I’m sorry, but did he roll up his shirtsleeves in Pennsylvania? Not that I saw. This isn’t rocket science or Kremninolgy, it’s just watching the signs. Semiotics are all around us, in fact we are bombarded, inundated with fucking signs. The signaling of meaning, which, I realize, has been co-opted by advertising. When did that happen? My mind is a blank. But god I love the ads in old National Geographics Read the rest of this entry »

Sheria at The Examined Life posted some statistics from the Daily Kos depression poll of the century. Just as well, I need crap like this … extrapolated so as to keep it at some remove. Sanity is precious, you know,  and one wants to go on believing the best of ones’ neighbors, in both the immediate and existential sense. I have always thought that being hateful inside must be the most boring of lives. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Tomasky, guardian.co.uk: “If you spent three years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a constitutional lawprofessor, spend eight years as a state senator representing a district with more than 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.

On the other hand … Read the rest of this entry »

From the Chicago Tribune. [Caution: do not read article on empty stomach. Or full].

I cannot list the numerous and stunning sacrifices under consideration. They are too numerous, too, too noble. And that bitch Nancy Pelosi (it’s always a woman) has the nerve to suggest, sure, now they “discuss ethics.”

Hastert also sidestepped questions about whether he would curb one of the most coveted perks that corporations give members of Congress: the use of private jets that stand waiting to ferry friendly influential lawmakers around the country for campaign trips and other appearances.

Not the fucking private jets again.

Say, I wonder …

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