Taking A U-Turn In Bali

Plus: Check out who’s abstaining from abstinence-only money...paper shredders going double-time at the White House...that preppy guy in the blazer and Duckheads is even more dangerous than you think...Ellllllves Iiiin Spaaaaaaaaace!...guess who called Al Pacino a “mad old freak"...stop snitchin’ with Satan?..and the Mustache of Justice is back in action. It’s Monday, December 17 and this is Mic Check. Say goodbye to the Leader of the Band.

Celebration Excuse

This day is out of this world...

1903

The Wright brothers take to the sky in the Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

1969

The Air Force closes its study of UFOs, stating that sightings were generated as a result of “A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects.” We still believe...

1987

Watch out, Dr. Wiley! The Mega Man Nintendo game debuts.

1989

Daaa dup bup ba dee bup dup ba deedle dee bup. The Simpsons premieres.

2003

100 years after Kitty Hawk, SpaceShipOne makes the first privately-funded manned supersonic flight.

Happy, happy birthday...

  • 1770: Ludwig van Beethoven, the best classical composer ever to go deaf
  • 1929: William Safire, opinion columnist
  • 1935: Cal RipkenSr., Baseball’s best dad
  • 1945: Chris Matthews, political journalist and host of MSNBC’s Hardball
  • 1946: Eugene Levy, actor famous for his notable roles in American Pie and most Christopher Guest movies
  • 1953: Bill Pullman, actor who played the president in Independence Day

Daybook

STUMPIN’

The other Clinton: South Carolina New Democrats welcome former President Bill Clinton to a ceremony.

POTUS

Really? The Holiday Inn? The President delivers remarks on the economy at the Holiday Inn Fredericksburg, 564 Warrenton Road, Fredericksburg, Va.

CONGRESS

SENATE

10:00AM

Senate meets at 10 a.m. to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2248, the FISA bill. At noon the Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to S.2248.

HOUSE

10:30AM

House meets at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business.

TV

TIVO

Tyra: Babyface

The View: Margaret Hoover

Charlie Rose: President Bill Clinton

Ellen: Jane Seymoure

Oprah: Dr. Oz.

STAY UP LATE

Letterman: Julia Roberts.

Leno: Jaime Foxx

Craig Ferguson: TBA

Conan: Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Carson Daly: Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson

 

Popularity Contest

We’re nothing without them.

NYT: Latter-Day Republicans vs. the Church of Oprah

WP: Reps. Mack, Bono wed in private ceremony

USAT: Singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg dies

LAT: Celine Dion bids adieu to Vegas gig

ABC: Al-Zawahri Video: US Failing in Iraq

NBC: New chance for Iraq?

CBS: The Girl Next Door

CNN: Singer Dan Fogelberg dies

FOX: Admitted Olympic Skater Nancy Kerrigan Attacker Brian Sean Griffith Dies at 40

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