John Edwards...

Mugged.

Earlier this week, former North Carolina senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards' mug shot was released. A two-time presidential hopeful, Edwards pleaded not guilty earlier this month to federal charges that he solicited and used campaign contributions to hide his mistress and their baby. Among the charges for which he has been indicted include four counts of illegal campaign contributions, conspiracy and making false statements in connection with a cover-up of his extramarital affair.

The shots above, however, are nowhere near as interesting as the "John Edwards Mug Shot Outtakes" (below).

John Edwards Mug Shot Outtakes from Jerry O'Connell (this clip, btw, is a parody)

What did they know?

...and when did they know it?

In better times?

Men-about-town and former political mover-shakers, Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and John Edwards...

The Bliss Index BLACK LIST

As is the custom, we present another installment of The Bliss Index® BLACK LIST©- a survey of some of the more troubling news and socio-economic indicators...

No media bias here. Move along, citizens: How deep are many journalists in the tank for the Party in Power? Check out The Daily Caller's damning reprints of email conversations between media folks, activists and others on behalf of Team Obama (and against conservatives). So much for the Fourth Estate. And where's the outrage at the more "respected" shops?

Add media bias: One of the "targets" of Journolist "conspirators," Fred Barnes, sheds light on this sad/troubling moment for the press (and public)...

Speaking of emails: Who's next?

This just in from Finally-ville, USA: "California Official's $800,000 Salary in City of 38,000 Triggers Protests." It's about time folks in California did more than apply sun block. You know, people, this didn't happen overnight...

Bell, Calif. - A bit dingy...

Speaking of California: Oakland, aka: the Wild East (Bay), is about to become a factory town - a marijuana factory town. I guess that's one way to bring "green jobs" to the area...

Flying high their flag?

You don't say! According to a Los Angeles Times story, “Some experts say California's payroll system 'puzzle' doesn't compute: They say it should not be as hard as the controller says it is to reprogram the computer system to cut state employees' pay to the minimum wage as Schwarzenegger has demanded while there is no budget.”

Finally, a quick round-up of troubles:

Could BP's hands get any dirtier?

That's one busy/horny ("sex-crazed") poodle!

Could this truly be "the scariest unemployment graph?"

How's that 'Recovery Summer' working out for ya? - "U.S. Housing Starts Drop to Lowest Level Since October" ...

America struggling with a sputtering economy, high unemployment but times are booming for Washington’s governing class...

News item: John Edwards film may unearth new details on scandal...and things only his hairdresser knows for sure...

Another bad hair day ahead?

Transparency? What's that? - "White House demonstrates commitment to free speech by shutting down 73,000 blogs in one day"...

"Adding new jobs at a rate of 200,000 a month would take us 150 months -- or 12.5 years -- to get back to normalcy"...

He might have a point...

Bits & Pieces & Idiots

Who is the bigger idiot?




Bette or Whoopi?

A random, just-before-bed collection of items/idiots from all over:

• Not On Dave's Top 10 List: (AP) David Letterman acknowledged on Thursday's show that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs. I wonder how Bill Clinton, S. Carolina Gov. Mark Sanders and a whole host of other folks who've been the brunt of Dave's jokes about their adulterous affairs feel right now?


• Lake Wobegone: "Where the author is an idiot."


• John Edwards...lawyer, former senator, VP-candidate, punchline - if it wasn't so sad.


• The real ACORN scandal reaches far beyond the headlines.


• It's almost like they think up ways to top the last scary thing they did.


• One of my top votes for Idiot of the Year: the not-so-Divine Miss M. Right up there with her: Whoopi Goldberg, who provided a breathtakingly horrible new definition of what it means when a child is drugged and raped by a man more than twice her age.