It’s not much, but in these days when it feels like everything is going to shit and the lunatics have taken over the asylum, it made me smile.  God bless you, Ronnie, we won’t forget. Opponents of Poland’s former communist regime reportedly want to pay a posthumous homage to US President Ronald Reagan by erecting his statue in the place of a Soviet-era monument. In an open letter to the

Exclamation thread.  Two-word maximum. Enjoy!

Levin:  “Many Republicans keep insisting that I’m some so-called ‘giant tortoise’ of the ‘Galapagos Islands.’ But were they at all interested in the facts, they’d be brave enough to note that my 2004 Report, which I revealingly titled I am SO not a giant tortoise of the Galapagos Islands, completely lays waste to their claims. “—My enormous shell and long tortoise neck nothwithstanding.”*

John Cole reacts to yesterday night’s post about how he treated the news of Anna Nicole Smith’s death.  Hmmm. Go take a look at that original post.  He rightly takes MSNBC to task for wall-to-wall Anna Nicole coverage, but it’s afterwards that he gets untracked.  Because all of the vitriol in the post and the comments is reserved for the dead woman–drunk, addict, gold-digger, horrible mother. The emphasis to me

No, I’m not going away . . . yet.  Nice of you to think of me, though. High-flying men are not as attractive to women looking for love as those with an average job, scientists say. Woo-hoo!  Fun-Fair for the Common Man! Perhaps unsurprisingly, the University of Central Lancashire research found the 186 female students asked preferred good-looking men. There’s always a catch, isn’t there? Lead researcher Simon Chu said

Polling of Arabs Reveals Bush Unpopular! Based on face-to-face interviews conducted for the Saban Center by the Zogby International polling firm last November and December, attitudes were surveyed in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and United Arab Emirates. Respondents were asked to identify which world leader outside of their own country they disliked most. Bush was named by 38 percent, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by 11 percent,

Wuzzadem John sends me this email: I’ve always thought of John Cole as sort of a female version of Mandy – only with 90% less profanity – but after seeing this thread and the ensuing comments I have a much lower opinion of him. http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=7874 That’s truly disgusting – and I’m not exactly the Mayor of Tactville. Just so you don’t have to go over there, here’s the post: Imagine

—I would, honestly.  But it turns out the little guy ate some bad pico de gallo with his lunchtime enchiladas and, after spending his entire afternoon on the crapper with an old plastic bucket by his feet, took off a few hours ago for Arizona, his plan being to hitch-hike to Douglas and join up with a Minutemen encampment along the border. Which to some of you might seem laudable