Asleep at the Wheel
The Utah-based purveyors of this Obama monkey doll (brilliantly named "The Sock Obama") say, in response to a barrage of criticism, that they, "perhaps, naively," felt that there was nothing wrong with portraying a black man, particularly one who has a pretty great shot of becoming the next president of the United States, as a monkey.
Ike Turner, the Grammy winner behind what is widely considered to be music's first rock and roll song, died today at his home in San Diego. He was 76 years old.
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