I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a fur to wear Oh, I’d step out in style with my sincere smile and my psycho bear Outrageous, alarming, demented, barmy Oh, who would think a psycho bear Could be well accepted everywhere It’s just amazing how fair people can be Seen at the nicest places where Deutscher faces all stop to stare Making the grandest entrance is Gustav Klimt

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Al Franken’s campaign claims that he’s taken the lead in Minnesota. In related news, a movie about Muddy Waters is due to arrive in theaters soon. You can donate here.

Stolen from Curmudgeon at Power Line Blog Forum: Wilson Research Poll The 12 “Zogby” questions were duplicated, one on the Keating scandal was added for extra balance. The results from Obama voters were virtually IDENTICAL in both polls. Here are the highlights: 35 % of McCain voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct. 18% of Obama voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct. McCain voters knew

Nice work, if you can get it: As a great man of finance, Mr. Rubin would be paid CEO money — a total of $115 million since 1999, not including stock options — but without having to run a business or be accountable for the results. For years, journalists tried to figure out exactly what Mr. Rubin’s job was at Citigroup, and perhaps even his fellow Citi directors weren’t entirely

Some well-intentioned ninny at St. Mike’s asked me to sign this pile o’steaming, yesterday: Vermonters for the CCA The Civilian Claims Act is a bill written by Senator Leahy which would provide monetary compensation for innocent civilians accidentally harmed by the U.S. military in war zones. Currently, civilian losses are addressed by the Condolence Payments program which is both arbitrarily administered and inadequate. (It has a cap of $2500 per

An image driven by the metaphor of Ron Howard:

From my friend, Jonathan Wilton: Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole Bludgie: a partner who doesn’t work, but is kept as a pet Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle Mateshit: all your flat mate’s belongings, lying strewn around the floor Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of sexual activity

too dependent on catering to foreign students.

I found this woeful article from the Times of London via Hot Air. The author, a certain Minette Marrin, feels pressured and censored, but bravely decides that it she will bear the brunt of disapproval to state what many feel but won’t say: This misleading news story [claiming that more Britons were refusing to abort Down’s-afflicted children] provoked an impassioned response. Several parents of babies and children with Down’s, and