Carl Jonard Technically Still Has a Blog

This is a new era in American history. No matter who wins, a long-standing barrier will be broken. At long last, a non-contiguous state will be represented in the White House!
If only Eisenhower was still here to see the realization of his beautiful dream. *sniff*

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Oh, internet.
Is there anything you can’t obsess over?
Net mob search for iPhone girl’s identity:
China’s “human flesh search engine” is in hot pursuit of an unnamed Chinese factory worker after photographs of her showed up unexpectedly on a new iPhone 3G purchased recently in Britain.
FoxConn representatives have confirmed to several Chinese newspapers that the woman – [...]

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That we have the opportunity to go straight from the most cartoonishly awful president in history straight to this… it just boggles my mind.

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Did you know there’s a quasi-official Comedy Central Indecision 2008 blog? Neither did I, and we weren’t missing much, because it’s nothing special.
However, I did think that this sort-of-backstage account of Jon Stewart’s breakfast with the press was pretty interesting, even if it is arbitrarily split up into three pages:
“I can’t believe that, as reporters, [...]

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In these contentious times, it’s nice to see that there are some things everyone can agree on.
Barack Obama, in the Las Vegas Sun:
Michael Kostroff, an actor who was in town to volunteer for Obama and had a chance to meet him, told the Sun that Obama’s favorite TV show is his own: HBO’s “The Wire,” [...]

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“Beat It,” as reenacted by Milwaukee’s premiere all-girl-and-tranny bike gang.

These chicks could totally kick the asses of the wannabe track-bike hipsters down the street from me.

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If I ever design my own bathroom, you can bet your sweet Birdo I’ll be campaigning for a little Mushroom Kingdom action.
New York Times:

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This is pretty awesome. Someone in the UK opened up their brand-new iPhone and found that it already had pictures on it.

Maybe working in a sweatshop ain’t so bad.
[via iLounge]

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Young, sexy people that live in Malibu call it The ‘Bu, because when you say the entire word, it takes time, and then you wouldn’t be young anymore.

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There’s a nice profile of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at The New York Times, which includes this tidbit:
The day begins with a morning meeting where material harvested from 15 TiVos and even more newspapers, magazines and Web sites is reviewed.
A former researcher for the show provides a little more detail in the comments [...]

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