“Lucky Me” (thanks to Jonathan W)

Finally. Some hope and change I can get behind… (thanks to JD Wade)

Which, that’s a good thing. Byron York: Republicans don’t believe it, or at least the insiders involved in the midterm effort don’t believe it. As they see it, they’re in a good position to pick up the 39 seats needed to win control of the House, but polls showing a huge GOP lead are simply wrong. “I’m assuming that Cook and Rothenberg and Rove and the others have got different

The irony. It burns. Hey, I’m not a big fan of legalizing prostitution — but then, I wouldn’t protest a Nevada brothel with a hired gimp buckled on to my joint, either. (Okay, I lied. I am. And I would. But you get the point…)

AP: A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips on Thursday granted a request for an injunction halting the government’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays in the military. Phillips says the policy doesn’t help military readiness and instead has a “direct and deleterious effect” on the armed services. […] Government lawyers argued Phillips

Barton Hinkle offers a new modest proposal: The latest issue of Time purports to explain “Why Israel Doesn’t Care About Peace.” (Hint: Blame the money-grubbing Jews!) There will be earnest efforts to point out why this is nonsense, but they will fall on deaf ears. These days a defense of Israel requires stronger measures. And perhaps nothing could do Israel more good than for the United States to declare war

Back by popular demand, a monthly post wherein I ask you to send me your hard earned money, and certain bloggers make snide comments about my doing it. Because they don’t blog for money, you see. They’re better than that. As they’ll be the first to tell you, with a marked sniff. Luckily, I’m a douche. So pony up. And thank you. **** update: Incidentally, thanks to Sarah R for

Not that it’s at all unusual, but I really did enjoy the brazenness of the lede in this particular Reuters piece, “Boehner Calls for 2-Year Freeze on All Tax Rates”: U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner called Wednesday for a two-year freeze on all current U.S. tax rates, including Bush-era tax cuts for the rich set to expire at the end of this year. Here’s the thing, Reuters:

I’ll be honest: to me, the idea of term limits always struck me as a rather statist proposal, in that the underlying theme is a necessary distrust in the electorate and its freedom to make its own choices. To a certain extent, I still feel that way: in theory, term limits are an artificial impediment to the will of the electorate to make their own determinations about who they choose