* Presidential Primary candidate Tim Pawlenty is now demanding prison terms for women who have abortions. "Small government" being Orwell speak for "Let's have government monitor every signal pregnancy and make medical decisions for women!"
* It does not help my news item typing accuracy that there is also an a*****e Governor Scott in Florida, also on my Batman villain governors list.
* Speaking of Chris Christie, I think this editorial has some lovely zingers: http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2011/06/christie_should_pay_for_choppe.html
"Now we know why he can’t imagine what it’s like to walk a mile in the shoes of regular New Jerseyans: He doesn’t even walk 100 yards in his own."
* It's like the Republicans got together this year and decided to see how cartoonishly evil they can get away with being. go big or go home I suppose.
* I still don't have the heart to talk about Syria. Suffice to say, I am hard pressed to imagine anything horrible that those in charge over there don't deserve to happen to them.
* Meanwhile, Yemen appears to be crumbling, but rather than pro-democracy protesters gaining control of areas that the government no longer runs, there is reason to think extremist groups are moving into the power vacuum, as they are much better organized than the protesters.
* Greenwick has been looking into North Korea: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/17976.html?mode=reply&style=mine
* Brown Recluse spider man: http://beatonna.livejournal.com/147554.html
* And another comic: http://www.asofterworld.com/clean/timeandtide.jpg
* I really like Mr. O'Donnell's take on the Wiener Twitter thing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43261193#43261193
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