the big story (weekend)

Texas Changes History: No Jefferson, No Democracy

The Texas Board of Education is revising history textbooks. Omitting Thomas Jefferson, democracy, teaching that rape is a choice, that McCarthyism was good, and other radical changes. Texas is perennially among the lowest ranked states in education but these changes may be coming to your local school district

AUSTIN, Texas — A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.

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*New round of foreclosures threatens housing market

*Big Banks for Big Government



*Al Qaeda-linked New Jersey man, arrested in Yemen, worked in US nuclear power plants

*Census Data Not So Confidential After All

*Health Reform Myths

*Federal Probe Questions Runaway Prius Story. Was Runaway Prius Driver Staging A Hoax?

*IRS investigates flurry of threats against its workers and facilities

*Detroit family homes sell for just $10

*Aswad Ayinde, director of Fugees video 'Killing Me Softly,' charged with impregnating daughters

*BA cabin crew to strike for 7 days

*Why Italy faces a derivatives time bomb

*Hurricane Season Could Be 'Extreme'

*China calls currency pressure ‘protectionism’

*Wait to buy an iPad

*Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery

Old Man Yells At Cloud

Our regular feature of an old crank's observations before senility fully sets in.

• Bill Maher confuses smugness with intelligence
• Conservatives could have the entire nation against health care reform with one argument: "Money will be taken out of your paycheck and given to health insurance companies" But, instead, they call it "government take over of health care" or "socialized medicine." This bill is neither. This bill is bad for different reasons than the Republicans are saying but they are telling easier discredited lies, giving further credibility to Obamacare. And have added 100 amendments. Smells weird to me but I think that the GOP is secretly angling for this Health Insurance bailout bill to pass. And it will and you will pay big time. Watch
• Nomar retiring as a Red Sox was something else
• Kristen Stewart is dead in the eyes. She's just "Twilight" hype and will be forgotten when the film series ends
• Love Macs, hate Mac idolatry
  
• I loved "Hurt Locker" but it is NOT the best picture of 2009. It was actually a little racist in the way the Iraqi characters were just set dressing. Also, not having a political point of view isn't daring, it's cowardice
• "The Blind Side" is a little racist, too. The inner city doesn't need a white lady to save them. The inner city needs white people to stop voting bad politics
• Baseball is quickly becoming culturally irrelevant
• Privacy is for everyone, if you don't believe me, then let me watch you shit
• Any man that would let his kids go through a body scanner is a sad sack
• MSNBC is not liberal, it is a corporate-controlled etiquette class
• Fox News makes dis-empowered men feel better but it is not news
• CNN is only good for covering natural disasters
• Russia Today and Bloomberg may be the only good sources of Cable News
• This recession needs to get harder on those who like reality shows about fake celebrities
• Universal college would actually save us money. But Americans like doing things the hard way because it makes feel like cowboys
• Hate to break it to you mainstream liberals but you are now to Obama as the neo-cons were to Bush. You have foresaked your values in the name of your "leader"
• Hate to break it to you mainstream conservatives but all of your 2012 hopefuls are compromised by the same folks that currently control Obama
• "Throw your vote away" and vote for who you believe in
• No industrial policy, no recovery. No protectionism, no recovery. No exporting finished goods, no recovery. No infrastructure, no recovery
• Cap-and-trade is the policy equivalent to a swear jar
• LA Mayor Villaraigosa is turning into something awful. He's becoming every bad big city mayor stereotype and every Los Angeles stereotype
• The "MS" in MSNBC is "MicroSoft" and the "NBC" is owned by GE and Comcast. How is this "liberal" again?
• Fox News should be outraged by Fox TV. I'm beginning to think cable news is like professional wrestling
• The Eric Messa story is making the press look silly. Plus, has anyone brought up the fact that Rahm Emanuel walks around nude and pokes people in showers? The press has buried the lead here and went with the silly. Typical
• Perception always beats reality: no one remembers that Madonna also kissed Christina Aguliera when she kissed Britney Spears
• The "Lost Generation" will change the world. They may be up there with the Founding Fathers' generation if Texas doesn't change the books
  

girl blurbs (weekend)

Christina Ricci Can Party

Here's a girl that likes her Zima. That is what the kids drink, right? We know Hollywood, we live in Hollywood and, trust us, if she threw up someone is selling it on eBay.






also:


*Justin Timberlake cheating on Jessica Biel

*Jennifer Love Hewitt X's Jamie Kennedy

*Megan Fox Ass Quiz

Women of the Week

1) Sandra Bullock



America's sweetheart won an Oscar and didn't have to gain 50lbs to do it. Sadly, she didn't even have to get naked. But she kicked ass even if she won for a lame film. When can we get another "Speed" movie, uh? Maybe involving a Prius.

Sandra Bullock News:


*Sandra Bullock brings Oscar audience to its feet

2) Kathryn Bigelow



She's the first woman to win an Oscar for best director and she won against her ex-husband James Cameron. Not bad. But most important: she tops Deuce as our new favorite "Bigelow" in Hollywood.


Kathryn Bigelow News:



*Kathryn Bigelow's great leap forward — or was it?

3) Jennifer Lopez



She's in the middle of a comeback we want to see from her - in movies. We no longer have to deal with her music(?) because her record label dropped her. She's also bringing the curves back

J. Lo News:


*On "How I Met Your Mother" Jennifer Lopez toys with Barney

*J Lo does Rihanna on SNL

4) Christina Hendricks



We'll give you two reasons. No, not those. What a jerk! We're talking her 36DDD breasts. Kidding. She's an icon an interesting in a time where we are lacking interesting famous folks.

Christina Hendricks News:


*Christina Hendricks to have Barbie doll made after her

5) Elizabeth Banks



She's stealing the show on "30 Rock" and she's beautiful and we want to know if she'll be our girlfriend: check here for YES or here for NO.

Elizabeth Banks News:


*Peter Farrelly, Brett Ratner, Elizabeth Banks and Bob Odenkirk Directing Sketch Comedy Movie

weekend frivolity

It's Always Nice When Dad & Daughter Make Out, er, Up

Tatum and Ryan O'Neal's love/hate relationship was set back to "love" last night in Los Angeles at The Runaways premiere. The love between the father and daughter was so strong that they even Angelina-ed each other right there on the red carpet.

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CoOlDiGgY's Big Balls of the Week
Dennis Kucinich

Why? He took on Obama (and all of his hand maidens) on healthcare and Afghanistan when he felt they were wrong. Political and media pressure did not stop him. On the flip side, Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos is the first inductee to the CoOlDiGgY SHIT LIST for his obvious shilling for: Rahm Emanuel, Afghani War surge, Health Insurance Industry, Beltway Common Wisdom, Conformity, Highest Bidder. Congressman showed raw courage. We here at CoOlDiGgY do not play on that silly left vs right playground but we love BIG BALLS
(editor's note: CoOlDiGgY does not love "Big Balls" literally)

related stories:
*Kucinich Brings Up New Resolution to End War in Afghanistan

*In defense of Dennis Kucinich: Why I'll be cheering if his vote kills healthcare reform

*VIDEO: Interview



Runner-up: Rep. Patrick Kennedy