At the moment, all kinds of hell are raining down on Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann on Twitter over remarks Moore made on Olbermann's show regarding the rape allegations against Julian Assange. This all started when blogger Sady Doyle of Tiger Beatdown called Moore and Olbermann out, and escalated after Olbermann engaged and Moore ignored it. ( Read more... )

In the comments to my last essay, editer writes:

Given [the fact that extremist right-wing radio and TV hosts are encouraging people to show up armed to Obama speeches, among other things], is it any wonder that the sight of gunmen at Democratic events makes a lot of us nervous?The thing is -- if they succeed in making you nervous, you're letting the ( Read more... )

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michiexile: Emma is a handgun, btw?
maradydd: Yep, my .40 caliber Sig Sauer P226.
michiexile: /me is SO tempted to ask whether there are also Sig Süss, Sig Salzig, Sig Bitter and Sig Umami.

By now I'm sure many of you have seen Ze Frank's latest project, From 52 to 48 | 48 to 52 With Love.

( Here's my contribution. )