Like many people, Lawrence O’Donnell expressed his disgust today at a Republican ad by candidate Pete Hoekstra depicting a Chinese woman thanking his congressional opponent for making China strong. O’Donnell did not bother too much with attacking Hoekstra or the Republicans, however, and instead went after the young actress in the ad, calling for actors to take a vow of “simple decency” and boycott these ads.

Michigan residents watching the Super Bowl last night may have noticed an unusual political ad that aired during Sunday’s game. In it, a young Chinese woman is seen riding a bike through what appears to be a rice paddy. She stops to tell the viewer all about Democratic Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow‘s spending, as young Chinese women riding bikes through rice paddies are wont to do. As a result of spending, she informs us, the U.S. has to borrow more money from China and “your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow!”

As the snarling strains of “Another One Bites The Dust” echo on the world stage that is now rid of Muammar Gaddafi, and some Republicans rush to diminish any role that President Obama might have had in his demise, the producers of Fox and Friends know just where to turn to sort it all out. Host Brian Kilmeade assembled a panel made up of BreitbartTV editor Larry O’Connor, singer Judy Collins, and former SNL actor Joe Piscopo to debate former Rep. Pete Hoekstra‘s suggestion that the President give back his Nobel Peace Prize.

November’s midterms can rightly be considered the nation’s first Twitter election. Sure Twitter was around in 2007/08 but it was not widely used, and certainly not by major candidates for office. Needless to say, what a difference two years make. Come this fall, for better or worse (and one assumes it will be more the latter than the former) politicians will likely be tweeting up a storm. Want an idea of what that might look like?

Even before the Bowl Championship Series, the system that determines which two teams play for college football’s national championship, launched official Facebook and Twitter pages last week, it was no secret that many people think the system is broken. Fan response to the pages, maintained by BCS executive director Bill Hancock, simply confirmed the widespread discontent. And boy, was there a lot of confirmation.