But I’m not sure it’s going to teach quite the object lesson they’ve long been hoping for. Oh well, you know what they say: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. Unless the bicycle used to be a fish, I guess. (h/t TC)

oatmeal: “What’s all the fuss about? I mean, I’ll admit it. If I happened to see the Cream of Wheat guy heading down the sidewalk toward me on, say, a Wednesday at midnight, I’d quickly cross to the other side of the street without giving it a second thought. “And really, what Quaker who’s being honest with himself wouldn’t?” ” — Which, that’s why this country needs Obama as President.

clamor for their pie! Calling Aesop! (or Jeff) (h/t RWS) Let’s concede for the sake of argument that this WSJ editorial is overblown: A hard drive recovered from the computer of a killed Colombian guerrilla has offered more insights into the opposition of House Democrats to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. A military strike three weeks ago killed Raúl Reyes, No. 2 in command of the FARC, Colombia’s most notorious

Remember Rush Limbaugh calling for Republicans to change sides for a day and vote for Clinton in Texas and Ohio just to keep the Dem primary bloodfest going a while longer? He has a wee problem: While this all makes for great talk radio and sounds like fun, there is one catch: What Limbaugh encouraged Republican voters to do in Ohio was a fifth-degree felony in that state, punishable with

How can Hollywood remake the 1951 Cold War sci-fi flick The Day the Earth Stood Still now that the Cold War is over (and Hollywood lost)? Instead of playing on the fear that the United States will destroy the world with its evil nukes, play on the fear that the United States will destroy the world with… global warming: While humanity still engages in a staggering number of international conflicts,

At The American Prospect, Spencer Ackerman would like to tell you about the Obama Doctrine in foreign policy.  At least, he would like to relay the spin from Barack Obama’s foreign policy advisers: They envision a doctrine that first ends the politics of fear and then moves beyond a hollow, sloganeering “democracy promotion” agenda in favor of “dignity promotion,” to fix the conditions of misery that breed anti-Americanism and prevent

Having already juxtaposed the analysis by RCP’s Jay Cost with the district-by-district estimates from former Abbie Hoffman protege and political reporter Al Giordano, I add estimates from OpenLeft’s Chris Bowers, which I somehow managed to miss previously.  Bowers thinks Giordano’s estimates are far too friendly to Hillary Clinton and suggests “the most likely pledged delegate projection from Pennsylvania is 84-74 in favor of Clinton (plus three add-on delegates), not the 92-66