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The honeymoon may definitely be over for the Barack Obama Adminstration, but bookmakers are apparently seeing little reason to reflect any dramatic changes in the proposition odds for Election 2012. The past month or two has seen the Obamanation’s afterglow dampen significantly, with a lowlight reel that includes indignities such as Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s standup comedy routine in China, the federalization of General Motors, Joe Biden’s tipmongering for the bird flu-caused apocalypse, and the presidentially sponsored hemorrhaging of federal money with no obvious improvement to the job market.

Intertops is offering this prop bet until June 14th, which should provide an excellent opportunity to eliminate some possibilities for those with faith in patterns: Both summer heat waves became notable by mid-June. As July is Berlin (and Germany)’s hottest month traditionally by about 1.5⁰C over June and August. In Deutschland, a hot June often indicates hotter July.

As far as the Os Man’s concerned, this one’s going to come down to Melissa Rycroft and Gilles Marini, even though Johnson is an world-class artistic gymnast and the Os Man realizes that ever since Emmitt Smith nailed the debut season should the token jock ever be counted out.

With less than a week to go before the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off (round one goes down Tuesday, May 12), Germany has received big news – huge news, albeit in a small, wasp-waisted package: Sex bomb/burlesque artiste Dita von Teese will likely be appearing along with Alex Christensen in his performance of “Miss Kiss Kiss Bang” in Moscow.

So goes the Intertops prop: What will the critics’ Tomatometer read at 5:00 pm EST on Monday, July 20th for the “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” movie?