Dan Schruender is running for school board in the town of Rialto, California. Schruender is a proud member of the Aryan Nations. He might win, because no one's running against him. Don't let this happen!

Our ongoing Pop Culture Doomsday stroked the infant cheek of awards season this morning when the hooded, cloaked cultists at National Board of Review anointed Slumdog Millionaire as their Best Picture pick for 2008. It's just the latest setback today for Paramount, which, with one notable exception, will chase the bitter aftertaste of rolling layoffs with an ice-cold glass of Button-Snub Ultra.