Stephen Green: Think of Clinton as Punxsutawney Phil — If she comes out tonight and sees a ten-point margin, then get ready for six more weeks of campaigning. This is why I turn to Stephen and Karl for political punditry.  I didn’t even realize that he was a beaver.

Glenn Reynolds had a piece this morning in the NY Post about alternative energy sources, particularly nuclear. I know where it needs to happen first. Haiti’s natural resources are spent. Malthus’s thesis has come to life there, to death. As long as there’s any value to it, however marginal, given the poverty, there’s going to be someone willing to burn whatever’s available for fuel. What’s the solution? I think it’s

burning a hole in your pocket?  This looks good.

to be a prostitute.  Mustn’t it hurt? (begins about 3/4 of the way through)

The negativity of the Pennsylvania Democratic campaign tarnished both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, according to exit poll results. However, Pennsylvania is on its way to the record turnout that election officials have been predicting for weeks, according to poll workers from across the state. Because negative campaigning turns people off, you see. (h/t Memeorandum.)

When a man eats a waffle Can’t keep his mind on nothing else He’ll trade the world For the good thing he’s found If it’s bad he can’t taste it It cannot smell wrong Turn his back on reporters If they thwart him then

As the May 2nd release date for Iron Man approaches, the New York Times profiled the rehabbed Robert Downey, Jr., who talks about Tony Stark’s demons and ultimately, his own: “It has struck me lately that I don’t have to talk about last century at all,” he said with a dismissive wave. But he does so, obliquely. “I have a really interesting political point of view, and it’s not always

The San Fran Chron, man. According to their sources, 120 Iraq/Iran vets off themselves weekly. Dude!  Bob Owens does the math. If one veteran of the wars kills himself weekly, it’s a tragedy. These morons have turned it into a farce, though there are those who are so eager for this to be true, they’ll actually print such a fable and believe.

Behold!  The Ass of Life! Tangentially related: Bartender!  Get me a Shirley Temple.  Black.*