PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Ben is in Pennsylvania this weekend so I'm stepping in. You know what that means? You guessed it! Pictures of women in their underwear mountain bike armor! Just me? Anyway, here are a couple of things to keep your eye on today. Joe the plumber may be looking to add a failed congressional bid to his resume. Of course if he did pull off an upset in 2010 he would still be qualified for a tax cut under Obama's plan, even with his $169,300 congressional salary. Speaking of under-qualified republicans and large amounts of money, does anyone else find it odd that stores like the über gay men's clothing store Atelier New York, where Sarah Palin supposedly did all her fancy shopping, don't seem to have any recollection of the purchases? Either McCain staffers are getting a little something for themselves on the corporate card, or they're trying to hide having bankrolled something even more sinister than Naughty Monkey peep-toe pumps. Lastly, if body armor doesn't do it for you, Entertainment Weekly has a new photo gallery of 18 Shameless Reality TV Stars including Real Worlder turned pro-wrestler Trishelle Cannatella. Here at Pinko we predict that Trishelle may be the first reality star to have a sexually transmitted disease named after her. Given her love for hot tub three-ways we're guessing something fungal... Yucky.