fivethirtyeight.com is live-blogging as well, so go there if you want, like, actual political commentary and news and useful stuff like that.

Me, I've got one and a half pints of Smirnoff Ice and a pot of spaghetti-Os. ( Bring it on. )

I don't talk about politics much on this journal. That isn't because I don't follow politics, or because I don't have opinions; rather, it's that I rarely feel that I have much to say that isn't already being said, and said better, by a number of others; some of them on my own friends-list. XD But the passage of health care reform is a ( Read more... )

Some of you might have seen or heard about or read posts about the new cover for 'The New Yorker'. For those that haven't yet, it features a (very poorly drawn) cartoon of Barack and Michelle Obama standing in the Oval Office sharing a fist-pound. He's dressed as a tribal African, she as a Black Panther militant with a machine gun strapped to ( Read more... )

You know, I kind of understand now why pundits like Bill O'Reilly and his ilk have been able to gain so much popularity: because when something happens that really really pisses you off, and there's nothing you can do to rectify the situation? Hearing an articulate and angry person yell about it for a couple minutes can be very, very therapeutic ( Read more... )

Months ago, a small group of people in my hometown got together to put together a memorial for now 3000 troops who've died in Iraq. The memorial consists of thousands of white wooden crosses arranged on a hillside that's prominent and visible from the freeway, with a banner keeping count of the number of dead. Some local families have 'adopted' ( Read more... )

For maymargaret, who wanted it transcribed; and for anyone else who might need a reason to go see "V for Vendetta".

( The V Speech )