Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha . . . bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s brother solicited U.S. Sen. Roland Burris for up to $10,000 in campaign cash before Blagojevich named Burris to the coveted post — something Burris initially failed to disclose under oath before an Illinois House impeachment panel, records and interviews show. Burris (D-Ill.) acknowledges being hit up for the money in a new affidavit he has sent to the head of the

Jules Crittenden has to be fucking me (in a heteronormative way): It’s kind of hard to tell from this Portsmouth Herald article. But it sounds like your right to remove signs other people have planted without authority on your property, and to do so without interference from busybodies, and to express yourself when those things have transpired, is in jeopardy in the Live Free or Die State. The report indicates

Fostering teh stupid, via Weasel Zippers: The foster mother struck off for allowing a Muslim girl to convert to Christianity took the child in after she was threatened with an arranged marriage. The woman, a devout Christian, was asked to care for the teenager after the authorities learned of her abusive family background. Her father beat her just for chatting to boys and warned he would haul her off to

God, it’s good not to work at Vermont Teddy Bear anymore. If you’ve got good Valentine’s Day tales to tell, here would be the place to tell them.