Ladies and gentlemen, we have a verdict in the latest OJ Simpson trial (seriously, how many court things has be been involved in now?)…the jurors found him guilty of all charges:

Well, Gloria (whom I’m no fan of, btw), I hate to point this out, because I am as glad to see OJ finally get to serve time as anyone else is…but justice in that case would have been served had he been convicted of those crimes at the trial of his ex-wife and her friend.  Of course, there is a tie-in to the previous trial, in that this case would never have come about had OJ not been trying to hide his sports memorabilia.

It’s too late to make amends for that travesty of a verdict now…justice delayed is justice denied. No, this is simply the latest (and hopefully final) chapter of a man who thought he could get away with anything, and it finally all caught up with him:

Having said that, I am glad that OJ is finally learning that he can’t do what he wants and get away with it just because of who he is. His luck ran out and it all finally caught up with him. He was finally busted for thinking he was above the law…the odds were stacked against him.

A bit of odd happenings in the courtroom…after the verdict was read, the lights went out:

And just where will OJ be living now?

Oh, and that “thirteen” number thing?

While justice may not be served for the horrific murders of Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, at least the jury got it right this time.

Yeah, so Radar Online is reporting a hilarious and disturbing story about an ad on Craig’s list looking for a Sarah Palin look-alike for a porn flick. As it turns out, the ad (according to the Radar article via the NYP) was place by none other than Hustler founder and publisher, the classy Larry Flynt.

Luckily for Radar, Flynt was kind enough to offer the script for their erotic pleasure journalistic endeavors and being the edgy folks they are, Radar has shared this information with the online community.

But wait, there’s more…

I know.  This is like the worst song ever.  But I can’t help it, it’s been buzzing through my head all week, and I found this totally cheese on a cracker version of it, so I simply had to post it.  It’s what the little voices in my head wanted.

Of course, if any man I know ever acted this way, his old lady would have punched him in the face, thrown his belongings out in the street, and cut up his baseball cards, but hey…it’s got a good beat, you can dance to it.

Happy Friday, everybody….I am outta here!

Who didn’t exactly have that red-carpet look on the red carpet?  Hint:  She certainly didn’t welsh on the mascara.

Answer after the jump!

But wait, there’s more…

While long having been a “person of interest” in the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee, Casey Anthony has now officially been named a suspect:

And it has been learned that investigators are now searching in a couple of new areas:

We’ve been following this case for a while now and have read many documents and seen many interviews with people connected with it.  I happened to catch this interview, and I thought it was one of the better ones I’ve seen.  On the Today show Thursday morning, ex-fiance Jesse Grund (who came across as very well-spoken) urged Casey to tell the truth and stop paying games:

It is said again that Cindy Anthony believed, possibly still does, that Jesse is the one who knows where Caylee is:

He says that while he felt it was impossible that he was Caylee’s father (later proven by a paternity test), he treated the little girl like she was his own:

He reveals that even though he caught her in lies and stealing from him, he never thought that she was a bad mom:

But could she have harmed her child?

His final words to Casey?

Yes, absolutely.  We are all tired of the lies.  The stories go round and round and they don’t make any sense.  Casey, for once in your life, do the right thing.  This isn’t about you any longer.  You can only attempt to twist the police around for so much longer before they drop the hammer on you.  Everyone is tired of your games, Casey.  Caylee deserves more respect than that.  If there was ever any tiny bit of love for your daughter, please…tell the truth.

Just tell the truth.

When stars attack - WWTDD?

Brooke Hogan needs to button her shirt, she might catch a cold - Bitten & Bound

PETA says NO to fur!  Well, unless you live in Africa, then it’s okay - Deceiver

Jessica Simpson:  When your career all else fails, marry a rich dude - IDLYITW

Chandler Bing is SO doing a spinoff - Defamer

I am all sorts of school-girl-giddy waiting for tonight’s debate. I will even be skipping “Supernatural” (on the CW - hello DVR) to watch! I guess you could say I have a special fondness for “glittering generalities” and a woman who reads not just some periodicals, but “all of ‘em, and any of ‘em” which most likely include, “100 Recipes For Moose Jerky,” “Really Big Guns Quarterly,” “Dinosaurs and Other Mythical Creatures,” and definitely “Family Circle.” I kid, I kid.

