Bill Clinton spoke to a packed house at Penn State Unievrsity last night and two smart Obama fans got some free publicity and made the former president look like a real ass. [CollegeOTR]

“If you’re a Davidson student, the Sweet 16 is on us. And you’re all invited.”

Davidson center Thomas Sander was halfway through his senior economics seminar Wednesday afternoon when a fellow student excitedly raised his hand.

“I’ve got a pretty cool announcement,” the guy said to the class. And then he read the e-mail that had just dropped from college president Tom Ross, containing the coolest invitation in the history of March Madness:

If you’re a Davidson student, the Sweet 16 is on us. And you’re all invited.

“Everyone was going crazy, saying ‘I’m going to Detroit!’” Sander recalled.

College kids love free stuff. But a free trip — tickets, hotel and a bus ride included — to see your Cinderella school play Big Ten champion Wisconsin in a once-a-generation NCAA tournament game? This was better than Ed McMahon showing up at your door with a Publishers Clearing House check. [ESPN]

Social Networking Profiles Give Inaccurate Impressions of User

Millions of users have profiles on the social networking site Facebook, where they can list their majors, hometown, favorite books, movies, music, quotes and other personal information. A UT researcher found this information does not always give an accurate impression of the user. [Daily Texan]

Boston College Dining Hall Patrons Steal Nearly 10 Percent of Items

Helen Wechsler, director of Boston College Dining, whose mine of student-purchasing (and theft) data would make a food marketer’s Christmas. In a recent conversation, Wechsler confirmed, “These numbers are simply shocking.” These “numbers” are the rates of student theft in the dining halls, a problem that is more prevalent than one might think.

Food service, Wechsler said, is an industry whose researchers expect theft averages of 4 percent, but in this respect, BC more than exceeds the standard: Patrons of BC Dining steal approximately 9 percent of all products. [BC Talk]

Geraldine Ferraro thinks that Obama is on political easy street because he is black.

Oh Geraldine, I remember when my parents would tell stories about how you and Walter Mondale got electorally sodomized in the 1984 Presidential campaign. And here you are again, back in the limelight and trying to extend your political shelf-life.

I have to say with the utmost regret, that I agree with certain portions of what Ferraro is trying to say - it’s the way she says it that makes her a little media-whorish.

An educated person might say something like, “Obama has the charismatic benefit of being able to speak to multiple disenfranchised voter groups while maintaining a strong mainstream appeal.”

That works a lot better than, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept,” which is what Ferraro told the media.

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First they made a photo of a bigger and blacker Obama, and now they are looking to join forces.

There are not enough cigars and interns to hold back the wave of s**t that will be spewed on Capitol Hill. Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama - this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket headed by the former first lady.

In hailing Obama as a possible vice president, the Clintons are reaching out to him and, perhaps more importantly, to his backers, whose support she would need to defeat Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the November election. “The Clintons are in a difficult position,” said Dennis Goldford, a political science professor at Drake University in Iowa, who has tracked the presidential race. “If she wins the Democratic presidential nomination, she would need Obama’s supporters. But she needs to be careful. If this talk of him on the ticket is seen as a cynical maneuver, it could backfire and hurt her,” Goldford said. Read More »

Like any good twenty-something, I’m on several random email lists, usually of the happy hour variety. When one of my favorite haunts in lower Manhattan emailed me about an open bar next Monday, I did a cartoon-style double-take. Not because I’m that excited about an open bar, but because in the subject line, this one was exclusively for supporters of Barack Obama.

I opened said email instead of deleting immediately, and read that the “suggested donation” was $25 per person, but more would be greatly appreciated, and that the proceeds would go directly to Obama’s campaign.

Maybe I should’ve been disgusted. Instead, I was intrigued. A politician’s supporters realize a great way to get the twenty-to-thirty demographic to donate…give them booze in exchange for the donation. Unlimited alcohol—and sushi!—for four hours, even. Read More »

Once again a member of the Clinton family can not seem to keep it in their pants.

At first it seemed to be a venomous little rumor started by Village Voice editor Michael Musto in August - but now various reputable DC sources are confirming what we have all hoped to be true.

Hillary Clinton has been having a lesbian affair with her top female aide, the sexy Huma Abedin.

This would not be the first time Hillary has been accused of being a lesbian but to date it is the first lesbian rumor to be backed by so many high-level reputable sources.

Most recently a “top level” Department of Justice official told Big Head DC that, “I am close enough to Hillary and Huma to tell you that this ‘rumor’ is true.” Interesting, to say the least.

Any other day I’d say this source is not reliable; but the next person to corroborate this story was highly respected journalist and author Ron Rosenbaum.

In his October 30 article “Shocking Inside DC Scandal Rumor: A Media Ethics Dilemma” Rosenbaum said the Los Angeles Times has a story “wrapped up and ready to go about what is a potentially devastating sexual scandal involving a leading Presidential candidate” and they are currently ’sitting on it’ because the paper couldn’t decide “the complex ethics of whether and when to run it.” Read More »

This “Beer Retriever” is truly Man’s Best Friend. (CollegeHumor)

Former President Bill Clinton jokes that he may “slit his throat” if Hillary becomes President, thus making him “First Lady/Man.” We will too, Willy - we will too. (USA Today)

A nightclub in London turned away a disabled girl, citing that her crutches were “offensive weapons.” They should have just said, “No fatties allowed.” (ThisIsLondon)

An MIT student was arrested for wearing a fake bomb she designed to an airport; she claimed it was just artwork, no big deal. First, artsy-fartsy hipsters wore keffiyehs, now they don fake bombs in airports. Tragic. (WBZ)

Meet the Soundwagon aka THE COOLEST RECORD PLAYER EVER! It will look dashing next to your lava lamp and gravity bong. (Soundwagon)