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1. 48% of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing.  [CBS via HotAir]
2. 29% of Americans support the Tea Party.  [via Newser]

Which means, if Obama joined the Tea Party, he’d be at 77%.  Think about it, Mr. President.  Might be a good idea.

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Angry protests have taken place in Tel Aviv against the planned deportation of four hundred children of immigrant workers. Born in Israel and speaking Hebrew, the youngsters were never given citizenship because their parents are not Israeli or Jewish. Many people are questioning the government’s drive to preserve what it calls ‘the Jewish character of the state’.

The transit signatures of two distinct planets were seen in the data for the sun-like star designated Kepler-9. The planets were named Kepler-9b and 9c. The discovery incorporates seven months of observations of more than 156,000 stars as part of an ongoing search for Earth-sized planets outside our solar system. The findings will be published in Thursday’s issue of the journal Science.

We’ll probably get our first alien visit any day now.  See pic below — it’s the one on the left.

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1. Secretly, we have a crush on Brad, right?  For some, maybe it’s a man-crush.  Others, it’s a crush-crush.  We think he’d be a fun guy to hang out with (man-crush).  Or we (I’m looking at you ladies now) want to have sex with him.  Even Angie can’t resist him, right?
2. Publicly, we (I think I speak for every man) definitely have a crush on Angelina Jolie.  Ever since Hackers, man.  She’s a babe.  We would adopt any number of foreign babies to make her love us … which is maybe the angle Sandra Bullock is taking.  That would be sexy.
3. We hate that they’re so lucky.  Seriously — wealthy, attractive movie stars that go to cool award shows, travel the world, and get to sext each other.  That’s just not fair.
4. We wish there was more news coverage of their relationship.  They’re the hottest couple around, why can’t we get a daily dose?  Sometimes two days pass before we get an update.  That’s just lazy, CNN.
5. But what’s the deal with all the babies?  Those kids are going to be so messed up.  They need to break up … for the children.
6. Honestly, though, did you see Brad in Snatch?  He’s badass.
7. God, and Gia.  More like goddess.  Holy cow.
8. Then there’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith.  That part with the gun fight.  Damn.
9. Tomb Raider.  Man, she’s a babe.  Total babe.
10. Meet Joe Black.  Am I right, ladies?  You want him.

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Police said Hamilton had her pants unbuttoned and admitted that she was using the sex toy when they pulled her over (via WLWT).

I still don’t quite understand this story.  If Pamela Anderson gets busy with Tommy Lee while driving, we make her a movie-star.  If Colondra Hamilton is a little board in traffic, we charger her with “driving with impaired alertness.”  Maybe the tinted windows pushed the cop over the edge.

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The substance resembles powdered sugar and could revolutionise the way chemicals are used.

Makes me think of this bubble-tea-inspired gin and tonic drink from Grant Achatz and Craig Schoettler:

Could he have been sandbagging his game until after the divorce?  He certainly didn’t play too well at the PGA Championships.  Who knows.  Real news about the tournament here.

I’m supposed to make Baked Flounder Fillets in Lemon Soy Vinaigrette.  Maybe I will.

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1. He’s running out of spite.  That’s the greatest quality a leader can have.  Pure, baseless spite.  It’s why Lamborghini exists — Mr. Ferrari wouldn’t build the right car for Mr. Lamborghini so Mr. Lamborghini was like, “Fine, bitch,I’ll make my own damn cars.”  LJ has some seriously stylish Italian shoes to fill.  He’ll look great in them.
2. It’ll be great for Wasilla.  Instead of being known as Sarah Palin’s hometown, they’ll be known as the idiots that elected Levi.  That’s probably a better claim to fame.
3. Celebrities make great politicians.  Levi is following in the footsteps of some serious greats — Reagan, Schwarzenegger, Ventura — managing a reality TV career and a Playgirl modeling gig is evidently great preparation for running a town.
4. It’ll be great for Alaska.  Everybody with any shred of political ambition is going to move to Alaska if Levi wins.  Turns out you only need to get 7ish votes to get a serious-sounding position that you can use to parlay into future success (*cough* Sarah Palin).  “Dude, I was MAYOR of an entire CITY … with 45 residents.”  Some suburban high school class presidents have more executive experience than this.  (Note: the pic below calls it a ‘community’ … d’oh!)
5. Bristol will take him back.  Guaranteed.  This is the kind of stable job and prestige women love.  Especially women raising your shortie.

What else?  Leave a note in the comments if you’ve got more reasons to love Levi.

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