Ante Meridiem Eye Openers-August 18, 2008CE

1) Good old fashioned mudslinging today in the campaign. Obama says McCain is wrong, and McCain says Obama is wrong. So it's not that salacious, but still. Something is better than nothing.

2) "Indefinite sentence for public protection". That might be the best sentence ever handed down. I wonder if the US has such an open ended choice for judges? Hopefully we call it "You're Fucked." But in Latin.

3) In sports, Michael Phelps wore a state of the art swimsuit and swam in the easiest pool in Olympic history, and I'm supposed to believe he's better than Jesse Owens? Better than Alexander Karelin? Great athlete, yes; Greatest Olympian being based on medal count alone? No thanks, media dickheads.
And the Cubs won. News=over.

4) Cutest story ever, to precede the saddest story ever. Yep, this one is it.

5) In entertainment, Tropic Thunder finally took The Dark Knight off it's perch atop the box office. Both films are good. One has Tom Cruise in a fat suit, one does not. That's pretty much the only difference I could discern from viewing both films.
I agree with Malaysia's Islamic opposition party that the government should cancel the Avril Lavigne concert, but not because she's "too sexy", but because she sucks "too much" and can't die "too soon".
Hot????? I honestly can't tell.

6) Finally, it's been revealed that if you don't like flu shots, then just grab a vial of 1918 influenza from your local Centers for Disease Control super secret freezer and inject it right into your neck. You might die, but you needn't worry about that pesky flu anymore.

Well, that's about it. I leave you with something to get you pumped up about the upcoming football season. The names and faces may have changed, but the fun and excitement is still there, each fall. Plus it is set to Thunderstruck, and who doesn't get pumped up by that song??: