Legless lizard. Heh. Dwarf . . . bwahahahaha! Scientists discovered legless lizard, a dwarf woodpecker and another 12 suspected new species in Brazil’s fast-disappearing Cerrado grasslands, an environmental group said Tuesday. The local term for such grasslands being the pantpas. None of these is quite as mind-boggling, however, as the multisock organism that emits such high-pitched squeals on the intartubes, known as the Tender-Assed Gleen.

Updating a prior post, Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states, where he earned income going back to 2003. Someone get a limo for the lamo. (h/t Memeorandum.)

As nishi predicted yesterday evening (h/t Pableau): “The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago,” Obama said of the man who married him. Which is tough, but I can see why Andrew’s so gung-ho. Hahaha. Yeah, easy, I know. On the other hand, Wright has made a serious case to be considered for the position of Jester to the POTUS, if you can

As occasionally noted, some endorsements matter beyond the momentary flicker they create on television screens and computer monitors.  Is North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton today as big a deal as Ben Simth and David Paul Kuhn suggest at the Politico? Typically, an endorser can provide contacts, fundraising and even organization to an endorsee.  Smith & Kuhn note that is not the case here: Easley doesn’t bring the kind

illustrates ideological struggle.

Steyn vivisects Her Grievousness.

These committed fighters for human rights have been dealt a terrible, unforeseen public relations blow.  It is true that the people in question are Austrian, so naturally many Germans will deny that such a thing could happen in their country. I question the timing.

Company releasing home-made porn flick claimed to be of Jimi Hendrix getting it on with a couple of women (which the article helpfully identifies as “brunettes”). Enterpreneur thinks it would be awesome to have sex footage of Elvis or Sinatra (young, in both instances, I presume). Which brings up today’s question: What historical figures would you most care to see resurrected in porn? (h/t Hot Air) More Zombie Love: Fuck

That wasn’t so hard, was it? David Thompson finishes a post on the absurd apology fallout from the Marcotte gaffe with this beautifully considered and constructed finale: One of the surest ways to erode a person’s probity is to make them repeat in public, among their peers, things that are unrealistic and absurd; things they know, or suspect, to be untrue. The more incoherent and ridiculous the claim – or

presented for side-by-side comparison.