facebook [or his staff does], is urging people to “friend” VA gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell on Facebook. Bob McDonnell sits at 6,483 fans now on Facebook. He added over 1500 yesterday. Please find 3 friends who are Republicans and have not …

President Obama is going to cause some serious yo-yo dieting unless he clears up the contradictory headlines running in today’s news… Headline 1: "Barack Obama’s gov’t-mandated diet plan" [time to slim down] President Barack Obama eats his vegetables and exercises every day — and he really wants you to do …

This will break Elliot Segal’s heart [Reggie Miller ] Is he just messing around now? [Obama ] Nationals First Pick [Strasburg ]

You’ve read the Ryan Grim Famous 5 interview . You’ll (hopefully) buy the book . Now you can attend the book launch: When: Saturday, June 20th at 8:00 p.m. Where: American Legion Post 8 D and 3rd Sts. SE 224 D St SE Pre-orders start to ship around June 15th …

of MSNBC’s massive graphics FAIL this morning. Even the ridiculous backwards checkmark on the ballot is overshadowed by… sigh… the fact that, um, you… used the WRONG STATE.  That’s West Virginia.  Which — spoiler alert — is different than Virginia.  And we hate to pile on here, but you kinda …