The Quantum Mechanic

It is not too much of a simplification to note that America is divided into two groups of persons: those who believe in their bones that what goes on in Washington is largely a serious quest by serious people to tackle serious problems seriously, and those who understand that what goes on in Washington is largely theater scripted so that the actors and actresses appear at first glance to be ‘public servants’ but in fact care for nothing nearly as much as maximizing their power and satisfying their megalomania.

Alas, the first group greatly outnumbers the second. This fact that means that those of us in the second group are forced to attend and watch - and participate in the large audience role required in - this absurd drama.

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S&P has cut the NYTimes bond rating to junk. Please let the coming economic downturn sink the NYT. That would be beauteous. And if the Globe can go down the tubes too, so much the better.

Hoisted from the Althouse comments:

Obama is the messiah, he cometh with truth.

He taxeth the wealthy and giveth me new programs.

He taketh not my paltry earnings, but giveth me the money earneth by others.

He endeth the war and retreateth from victory.

He speaketh with mine enemies, both great and minor.

He asketh them to forbear and desist.

He taketh the profits of oil companies and keepeth it for the government.

He lowereth the price of gasoline by making it more difficult to drilleth for oil.

He opposeth fracturing the atom to generate electricity, but demandeth that my car be powered by electrons.

He transcendeth race by declaiming his whitheth mother and grandethparents who raiseth him after his blacketh father skeedaddleth back to Africa.

He associateth with radicals and crooks, both blacketh and whiteth, ignoring their color and loveth only their influence and money.

He promiseth anything in the name of vote seeking.

He lieth through his teeth.

But then we all know that well before this:
http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/22920.html

has new meaning.

See
http://volokh.com/posts/1201654063.shtml
and
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_01_27-2008_02_02.shtml

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
(and listen to the samples!)

“Doing-doing-doing-DOINNNNNG. Doing-doing-doing-DOINNNNNNG!”

We’ve come a long, long way.

Neat video of dolphins playing with bubble rings.

Damn that Volokh Conspiracy commenter for finding me another webcomic to waste time on.

As a legal geek and mild horror fan, I find Supernatural Law nicely amusing and a fun read. Based on the webcomic, I’ve decided to take a flyer by ordering some of their collections of past physical SL comics.