HaikuBlogging

Jess To Resurrect
Career With An Injection
Of Class (Silicone)

Links To Source Story:
Jessica Simpson’s naked ambition (FemaleFirst)
Jessica Simpson’s Naked Acting Ambition (Egotastic)
Jessica Simpson To Get Naked For Her Art (Dlisted)

Wall Street Thinks That A
Quarter Point Drop Is Only
A Fed Half-Measure

Links To Source Story:
U.S. stocks plunge as Fed action disappoints (Marketwatch)
Fed cuts rates by a quarter point (CNN)
Fed Trims Rates 1/4 Point, Disappointing Investors (CNBC)

Hello? This Is George.
Yes, My Refrigerator
Is Running. Bjork Who?

Current Winning Comment Haiku:

Maya? Maya Who?
Maya Ministration Is
A Lame Duck Failure?

See the other Haikus in the comments. Post a Haiku yourself, in the comments. If you win, you get posted here.

Links to the original news item:
Did Iceland Teen Call Secret White House Phone? (ABC News)
Teen Calls Bush on His ‘Private Line’ (Political Machine)
Teenager Calls Bush On His Private Line, Continues To Never Call His Grandmother (Huffington Post)

Knowing Anything
About Anything Not That
Important If Blonde

Or, we already knew this, but I can’t resist…

Knowing Shit About
Shit Not A Requirement
To Work For This Pres

Links:
Dana Perino Dumber Than Everyone Else in History (Wonkette)
“Oh, Dana” (Salon)
Oh Dana! (Democracy Arsenal)

Now Money Market
Funds Aren’t Safe? Keep Whistling
Past The Graveyard, DOW.

Links:
Bank of America shutting $12 billion cash fund (Despite what they say, it IS a money market fund. -Ed)
UBS to take further $10 billion subprime write-down (MarketWatch)
What the Fed Is Facing at Tuesday’s Policy Meeting (CNBC)

23 Months Of
Weight Training For Michael Vick?
Lengthy Off-Season.

Links:
Vick sentenced to 23 months for dogfighting (CNN)
Apologetic Vick gets 23-month sentence on dogfighting charges (ESPN)
Vick sentenced to 23 months (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Wait. I Thought Last Week
They Were Telling Us she Was
Inevitable.

Links:
Tension in Hillaryland Grows as Plan Goes Awry (Bloomberg)
Hillary Aides Privately Furious With Bill Over Iraq Misstep (Talking Points Memo)
The Deep Vulnerability Of Clinton (Andrew Sullivan)

Will She Help Him Win?
Or Will It Be A Bust Like
“Uma Meet Oprah”

Links:
Winfrey tells Iowa crowd: We need Barack Obama (CNN)
Oprah in Des Moines (NYTimes)
Oprah draws Iowa crowds for Democrat Obama (Reuters)

A Just Reward For
Truly Awful Customer
Service. Good Riddance.

Links:
CompUSA to close all of its 103 stores (CNN)
CompUSA Goes Into The DeadPool. Good. (TechCrunch)
CompUSA Closing - Don’t Head Out Just Yet (GottaBeMobile)

Now That He’s Leading,
The Media Suddenly
Has The Goods On Mike

Links:
Huckabee Surges, 2-to-1 Lead In Iowa (Newsweek)
Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients (AP)
Documents Expose Huckabee’s Role In Serial Rapist’s Release (Huffington Post)

Nostalgia For The
Commodore 64, Not
Dot Matrix Pinters.

Links:
5 Things We Miss About Old-School Computing (PC World)
5 Things We Don’t Miss About Old-School Computing (PC World)

Sometimes The “Perfect”
Market Sucks. Pick A Format
Already! I’ll Buy!

Links:
Next-Gen DVDs: Advantage, Sony (BusinessWeek)
Warner to finally go Blu-ray-only at CES? (Engadget)
Rumor: Warner Bros. Going All Blu-ray at CES (Gizmodo)

Ebert: It’s Better
Than Rings. But The Consensus
Seems To Be: Too Rushed!

Links:
The Golden Compass (Roger Ebert)
The Golden Compass (AV Club)
The Golden Compass (EntertainmentWeekly)

Apparently, the
Pickup Line “You’re Beautiful”
Works Quite Well For James

Links:
Our Role Model (PerezHilton)
Swiss stud James Blunt (MonstersAndCritics)

Face It. We Live In
A Banana Republic.
Let’s Stop Pretending.

h/t: Andrew Sullivan

Links:
C.I.A. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations (NYTimes)
CIA Destroyed Videos Showing Interrogations (Washington Post)
More Candor (Time)