If you didn't win, don't feel bad. The odds:

If you buy 50 tickets a week, you will win the jackpot every 68,000 years.

Update: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner: A winning ticket was purchased in Baltimore, MD.

This is an open thread, not just limited to MegaMillions.

Keith Olbermann has been fired by Current TV. Keith promises a lawsuit. Eliot Spitzer will replace Keith. Apparently, they were negotiating until yesterday:

The two sides tried to hammer out a setlement Thursday and into Friday, but with Olbermann insisting on tens of millions of dollars to pay out his contract, they remained far apart, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.

Here's Keith's full statement. Current TV's full statement is here. [More...]

The LA Coroner's office released a summary of Whitney Houston's autopsy report yesterday. You can read it here.

She did not die from a lethal combination of cocaine and xanax as many people assumed at the time. While there were traces of Xanax, Flexeril (a muscle relaxer) and Benadryl (an antihistamine) and marijuana in her system, they did not contribute to her death. Alcohol was not a factor.

She drowned following a cardiac event in the bathtub. The official cause of death was:

1. Drowning
2. Effects of Atheroschlerotic Heart Disease and Cocaine Use

Translation: Her chronic use of cocaine over the years exacerbated the hardening of her arteries and heart disease. The hardening of the arteries caused her to have a cardiac event in the tub and she slipped underwater and drowned. [More...]

With "supporters" like Pat Robertson, Tim Tebow does not need detractors. Robertson said:

And you just ask yourself, okay, so Peyton Manning was a tremendous MVP quarterback, but he’s been injured. If that injury comes back, Denver will find itself without a quarterback. And in my opinion, it would serve them right.”

Calls himself a Christian. What a despicable man. Tebow needs to learn to get away from these people.

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I thought I was out of touch. Jeralyn friend Geraldo makes me look like I'm on top of all new trends:

GERALDO RIVERA: Well, I have a different take, Brian, on that. I believe that George Zimmerman, the overzealous neighborhood watch captain should be investigated to the fullest extent of the law and if he is criminally liable, he should be prosecuted. But I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was.

Hoodies? Really? Maybe 10 years ago this kind of mindless rant would have been timely. But railing against hoodies is as timely as railing against tatoos. Hell, I have hoodies. (Which makes hoodies pretty uncool if you ask me.) Geraldo needs to get out more.

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George Zimmerman is innocent until proven guilty just like every other American citizen. That Dr. Drew and his cohorts would be finding him guilty on camera is patently irresponsible. What's next? A mob lynching? Remember the Ox-Bow Incident.

Trayvon Martin is dead at the hand of Zimmerman. Yes, a rope was not involved. But Zimmerman (and Geller) appear to be the ones unfamiliar with the lessons of The Oxbow Incident. Was Martin innocent until proven guilty? Last I looked, Zimmerman remains a free man. It's not news, but Geller surely is clueless.

So David Axelrod won't appear on Bill Maher's show. Ann Althouse chortles:

Rush Limbaugh is a media genius, but I don't think he's enough of a genius to have laid this trap. It has worked as a trap. By going too far, on one well-chosen occasion — picking on a young woman about sex — he got an immense reaction from Rush haters, who smelled blood and imagined that they could use this incident to drive Rush off the air. In making their strong argument, Rush's opponents articulated a rule demonizing those who use offensive language to describe a woman. [...] In this Fluke incident, many left-liberals have committed to a rule that can now be used to take out some of their most valuable speakers and media outlets.

(Emphasis supplied.) Weird. I thought she was talking about Bill Maher. Oh noooo! Bill Maher!! Is Althouse serious? Who cares about Bill Maher?

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Via Think Progress, 98 Rush Limbaugh sponsors have now instructed Premiere Radio Networks not to put their ads on Rush's show. But now it's not just Rush. Their memo to to "Traffic Managers" said:

To all Traffic Managers: The information below applies to your Premiere Radio Networks commercial inventory...They’ve specifically asked that you schedule their commercials in dayparts or programs free of content that you know are deemed to be offensive or controversial (for example, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Tom Leykis, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity).’

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Tonight, Sean Hannity interviews the Keepers of the Breitbart Flame.

Preview here.

Protecting a "legacy", the Breitbart adherents report:

In 1998, a small Chicago theater company staged a play titled The Love Song of Saul Alinsky [. . . President] Obama was not only in the audience, but also took the stage after one performance, participating in a panel discussion that was advertised in the poster for the play.

In the words of Colonel Jessup, "Please tell me you have something more[.] Please tell me that [the keepers of the Breitbart flame] ha[ve]n't pinned their hopes to a [play]bill."

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Update: KPUA radio station in Hawaii has dropped Rush Limbaugh's radio show. One down, 599 to go.

We are strong believers in the first amendment and have recognized Mr. Limbaugh's right to express opinions that often times differ from our own, but it has never been our goal to allow our station to be used for personal attacks and intolerance. The most recent incident has crossed a line of decency and a standard that we expect of programming on KPUA whether it is locally produced or a syndicated program like the Rush Limbaugh show.

ProFlowers today suspended advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show, notwithstanding his apology yesterday:

At ProFlowers, our mission is to delight our customers with fresh and long lasting flowers, and that is our singular focus each and every day. We do not base our advertising decisions to align with any particular political view or opinion as our employees and customers are as diverse as the USA. Mr. Limbaugh’s recent comments went beyond political discourse to a personal attack and do not reflect our values as a company. As such, ProFlowers has suspended advertising on The Rush Limbaugh radio program.

The apology was also insufficient for Carbonite: which issued this statement: [More...]

Update 8:00 pm: Good for Mediaite -- It has updated with WRAL's correction. I've removed them from the headline of my post. Fox has yet to correct its headline. And now the Washington Post runs with the inaccurate story and speculates there must be something on the tape that helps his defense. How about reading the pleadings that set out his defense instead of writing things like "His defense strategy seems to be... " This is journalism?

Original Post: Fox News has an article today with the headline"John Edwards asks judge not to destroy sex tape." The article begins with:

John Edwards has asked a judge not to destroy a sex tape he made with his former mistress Rielle Hunter that was slated for destruction under a settlement reached last week, WRAL-TV reported.

Fox did no checking.[More...]

Non-apology apology from 'I'm just an entertainer'.

'Blowing off some steam' reference.

Displaying the usual lack of acumen, the Beltway mistakes activist shrugs regarding Bob Kerrey's announced run for Senator from Nebraska for dismay. Starting with a silly Politico article and ending where stupidity generally goes to live, Joe Klein, the Beltway mistakes progressive disinterest in Kerrey's candidacy with disappointment.

Here's the point - Bob Kerrey, by his own admission, is no progressive. He is the candidate of the Third Way. Mind you, Kerrey will no doubt be better than the Republican, as was Ben Nelson before him. I hope he wins. But on the list of campaigns that progressives need to prioritize, Kerrey is pretty far down the list. Unlike Beltway idiots like Joe Klein, progressive activists are focused on races with candidates who actually agree with their views. Klein wrote:

I like him a lot, especially when we disagree.

I like my politicians when they agree with me and that's when I am moved to support them. Enthusiastic Kerrey supporter Dean Esmay is enthusiastic about Kerrey for a good reason, Kerrey agrees with him on most of the big issues. No doubt the Third Way is enthusiastic about him for the same reason. Joe Klein is enthusiastic about Kerrey because he likes to support pols who disagree with him. And he calls us stupid. What an idiot.

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