Best in Blog: 26 June 2009

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Sure, Michael Jackson’s brilliance changed music, as everyone who’s ever moonwalked, breakdanced, or lugged a boom box to school to play “Thriller” during recess knows. But now the recently departed King of Pop is also changing the weekend news arc. Will this be the last we hear of Iran from the MSM?

Our Friday faves:

1) Guess Who’s Selling Wall Street’s Bull?

Hint: He was a Bush aide who cooked up a phony pitch for the Iraq War. Read more.

 

2) The Biofuel Boondoogle

Midwestern Congressman Collin Peterson introduces the week’s worst amendment to the Waxman-Markey climate bill. Read more.

 

3) BK’s New BJ Ad, Now With More Ick Factor

Have you seen the burger-as-blow-job Burger King ad just that burst onto the scene? Here it is.

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