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The Last Days Of Bush Jokes

A few savvy businesses are trying to make the most of President Bush’s last days in office. Boom Boom Beauty Bar in New York City is offering a “Say Goodbye to Bush” special, with 40 percent off bikini waxing until inauguration day, and at least two other NYC spas are offering similar inauguration-week bikini waxing deals. The waxing industry will indeed miss all of the puns they were able to make out of the president’s name these last eight years. [Gothamist] Keep reading »

Rick Warren Hums Along To Melissa Etheridge’s Tune

Sigh. We hate to say it, but Obama unified the country and then disenfranchised one of his core constituent groups — the gays! When he chose the proselytizing pro-Proposition 8 pastor Rick Warren to swear him in on the upcoming Inauguration Day, everyone from gayelle talking head Rachel Maddow to Republican Governor Schwarzenegger went, “Huh?” Honestly, why Obama, why would you choose a dude whose spent the past six months shouting fire and brimstone-style slurs about homosexuals and smack-talking gay marriage by likening it to pedophilia and incest? But thanks to a pop star, it looks like the pastor might be repenting!

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Quickies!: Christina Aguilera Doesn’t Know Who Lady Gaga Is, She Swears!

  • It looks like Christina Aguilera jacked Lady Gaga’s look. Just throwin’ it out there. [Perez Hilton]
  • Those urges and impulses you feel for President-elect Barack Obama are normal and natural. So quit all of that anxiety and just deal. [Black Book]
  • You can request tickets to the Inaugural Ceremonies through your Member of Congress or U.S. Senator. [Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies]
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