Well, no I don’t, but I do mean it in good fun. Poor Sarah Palin, it’s not bad enough the woman is being run through the grist mill of the media, who are now overcompensating for the wildly inappropriate ass-kissing they gave her after the RNC, and are now making up for it by forcing her to talk to the condescending and self-important Katie Couric, but now she has to debate the loquacious Senator Joe Biden. On top of all that, she has Puff Daddy Diddy von P Diddler making fun of her, as if a man who can’t even stick with one dumb name and punches strangers in the face while trying to steal their girlfriend has any room to talk. He’s right about one thing, get out and vote on Nov. 4, it’s you civic duty regardless of who you vote for.

Can we get back to the issues already? Seriously people, we have real problems facing us besides Sarah Palin’s inability to name one periodical she’s read in the last 44 years of her life (besides all of ‘em.) Hey, as long as she’s reading Glosslip, she’s getting all the news that fit to read.

But only if she sticks to k’s stuff. I wonder if Ms. Palin was too embarrassed to list the sources she reads? If Katie Couric had asked me that question, first I’d probably challenge her to an arm-wrestling competition, but then I’d have to list them.

I wonder if the National Enquirer, Star Magazine and In Style count as publications that shape one’s world view?

Grrrrrr……..

So I’m reading McCain: Myth Of A Maverick, by former war-blogger and Reason editor-in-chief Matt Welch and it’s led me to some interesting epiphanies. Welch, who would likely describe himself as a libertarian (Reason is the leading libertarian magazine), seems to be trying to convince the reader that McCain isn’t quite what he portrays himself to be, specifically, a maverick.

Last fall at the first BlogWorldExpo, I asked Matt if he were forced to vote today, would he vote for McCain and he thoughtfully paused and said “No, if I had to vote today, I’d vote for Ron Paul.” I am not sure if Mr. Welch still feels that way, but one of his reasons was McCain’s commitment to the Iraq War, and Welch’s desire to see the U.S. extract itself from that conflict. Matt made it clear McCain’s inherent war-mindedness, wasn’t exactly what the country needed.

A lot’s happened since last November. I’ll be honest, I haven’t finished the book yet, but so far, what I’ve read is superbly written, full of insight and well researched — and of course, McCain’s camp wanted nothing to do with it.

What makes Welch’s take on the man who might be our next president is his own political neutrality. That’s not to say Matt’s neutral, but his views could be construed as outside of the two-party system which dominates U.S. politics. Despite the book being written from a fairly neutral perspective, it’s obvious Welch’s research led him to portray McCain as a man who isn’t so much a maverick, as much as he is defiant and bullheaded. McCain’s also something else; he a master of coming from behind to win when all odds are stacked against him. Sort of like we are seeing right now. And this should be a warning to democrats.

McCain, a man of many contradictions, has on one hand distanced himself from his own Republican party by refusing to play partisan politics as Senator, but then as presidential candidate, he overtly pandered to the extreme right by choosing a polarizing running mate like Governor Sarah Palin. The over-arching theme to McCain’s life is his ability to find himself in losing situations and relish in it. McCain’s real nickname should be “Underdog” or “Back Against The Wall” or “Against All Odds” McCain, not “Maverick,” or even such salty names as his paternal heroes like “Good G*ddamn McCain” and my favorite, “McNasty” as Welch reports.

McCain’s apparently at his best when he’s facing defeat, and is at his worst when he’s on top. A couple examples of this come to mind. First and foremost is of course his POW experience. By now, we ALL know, Senator McCain’s a war hero (it’s sort of become his single defining characteristic on the campaign trail) and Welch masterfully explains how the McCain’s soldier instincts were honed by a long distinguished line of military forefathers and how took this paternal history took root in McCain’s formative years.

McCain’s life of highs and lows come at the worst times in his life, where like the mythic Phoenix, he rises from the ashes to reign again. The obvious example is his POW story.

Prior to being shot down during the Vietnam War and captured by angry villagers (McCain broke both arms and a knee during the crash) he was a jaded, cocky guy who didn’t seem to grasp the grave nature of the war, especially for those in the trenches. It wasn’t until he was broken, both physically and morally (he was beaten into giving a “confession” by his captures) that McCain found “himself,” and as we’ve all now heard throughout the McCain campaign this is when he “fell in love” with his country. It was this experience which led him to put “country first” and was a guiding force in his life.

