We normally post only about politics and the media.  And we normally don’t relay content with filthy language.

But a loyal reader just alerted us to the following, and we couldn’t resist.  Warning: put in your earplugs and make sure there are no bosses or kids around.  Hint: The Departed.

Political junkies and Hollywood junkies alike should get quite a kick out of watching the HBO film “Recount,” debuting Sunday, May 25 on HBO.

Shot on location in Jacksonville and Tallahassee, “Recount” portrays the turmoil of the 2000 presidential election in Florida, following the Florida recount from Election Day in November 2000 through the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of George W. Bush over Al Gore five weeks later.

Check out who’s playing whom — a delightful mix of political and entertainment bold-faced names:

• Kevin Spacey plays Ron Klain, Vice President Al Gore’s former Chief of Staff
• Tom Wilkinson portrays James Baker III, who was previously Secretary of State to President George H. W. Bush
• Denis Leary plays Michael Whouley, national field director during the Gore campaign
• Laura Dern portrays Katherine Harris, Secretary of State of Florida
• Bob Balaban portrays Ben Ginsberg, national counsel to the Bush-Cheney campaign in the 2000 election
• John Hurt plays Warren Christopher, former Secretary of State to President Bill Clinton
• Bruce McGill plays Republican lobbyist Mac Stipanovich
• Ed Begley, Jr. portrays attorney David Boies, who represented the Gore campaign before the Supreme Court

Of course, we can’t wait to find out who plays this guy …

Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie. Barack Obama.

Brangelinabama.

So Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are related to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?

Ninth cousins, twice removed, or something like that.

Pobama and Hillarina.

By the way, how many times have you thrown your head back and roared with laughter at this staple Barack Obama line: “The name of my cousin Dick Cheney won’t be on the ballot.”

Now, in addition to your uncontrollable guffaws, you can proudly wave this Obamaney-ah placard …

If you’re going to watch HBO’s “John Adams” mini-series, stop reading now.

If you’re not, or if you don’t mind a spoiler, read on.

Here’s how the story ends:

How fitting that in last night’s “Bonfire of the Vanities”-esque finale of David Simon’s “The Wire” on HBO, grizzled Baltimore Sun city editor Gus Haynes makes a reference to Tom Wolfe.

In Wolfe’s sprawling big city drama, the people on top — no matter how crooked or how lying, and no matter whether their stated purpose is to do the public good or harm — always finish on top. In “The Wire” conclusion, the ending appears upbeat — lots of smiling faces, lots of individual accomplishment, peppy music. But the folks who succeeded are, for the most part, crooks and liars.

The point was driven home — actually, bludgeoned home — by the Sun paper winning a coveted Pulitzer Prize, for essentially knowingly lying. David Simon (and did our eyes deceive us, or was that Simon himself in a brief cameo sitting at a cubicle with a sticker that says “Save The Sun”) has the paper winning an award for public service that they most certainly did not deserve. That comes after Haynes, in a newsroom rant, cites journalistic luminaries Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass.

The irony is that today, in real life, newspapers are being done in by the Internet, by bloggers. In Simon’s “Wire,” the Internet is acknowledged — but it’s not the reason for the newspaper’s black eye. It’s their own fault. It’s trampling on the truth, and disinterest in fact checking if it means missing a prize.

There’s an old media anecdote that reporters are told: You mother says she loves you? Check it out. And there’s the oft-told line that a New Yorker fact checker once made a call to verify that the Empire State Building was, indeed, still there.

In last night’s “Wire,” all of that good public will that newspaper have fought long to build up came crashing down. Not through disgrace or firing, but through an award. Actually, a silly award.

Yes, Tom Wolfe deserves his shout-out. And old media deserves its Simoniz.

We learn:

The town of Vulcan, hidden among oil wells, wheat fields and cow pastures of western Canada, is aiming to host the world premiere of the latest Star Trek movie, a spokeswoman said Friday.

The film, to be released in May 2009, will be the 11th installment of Gene Roddenberry’s fictional Star Trek universe, most featuring the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the starship Enterprise crew.

We’ve had many thoughts about Dennis Kucinich over the years — but too Hollywood?

Glory be.  That’s a new one on us.

Apparently, though, it’s a huge worry in Kucinich’s Cleveland congressional district, where he faces a tough primary.  What’s one of the obstacles he must overcome, according to the Washington Post?  Get a load of this:

“He doesn’t want to be our congressman anymore. It’s clear he’s left the building. The guy’s got Hollywood fever, and that would be fine if he was using his national stature to actually get things done,” City Councilman Joe Cimperman, Kucinich’s main opponent, said in a telephone interview. …

Cimperman also showed up at Kucinich’s home with local pastries, sausage, Stadium Mustard and a map of Ohio, accusing the lawmaker of abandoning his roots in favor of “eating sushi with Sean Penn.”

What a great name for a Kucinich movie: “Desperately Seeking Sushi.”  Surely Sean Penn would prefer to remember Madonna that way.

If you’re a fan of David Simon’s “The Wire” and don’t want the ending of the season finale episode spoiled, don’t read any further.  But if you just can’t wait … Extreme Mortman has obtained footage of the final scene.  Here it is: