Politics

A Misguided Focus on Mental Illness in Gun Control Debate nyti.ms/TsIwsa

Interesting video asserting that the UK profits more from the royal family than vice versa. youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgn… (via @wordofchristian)

Someone explain the excitement about William and Kate’s royal baby. Why do any Brits have anything but resentment for these useless fucks?

Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan give historical, scientific, and philosophical context to abortion. 2think.org/abortion.shtml (via @fender_splendor)

This, my friends, is an extraordinarily well-formed argument. Everyone, everyone, everyone should read this. patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyf…

Started reading a couple of articles about Mitt Romney today and stopped after a paragraph or two because he simply doesn’t matter anymore.

Exhausted, but stayed awake to hear Romney concede. Now I’ll stay awake longer to hear from my president.

If I had a nickel for every time I had to tell LinkedIn to stop e-mailing me, my Super PAC would be unstoppable.

Voted!

The notion that the answer to anything could ever be more guns instead of fewer guns hurts my head and my heart.

“A legitimate rape victim would know to have a minister exorcise the unwelcome sperm.” #WhatToddAkinMeantToSay

How the fuck did we ever survive an election year before we had Jon Stewart?

Am I the only one who isn’t convinced Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on oversized soft drinks in NYC is a dumb idea?

Saw @CoryBooker’s doppelgänger on the subway. Even after I knew it wasn’t him, I still wanted to shake his hand.

Dan Rather’s insightful deflection of the myth of “the liberal media”: thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-…

How great would it be if preliminary election polling was illegal, forcing campaign platforms to be based on candidates’ actual views?

“Polling showed that […] younger voters [were] opposed to the amendment.” Is it time to put a cap on the voting age? nyti.ms/JcnHQv

“…results from 8 of 1,774 precincts could not be located for certification.” Iowa’s pretend election runs a tight ship. nyti.ms/yHqWRw

Someone line up the House of Representatives shoulder-to-shoulder, get a running start, and do a massive Three Stooges group slap. Please.

As someone disillusioned by counter-productive fundamentalist anarcho-activism, I must admit this is compelling: youtube.com/watch?v=odFygP…

Getting out of the house today might have been a good idea. I seriously just got into a gender politics discussion with my dish towel.

Was anyone else surprised to learn that Osama bin Laden hadn’t died years ago?

Just in case the Republicans weren’t making it crystal clear who they are today: nyti.ms/fYAVGD

Proud of my lady and her colleagues. iamdrtiller.com/safeabortion

I am in favor of Trump being the Republican nominee, if only because I love the idea of my mom voting Democrat.

From a distance, I mistook a homeless person on a bench for a pile of trash. Republican slip.

So is there anyone that actually wants this shit, then? Besides "Real America" dipshits that never fly and have never been within 1000 miles of a terrorist attack?

Voted.

My Designing Obama book arrived today. I can't wait to look at it after I'm done smelling it.

So sad.

Pretty weary of Them and Us. Ready for some more Us.

Funny how the folks who warn of the evils of big government are totally cool with big corporations. nyti.ms/aXvUMw

As far as I can tell, "bleeding heart liberal" means you care about more than just yourself. Doesn't sound so bad.

Between a Bill & Ted double feature and the State of the Union address, the former is more life-affirming, so my choice is made.

The only time I saw Howard Zinn speak was in a crowded office space in summer with no AC. So much better than nothing. RIP Howard Zinn.

The dictates include bans on suicide bombings against civilians, burning down schools, or cutting off ears, lips and tongues.

Found a photo of Dick Cheney smiling. Don't think I ever saw that before. It's one of most unnatural things I've seen. Looks like it hurts.

How did it take this long for Sarah Palin to trigger the auto-ignore response I cultivated years ago for Ann Coulter?

Those afraid of doing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial in NYC are the same ones who cheered when W invited terrorists to "bring it on," right?

The Fox News executive washroom is actually a multi-million dollar virtual reality Joe McCarthy blowjob simulator.

Gitmo would have been way more severe if the Bush administration had figured out how to engineer fake-out sneezes.

Obama, economic crisis, swine flu? Whatever. If 2009 is remembered for one thing, it will be the invention of the fat mall cop film genre.

Obama has been president for two months now and my shoes still don't tie themselves? I was promised a new day.

This very nearly had me in tears.

My first public statement under the Obama administration is this: The PB&J sandwich is the natural enemy of the unwaxed handlebar moustache.

Waking from a nightmare that lasted eight years.

Hoping this fickle, impatient nation's short attention span doesn't expect change to come overnight, and is willing to help Obama help us.

Girard Avenue is saying it loud. It is a new day.

Voted! No line at our polling place, just like it was for the primaries. Hopefully that just means we have good timing.