Michael Moore: True left-wing patriot, or Bush-baiting gasbag? Who cares! He mentions Fresno in his new movie! That means automatic gold stars from Fresyes.

Per Time's review: "Fahrenheit 9/11 shows some tragicomic effects of the Patriot Act: a man quizzed by the FBI for casually mentioning at his health club that he thought Bush was an 'asshole'; a benign peace group in Fresno, Calif., infiltrated by an undercover police agent. ..."

We loved his past movies, even if the guy himself is insufferable. (I mean, dude... picking on Dick Clark?? Why not just set up a tripwire outside a senior center?) But this time, Roger Ebert says Moore lays off the "muckraking wiseass" schtick to let the stories of Bush, his Saudi family connections, 9/11 and Iraq speak for themselves. Jeffrey Wells also admits to crying after the screening in Cannes.

Other news:

1. Another day, another list: Our Modesto correspondent Katy writes in to "brag" that her hometown fared worse than Fresno on the list of the most horrible places to find work. Sad days indeed for the Bermuda Triangle of California.

2. Just what you needed: A Dave Chappelle Lil' Jon soundboard.

3. While Britney Spears is running off the stage in Germany, Bruce Springsteen is prepping to take the stage outside the Republican Convention in New York. If rumors are true, this oughta come close to matching Rage Against the Machine, Democratic Convention, Los Angeles, 2000. Hell yes.