Romney Etch A Sketch moment brought to you by

that guy who co-hosted America's Funniest Home Videos with Daisy Fuentes.  Huh?

Since this flub, Etch A Sketch stock has tripled and Romney's opponents have props in hand.

 

Kimi Raikkonen Top Gear preview

SNL Adobe ad starring Phil Hartman

The best SNL ad, ever!

Sacha Baron Cohen versus Ryan Seacrest Oscar video

John Galliano.  LOL.

China, Taiwan, and Jeremy Lin

Not even NBA phenomenon Jeremy Lin can stop the petty nature of China-Taiwan relations.  Here is a TV broadcast from China showing Lin meeting Taiwan president Ma.  They blurred out Taiwan's flag!

Standup comic Aziz Ansari/Tom Haverford

Not a Kanye fan, but this is a hilarious bit.  Ansari is quickly replacing Louis CK as my favorite comic.  Probably NSFW, so be careful while playing.

Best and worst week ever for Chinese-Americans

Best: Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks explodes.  In the last three games, he scored 25, 28, and 23 points.

Worst: Lisa Chan, recent U.C. Berkeley grad and the queen of all sellouts, shoots this ad and personally obliterates all the progress Asian-Americans have made in the last 20 years.  

The best and worst Superbowl ads

The ads overall, again, have been disappointing.  Even the best ads were slightly above so-so.

The Best:

1. Careerbuilder chimp ad.  If this is the best ad of the game, it gives you a pretty good idea of how low the bar is.  But then again, who doesn't love chimps?

2. Kia Optima ad.  It's not just about the pretty lady.  The story is actually pretty sweet.  The bucking rhino and lumberjacks sawing the submarine sandwich are pure genius.

3. Acura NSX ad.  The story line was lame, but that car is out of this world.  

The Worst:

Pete Hoekstra for U.S. Senate ad.  This little number, which played in certain Michigan markets, is straight out of Full Metal Jacket.  Is the actor in the ad that desperate for a gig?

RIP Don Cornelius

Soul Train gave millions of suburban kids a peek inside urban music and trends.  Cornelius died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound today.  He was 75.

An Idiot Abroad-- Trans-Siberian

Is this guy for real?

Portlandia opening theme

Crank Yankers Special Ed "I'm Going to Hawaii, yay!"

Apologies in advance if this offends anyone.  But this has been stuck in my head.

Herman Cain, Simpsons character

Yesterday, while visiting a eatery in Little Havana in Miami, foreign policy wonk Cain asked-- How do you say "delicious" in Cuban?

Today, Cain's minders canceled all press interviews in front of video cameras.

Then, he said at a campaign event-- We need a leader, not a reader.

Mr. Wizard explains the Atari

Heavy D- RIP- Nuttin' But Love video

Heavy D is dead.

Chris Tucker's mansion is being foreclosed on.

Cynthia Bailey is on the Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Life ain't fair.

Wide Open Road- History of Australian cars

Lukas from Down Under shared this 3-part series on the evolution of cars in Australia.  It's definitely worth watching.

American stereotype in the media #45, the Asian high roller/whale

Here is "comedian" Dat Phan with a cringe-worthy accent:

Here is comedian Henry Cho, with a big dollop of Texas oilman:

Vice Guide to Travel

This wacky collection of shorts is available on Netflix streaming.  The topics are unusual and the hosts are irreverent.  The Liberia episode is a major mood killer but worth watching.

My favorite pieces:

• Gun markets in Pakistan
• Going to Mecca with your parents
• Radioactive beasts of Chernobyl
• PLO boy scouts
• Vice Guide to Liberia
• Vice Guide to North Korea

Here is their Youtube channel.

Bordertown: Laredo, my latest guilty pleasure

Think Cops meets Breaking Bad.

Obama v. Romney = Kodos v. Kang

Obama (D) is on the left, Romney (R) is on the right.

With Perry being more of a disappointment than Fred Thompson in 2008, and with Cain winning nothing but meaningless polls, Romney is almost certainly going to win the Republican nomination and run against Obama next year.  Let's look at the two.

As the Republican governor of Massachusetts (home to Ted Kennedy and Michael Dukakis), Romney was more to the left than some conservative Democrats in Red States.  As governor, he closed corporate tax loopholes, brought near-universal health care coverage to the state's citizens, and supported (albeit reluctantly) civil unions.

Once he became President, Obama disappointed his liberal base.  Other than the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, his Middle East policies and civil liberties record vis-a-vis the War on Terror mirror Bush's.  He extended the Bush era tax cuts (albeit in exchange for an extension of unemployment benefits).  His federal health care plan is modeled after Romney's plan.  And don't forget the millions of dollars in campaign contributions Obama received from Wall Street donors.

So who are you going to vote for, Kodos or Kang?

Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They’re nothing but hideous space reptiles!

Kodos: It’s true, we are aliens. But what are you going to do about it? It’s a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us.

Man 1: He’s right, this is a two-party system.

Man 2: Well, I believe I’ll vote for a third-party candidate.

Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away.

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