Ah Sunday. A day for most Americans to wake up, put on our Docker pants, head to Church and worship with a pastor who founded his ministry with a witch hunt against a Kenyan woman whom he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells just like Sarah Palin does. Seriously did you read that shit? The pastor who Palin says helped get her elected through the power of Jesus and who "laid his hands" on her is also a crazy witch-hunter. You can't make this up, and believe you me Pinko tries. Piyush Bobby Jindal we miss you! I couldn't decide if Palin's potemkin pastor or the $1 trillion economic bailout or the war we're going to have with Spain or the possibility of a sequel to that dreadful Sex and the City movie was the surest sign of the apocalypse this week. There was some good news though. Barack Obama seems to have stabilized in the polls and the press is calling out McCain for lying. Today is the first day of Fall, my favorite season. And we've started a little redesign here at Pinko. It's still in-process and changing by the day so let us know what you think. But first, the goods you came for: the best and worst of the week that was. To the list! Gay Marry It The Onion, for that brilliant Obama Deletes Another Unread Email from MoveOn feature. Abort It MoveOn.org. My cocksucking free Obama button fell apart as soon I pinned it to my bag! Now they want me to give them $12 and then I can have a free Obama tshirt to which I can not pin my Obama buttons because they all fell apart. Thanks guys. Gay Marry It US Weekly. They totally wrote up that story about John McCain visiting Anne Hathaway's secret sex yacht! Abort It PBS. 53% of all site visitors to PBS.org think Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President! Does PBS stand for Potentially Bookburning Sovereign? Please Bankrupt Society? Paris, be scared? Go take that poll now while there's still time. Gay Marry It Totally New York focused, but I had amazing Mexican dinner last night in Williamsburg at this place La Superior and it was fantastic. Lots of local ingredients and organic foods and some wicked deep-fried tortilla chips. Abort It The Burritoville chain, and the New York Times insistence that their food is even mildly edible. Apparently the whole chain just shut down the other day and nobody knows why, leaving New Yorkers "searching for a good burrito." I lived in San Francisco; I know from good burritos. You, burritoville, are no Taqueria Cancun. Gay Marry It Politicians who run gutsy ads and look like Jake Gyllenhall in Brokeback Mountain. We've written about him before, but Scott Kleeb is very, very close to winning an upset for Senate in very conservative Nebraska, partly on the strength of some great television ads and partly on the strength of his firm, sinewy torso, muscular legs and thick bulging ... character. He was in New York on Thursday for a fundraiser that we missed, but support him if you can. Abort It Politicians who joke about mass food epidemics. Apparently there was some sort of listeria outbreak that killed 18 people in Canada last week. Clearly it's great grounds for humor right? From the NYT:

An attempt at levity by a Canadian cabinet minister over a tainted food epidemic that killed 18 people, has turned the health crisis into an unexpected issue in Canada’s current election campaign.

Yeah you think? It has to be up there with Hitler, Rape, and Hitler-rape as off-limits for campaign humor. (btw this is really funny.) Gay Marry It The parking space public art project! Carl put us on to this one, the concept being "find an empty parking spot on your local street and feed the meter, but rather than steer your ride into the spot, roll out some sod, unfold a lawn chair, open a book and…relax. Voila, instant park!" We love it. Abort It Crazy requirements mandating all this parking that isn't really needed. Apparently there is a movement afoot for cities to reconsider severe rules requiring how much parking is included with new development. The effect of the rules, most critics say, is to make cities less walkable. Boo to that. Pinko wants people backing it up, but not always into a parking space. Shhh. Jury Is Still Out We've followed here some "PEPFAR," a bill up for reauthorization that deals with U.S. Policy and international aid related to issues like trafficking and global AIDS funding. The bill was reauthorized this week, which might be good, but contained all these confusing add-ons that if they stayed in there would basically redefine America's relationship to the world vis a vis the AIDS crisis, trafficking and violence against women, etc. We'll figure it out and let you know what's up. Also coming this week: Shocking literary gossip; news about the floating trash heap; our debate preview clip and save drinking game (you do NOT want to be the one who draws "McCain looks old; take a shot" out of the bag) and some dispatches from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and (omfg) Austria, where they're making some sustainable beer. Ideas for next week? Anything good we missed this week? Just Email us! Or drop ideas in the comments.