Via Paul Krugman:
…the rhetorical response of conservatives to the stimulus plan — which will, it’s worth bearing in mind, cost substantially less than either the Bush administration’s $2 trillion in tax cuts or the $1 trillion and counting spent in Iraq — has bordered on the deranged.
It’s “generational theft,” said Senator John McCain, just a [...]

Chocolate covered pork? Sounds pretty freakin’ amazing if you ask me.

Hilarious. Thanks to Ryan for sending me this button. Aspiring Daniel Plainviews can order them from democraticstuff.com.

Via the Desert Sun:
Supporters of the voter-approved gay marriage ban are suing the secretary of state’s office and various state and local offices across California in federal court, alleging that the state’s campaign disclosure law violates their rights to privacy.
The suit contends that many on either side of the gay marriage debate have received significant [...]

I want to move back to the UK and be an MP.

Citing security concerns, two senators who sit on the Congressional committee in charge of inaugural ceremonies appealed on Tuesday to the mayor and city council of Washington, D.C., to reverse a decision to keep bars in the city open until 5 a.m. during inauguration week.
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee chairwoman, said she had [...]

So get ready for this magic moment, ladies and gentlemen. With Obama’s swearing-in comes the first audacious act of his administration: Get the population equivalent of Los Angeles to stand on a geographical pinhead and then disappear into a subway tunnel.

And across America, wingnut heads will explode upon hearing him utter “Hussein.” It’s gonna be beautiful.

Admittedly, I don’t see what the big deal is regarding Jon Favreau’s photos with the Hillary Clinton cardboard cutout. All these people are calling for his head, and whatever, and he apologized to Hillary for the whole thing. Perhaps it is a generational thing. This is what young people do these days. [...]

The night before election day, myself and several friends attended Obama’s final rally in Manassas, VA. With all the traffic on 66, it took us about 2.5 hours to get from Arlington to Manassas (around 30 miles). We ended up parking in some random neighborhood and followed the mass of people heading towards [...]