Who cares?

My God!

Well, I guess it is the same one but just in a different book.

Another heart and mind changed by the Bushies!

I’m sure this will get 2 minutes on CNN Headline News (the non-Glenn Beck version). Glenn will do 2 hours!

Ah shit more Britney oh well back to the the tube and morning news!

Won’t she look cute in a burkha

Would be an improvement.

And in other news George W. Bush has secretly converted to Judaism and become an Israeli citizen, thus explaining why he prefers to believe Israeli intelligence about Iran’s nuclear programs rather than 16 United States Intelligence Agencies and the NIE.

The burka thing may interfere with her sense …ummm… style.

Well that might explain this report from the MSNBC gossip columnist:

Britney Spears’ newest constant companion, Adnan Ghalib, might be “happily dating” Spears as Ghalib’s photo agency claims, but a source close to Ghalib’s wife said that the claims that the paparazzo has been separated from his wife for more than a year are untrue.

“He was with her up until a week before he and Britney started this thing,” said the source. “And, she thinks that they’ll work things out in the end.”

Despite what Ghalib and his agency would have you think, sources say that Ghalib and his wife actually communicate frequently, which only makes the situation even stranger. “It makes you think that she [Ghalib’s wife] must think they’ll get something out of it in the end.”
That “something” of course, would be money. By all accounts, Ghalib is getting a significant take from the sale of the agency’s pics (reference Ghalib’s visit to a Mercedes-Benz dealership this past weekend), but it is unclear what other financial benefits he might reap.

“This thing with Adnan is so frustrating, it’s clear he’s taking advantage of Britney,” said a friend of Spears. “And with Britney, she’ll keep this up because she hates being alone and she knows it’s pissing people off. She just doesn’t get any of it.”

I reckon he thinks he can have a harem.

You do realize that this will only last until she has to experience her first Ramadan =) A month without Cheetos?? Say WHAT??

With no talent, and a voice that can peel paint, I can only say:

Let Britney ululate !!!

She is so messed up. If this is true, she won’t be happy covered up from stem to stern for very long, unless, perhaps, she would welcome it as a way of hiding in/from public. The bad part of it is the number of young girls who might decide follow her– she has been such an excellent role model you know.

i am going to assume cinnamonape at 8 is jesting i hope? what a strange world we live in!

We have unleashed the ultimate weapon in the Terrawar… good god!!

Where will she wear her hijab?

Prayer five times a day? Yeah, that will work.

This is bound to end badly. Again. I am starting to feel sorry for her.

Hi Jane:

I sent you an email… Hope this meets you well.

I agree, it seems as if the media are trying to create another ANS. Spears is so unstable. It is just tragic and sickening.

Poor little train wreck. Reinforcing the value of stage moms and blind ambition.

This would be funny if it weren’t so tragic. It’s so obvious that Britney needs mental health help, she’s looking more and more bipolar, yet all we can do is laugh at her as she very visibly lets her life fall apart in front of us all just to get the attention she craves. Does this young woman have any idea what Muslims do with a woman who undresses in front of cameras. She would be stoned. Or there have been many stories of young Muslim girls that rebelled against some of the harsher religious observances who were killed by their nearest male relative for shaming the family. Muslims have not been noted for giving second chances or for forgiveness. This girl is certifiably nuts. She should be in an institution before she harms herself or others.

Edwards is getting a lot of support and his poll numbers are rising:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/...../52/436243

Elections 2008: With shows like these, forget reruns
from Amer - Herald Trib
Some bad news for striking Hollywood writers: Election 2008 is a breakaway hit.

Keep an eye on Ghalib. He’s the interesting party here. The guy and his wife have an old standby favorite on making money quick and easy. They all get what they want. Ghalib and his wife walk away with a fast fortune and Britney gets publicity, which is all she wants. What a deal!

Now on to other subjects.

I thought FDL ratings were pretty good without Britney coverage? Guess we couldn’t pass on the irony though!

;)

Speaking of irony …. which prez candidates offer health insurance to their staffs, and which don’t?

OT..Interesting story about health insurance and Pres candidates.

All Dems provide insurance for staff..except for Kucinich..WTF?

kos

{{{Edwards is my man}}} I’m fighting for him.

You’re ruining my blogwhore question!

I mean after all the Associated Press did tell us the Britney is now important. Though I must say that hell must have frozen over. I would have thought a Britney post showing up here on Firedoglake would be tantamount to me becoming the next Pope. Guess I need to get ready for a fitting.

TrumanDem

Truman’s Conscience
“The Buck Stopped Here”

Sorry :>(

Mazel Tov on your popedom!

TexBetsy, Now that’s what I call news! Actions or lack thereof speak louder than words.

Hello Your Eminence!

Who is Britney Spears? Not up on pop culture.

EPU’s but WTH…
This is just stupid. Nominally Christian and Jewish women are considered “of the book” and do not need to convert to “be with” a muslim man. A nominally Xtian or Jewish man (think Omar Sharif) must convert to Islam to marry a Muslim woman. This is because any kids by definition take their father’s religion. And I just saw a parallel to the devout Catholics who push conversion or at least a “we’ll raise ‘em Catholic” pledge.

And not all Muslim countries use Saudi Arabia’s strict/perverse interpretation of Sharia.

FunnyDiva

Hell, these rightwing racist clowns make ME want to convert to be a Muslim. I already listen to Iranian and Middle Eastern music all the time. I feel it’s my duty.

That’s interesting. FEHB is Federal Employees Health Benefits, which would lead you to believe that candidates’ staff would be considered civil service employees. If it’s talking about office staff, all Democrats except Edward’s staff would be considered Federal employees. That includes Kusinch’s congressional staff.

Looks like all the current congress critters can use FEHB for campaign staff as well as regular staff, but Edwards has to make other arrangements. And Kucinich could use NEHB as well if he wanted to.

Employees of members of Congress are not considered Federal employees and are not covered under the FEHB.

That’s what I thought. The implied question is: Why does the chart show that coverage?

Senators/Reps’ employees are usually paid by the State their employer represents. They probably are convered by whatever insurance program their state civil service employees have.

So they HAVE health insurance, but it’s not FEHB… Someone probably doesn’t know there’s a difference.

re dakine01 @10:
I know some African guys with multiple wives; they’re allowed four if they can support them properly. One of them has 3 wives in Senegal, and I always saw him here with a pretty girl on his arm auditioning to be his fourth. He did throw a lot of money around, though, and that is always a draw.

[snip] Does this young woman have any idea what Muslims do with a woman who undresses in front of cameras. She would be stoned. Or there have been many stories of young Muslim girls that rebelled against some of the harsher religious observances who were killed by their nearest male relative for shaming the family. Muslims have not been noted for giving second chances or for forgiveness. [snip]

Ann, this really isn’t correct. Only certain fundamentalist Muslims act this way. There is an enormous range of “strictness” among the world’s two billion or so Mulsims–all the way from fanatics, like the Taliban, to very secular ones. I know a Turkish woman, for ex., who didn’t even know if she was Sunni or Shia until she had to apply for a passport. Painting all Muslims with the same brush only plays into the fearmongering of Darth et al.

Additional thought: When you consider it, the range of behavior in the Muslim world isn’t so different from what we see among the Christians.

News of the World, aka news of the Screws, a reliable Murdock nudespaper.

I like Britney Spears. Yes, she’s transgressive, but that’s artists for you. They transgress.