Imagine that every fourth word in “Howl” were an f-bomb, and you’ve pretty much got the idea behind this post at Feministe.

The Mexican government is honoring U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy for his defense of immigrant rights. Mexico announced Friday it will award Kennedy the Aguila Azteca, the highest honor the government can bestow on foreign dignitaries. An announcement on Mexico’s federal registry says Kennedy will be presented with a sash in the United States. The Aztec Eagle?  Anybody know the recipe? Foreign to dignity, maybe.

As I announced yesterday, I’m posting payment buttons for my bleg to defray some of the expenses of sending Brendan to his Arabic summer program and Aidan to camp. So, as promised, here is PayPal.  I can’t even make the button stick, so awesome is my HTML-fu. Amazon apparently requires 5 to 7 days to set up, so I suppose I’ll have that ready then, or if you’re really itching

So. Am I to get rich penning content for you peopleses? Doubtful, but who knows? Others have certainly made a living writing for an internet audience. The bastards. Anyway, please do me a favor and click on the icon below to take a (very very very) short survey (something like 5 questions, I think) dealing specifically with user-end web-based content acquisition. And while you’re taking the survey, just for the

The Onion — “America’s Finest News Source” and publisher of satirical “fake news” — reports: ‘Time’ Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece NEW YORK—Hailed by media critics as the fluffiest, most toothless, and softest-hitting coverage of the presidential candidate to date, a story in this week’s Time magazine is being called the definitive Barack Obama puff piece. *** According to political analysts, the Time piece features the most lack-of-depth reporting on

“Hell, no!  And it’s not over now…” “Germans?” “Forget it. Obama’s on a roll.” (h/t Michelle Malkin.) Update: HotAir’s Ed Morrissey has the video, complete with awkward pause.  More at Memeorandum.

Peter Keating had a piece at New York magazine’s Daily Intel on fundraising and spending by Brack Obama and John Mccain that probably had more insight into the state of play than the argument between the Weekly Standard’s Jaime Sneider and The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder  — and ensuing reax –over whether Obama’s spending is out of control.  Two key graphs from Keating: The Obama campaign believes it will raise something

No spoilers, but I know some people who do not want to know anything going in to the movie, so below the fold we go.