We also saw McCain overcome defeat when his campaign fell apart after running out of money and being deserted by essentially his entire staff in July of ‘07. Look where that got him, the lead candidate on his party’s ticket. What might destroy any other man’s will to succeed, seems to be the recipe for success for McCranky (that’s what I like to call him).

Fast forward to right now, and we have McCain’s latest crash, burn and possible resurrection. Enter Sarah “Caribou Barbie” Palin, whose crazy train has come to screeching halt. In the days after her spirited RNC speech, news on Palin was sunshine, rainbows and unicorns in the mainstream media (except for those intellectual snobs at the NYT ;).

Palin, who was given a free pass because she successfully fired up the McCain ticket, is now being scrutinized down to her favorite moose jerky recipe (she’s likes it spicy!). Is this fair? Probably not, but that’s how the modern media does it. Pendulums swing this way, pendulums swing that way. Rarely do we get to hear the old “fair and balanced” news we so desperately need.

As McCain begins to lose ground in the polls, I hear the Democrats getting cocky and self-assured. Which really isn’t wise with this much time still left in the election process. Tonight’s debate between the two VP candidates will be mostly pomp and circumstance, simply because the expectations for both candidates have been set so low. All Biden has to do is follow the time limits for his responses and not look directly AT Sarah Palin and he’s golden (the man is known for being a “windbag” and has been cautioned not to beat the crap out of her because she’s a “dainty pitbull in lipstick) and for Sarah Palin, all she needs to do is not writhe on the floor and start speaking in tongues and predicting the apocalypse and she will be seen as a winner. Hey, don’t missunderestimate (a Bushism) her, she’s a whiz at glittering generalities and double-speak. Plus, she’s so darned CUTE!

Despite what some people think, this election is NOT in the bag for Obama and the Dems, this is when it starts getting tough and McCain will come out fighting. If people want Obama to win, they better do as the man does: slow and steady wins the race. The time for spiking in the end-zone comes in January, not October.

Oh, and it doesn’t help that the Dems historically have been known to throw the whole race away all Cleveland Indians style: with a lead in the bottom of the 9th and their best closer on the mound. Hey, what’s substance without style!

(McCain/Palin illustration crafted by artist Victor Juhasz for Rolling Stone’s Oct. 2nd issue. Don’t shoot the messenger, we just “borrow” the images, we don’t create them.)

Sorry to be a Dawnie Downer, but after seeing a story about a mother and her 4-year old child who were mowed down by a driver who blew through a stop sign, it made me realize how we are all just one accident away from tragedy. I tell my kids all the time about how important it is to use caution and safety, to the point of being paranoid. The problem is, you have to be paranoid these days, people just don’t think.

I don’t know the exact circumstances from the traffic accident detailed above, but I do know people take their lives and safety for granted everyday. We assume that others will obey the law, but they often don’t. We assume that when the light is green, that means go and we just drive like we are on autopilot. All of us do it, but we shouldn’t.

There are some accidents we absolutely have no control over. Look at the sad case of Travis Barker and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein). When someone else is in charge of your safety, you are at the mercy of their skills and the hands of fate. But there are many, many, many times in our everyday lives we can avoid being the victims of tragedy by simply PAYING ATTENTION, OBEYING THE LAW and TAKING OUR TIME.

So I am telling you dear readers and casual passers-by, I know we are all distracted by life. Whether it be things going on with us personally, or the state of the economy, or gas shortages, the truth is, if you are killed in an accident because someone (including yourself) was careless or not paying attention, none of these other matters are all that important. And imagine how you’d feel is YOU were the one who blew a stop sign and killed an innocent mother and her child? Exactly. So think first and always, act second.

Also, please don’t use mobile devices while driving. DUMB, DUMB, DUMB!

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the mother and daughter who were killed in the tragic accident.

Won’t you consider taking home a lovable forever friend?

By all means, do not adopt a dog that does not fit your life, and do not adopt any more animals that you can reasonably take care of.  But if you’ve been considering adopting a new friend, this could be the time to do it.  Many shelters are offering discounts during October to new dog adoptions.  Perhaps you could start your search here, or at your local animal shelter or Humane Society.

If you cannot give one of these animals a loving home, please consider a donation of food, litter, or money.  You won’t regret it!

Don’t breed or buy (or clone) while shelter pets die!