Week In Review, In Index Form

Each Friday on Time.com, Paul Slansky recaps the previous week's highlights in index form. I'd encourage you to read the whole thing for some amusement, but here are a few:

DePass, Rusty
• Facebook posting about an escaped gorilla prompts racist comment by — "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors" — that leads to the loss of the job of and the offering of the obligatory apology by

Ensign, Sen. John
• severe setback is suffered by rumored 2012 presidential bid of after oh-so-deep regret is expressed by — and, really, how could it not have been, given the pious pronouncements of about the "sanctity" of marriage in the service of crusading against allowing gays to partake in it, and the membership of in the marital-fidelity-promoting male evangelical group the Promise Keepers, and the strident demands of for the resignations of Larry Craig and Bill Clinton in connection with their sex scandals — for a nine-month affair had by with a campaign staffer married to a friend of

Green, Mike
• racist tweet — "JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS" — is apologized for by

Madonna
• collection of Malawian children of doubles in size