Some Days, I Just Love the News:

This one came courtesy of Harper, and really shouldn't be funny, but ...

Seems that over here in Germany, some food company thought that this would be a good idea:



According to Der Spiegel, the company was simply trying to cash in on Obama's name and pay an homage to the American way of eating, which is very trendy at the moment. There were, of course, no racist intentions -- indeed, Zee Churmans claim not to have known that sterotype. No word on when the Biden Burgers and Hillary Horseradish sauce will hit the shelves, but can they be far behind?

Somewhat belying this claim of ignorance, however, is the clever little comment that Americans are "more relaxed." It could be that our big butts require relaxed fit jeans from gorging on all of that fried chicken, but it seems to me more likely that some other butts were seeking ample coverage at that particular moment.

(The reason this is funny, of course, is how stupid it makes the producers of the product. It's unintentionally edgy humor, I guess, in that it works against itself.)

Speaking of burgers, and thus of beef, and thus of corn, and thus of Iowa, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley made a bit of news himself when he suggested that those wacky execs over at AIG should, you know, off themselves:

In a radio interview Monday, the Iowa Republican called on AIG executives to follow the Japanese approach toward accepting responsibility for the near collapse of the insurance giant, which has already cost taxpayers more than $170 billion in federal aid.

"I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them if they'd follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, 'I'm sorry,' and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide," Grassley said.

Were I an Iowa voter, I'd think about tossing him a vote next time around, just for bringing the lulz.