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Willie Geist has selected the important news from this eventful week. To be fair, it was much more eventful for some than others. Take those embroiled in the debt talks. They have managed to take the Fun out of dysfunctional with walk-outs, and dueling blame speeches. It’s touching to see John Boehner and pals defend their pledge to Grover Norquist at any cost to the country or their shaky credibility.
In the second, and most successful event of it’s kind, we see that it is not, repeat not – a good idea to assume that Paw Paw is dead, and not merely in need of medical assistance, This was the case in So. Africa, where the man assumed to be ‘gone’ is very much alive and in fine voice. The morgue workers were last seen running in different directions, screaming about ‘the last days!’ Earlier this summer in Italy, in a similar case, a woman awoke at her own funeral. The shock and awe of a church filled with well-wishers, some undoubtedly two-faced, was enough to send her to heaven permanently.
Which studly game show host must surely be accustomed to finding fans standing by his bedside, just admiring the view of his clothless bod? Once he found his knickers, Alex Trebek gave an admirable chase to the most recent one!