Anybody have any experience with stop-animation / computer animation who would be interested in putting those skills to work on the off-chance they could become rich and famous and have scads of groupies touch and/or rub them in their happy places until they get that funny feel?  Or, alternately:  Anybody willing to learn stop-animation / computer animation?  Because let’s face it:  JibJab is just too fucking wholesome, and the guys

From FOXNews: Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations reported Wednesday that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that overstated John Kerry’s share of the vote. Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International found that the Democratic challenger’s supporters were more likely than President Bush’s supporters to participate in exit polls interviews. They

Taking notice of the f-bomb dropped by Fuel lead singer Brett Scallion at Tuesday’s Inaugural Youth Party, Michelle Malkin writes: [….] the cursing is simply inexcusable. Many of the attendees were preteen Hilary Duff fans. My four-year-old daughter is a Hilary Duff fan. I would not expect to hear profanity at any Hilary Duff event, let alone an Inaugural Youth Concert hosted by the Bush twins. No reasonable person should.

Were I not married, and were Teri Polo to show up at my front door demanding I dress up like little Jack Horner and stick a thumb in my ass, I’d been trying like hell right now to pull a great big plum from my rectum. Anything for my Teri.*

I got $20 says he sounds just like Wally Cox.  Gut instinct, let’s call it. You can listen to a web stream here, 8 EST, 6 MST, 5 PST.  You Hawaiians I can’t help—but then, you’re probably too gorged on poi to give a shit.

Man.  Those Nazis sure did suck, am I right…?

I AM A CITIZEN JOURNALIST, BEHOLDEN TO MY CORPORATE PUPPET MASTERS!

Kerry:  “Yes, bring me the Bar en Croûte de Sel with the glazed pearl onions, and — waiter:  “– Pardon.  But perhaps monsieur would prefer the blackened tuna with garlic, tomatoes, capers and basil.  Très bon.” Kerry:  “No, monsieur would prefer the salt-crusted sea bass, which is why monsieur ordered the salt-crusted sea bass.  With the glazed pearl on–” waiter:  “– but monsieur.  Surely you would prefer the blackened tuna. 

From the comments section of this post by arch-villain Andrew Northrup: is protein wisdom back? I remember when he was supposed to one of those “sensible conservatives” i was supposed to be nice to. ugh. Atrios protein wisdom responds:  AS A CITIZEN JOURNALIST I SHALL BROOK NO DISRESPECT.  Now quickly, someone fetch me my copy of Blog so I can plan my CITIZEN JOURNALIST’S response to this communist OUTRAGE.* update: 

In many different contexts, people have continued to identify the Other by reference to phenotypical features (especially skin colour) which therefore serve as indicative of a significant difference.  Moreover, they have continued to use the idea of “race” to label that difference.  As a result, certain sorts of social relations are defined as “race relations,” as social relations between people of different “races.” Indeed, states legislate to regulate “race relations,”