We're not sure why, but athletes often celebrate big wins by squirting one another with exploding booze, as the Phillies did after beating the Rockies, which means the team stands a chance of making the World Series. Or something.

President Obama can expected some nasty letters from anti-war activists: the Pentagon has sent at least 34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. These "support troops" are 13,000 more than Obama said would be sent back in March. Riot! [WaPo]

Executives at Goldman-Sachs aren't known for their largess. But now, after the company and its powerful ties to DC have been dragged through the mud, officials may throw coin charity way. Sound good? Yes and no and maybe.

David Letterman has crossed the threshold from tabloid guest star to full time villain. Well, if Quinnipiac University's to be believed.

Disney, realizing that its shopping mall outposts are under performing, will soon join forces with Apple to make every visit an "experience." So they're calling on Steve Jobs.

The French do nepotism best: President Sarkozy's son may head group overseeing the financial district.

There's something rotten in the state of Oklahoma. Or in the Oklahoma Governor's mansion, where three women allege they were raped by the former head chef and chief groundskeeper. The Governor's team, however, swears the place is safe. Um, really?

After Bill Clinton helped rescue two Current TV employees from North Korea, Al Gore's TV network can get down to other pressing business. Like laying off employees, reportedly.

A decade ago they were the child auteurs who could do no wrong. Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze were not just proclaimed the saviors of the cinema, but of modern civilization as well.

Microblogging might seem straightforward enough to your typical Silicon Valley office drone. But Hollywood superstars are used to things coming a bit easier in life. And PR firms like Santa Monica-based Id are ready to hold their hands on Twitter, Nicole LaPorte (disclaimer: the long-suffering wife of Gawker's Richard Rushfield) writes at the Daily Beast, and help bolster their image, or at least not wreck it.

[Even this squirrel runs for cover across the lawn at the White House today after Secret Service cleared the area because a suspicious backpack was left in the vicinity. Image via Getty]

On the heels of yesterday's departure from the Mad Men team of Emmy winning writer Kater Gordon, we hear that another scribe is following suit.

Want to host the Olympics? So did HITLER. Issuing a statement critical of an insurance industry-funded report on how regulating the health insurance industry would be bad? That is what GOEBBELS did. Welcome to Erick Erickson's brain!

A New York Times reporter trafficked in kitten pictures; Julia Allison's fashion scheme spread like a virus; and everyone decided gay people need special handling. The Twitterati were hatching schemes.

defending his 2005 prediction — "We will never see a black president, yet they are all over TV so what good does that do? It only sounds politically correct, but it's not a reality" — in an interview with Blackbook.

Science: Learning to juggle improves your brain. But probably not your sex life.

According to Bloomberg, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will likely keep his job if Comcast succeeds in gaining a controlling stake in the company. Of course he will, because otherwise he'd be accountable for all the horrible mistakes he's made.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has granted a rare interview so he can share such management expertise as: founders like himself are scientifically shown to be superior CEOs, according to a stat he heard once, somewhere, which "someone should probably look into."

In your newspaper advertising supplements yesterday, you may have noticed this intriguing ad for Baby Jingles Heavenly Handfuls Li'l Monkey Hugs Doll by Artist Darlene Austin. You missed it? We'll transcribe the important details for you.

He is like, Muhammad Yunus? Fuck that guy! Microcredit is a joke! Ha ha, just kidding, the famous old track and field athlete is pretty sure that Barack Obama has done "absolutely nothing." And TMZ is there!