From Talking Points Memo:

GOP Congressman Attacks Obama For “Enemies List,” And Birth Certificate
Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) told a Tulsa Republican Club event (Blogblah note: according to a Tulsa World Story) that this is a “scary time” in Washington. “It’s a very frightening time. I see Barack Obama is creating an enemies list of people who oppose this miserable health care plan. I think that’s frightening,” said Sullivan. “That’s from a guy that can’t even show a long-form birth certificate. I think we all ought to be prepared to fight that.”

CORRECTION: I must have been agog when I misidentified the demon Magog in the prior post
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OMG, it must be the full moon. I’m wandering around the internet and come up with this little nugget. Former French President Jacque Chirac says that President George W. Bush told him in 2003 that it was necessary to invade Iraq to foil the demons Gog and Agog. What? This notion staggers me, but here’s the story and the references.

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Sic Semper BobOwenius

My sister and fellow blogger, MindOverMary, is in town with her friend, Robin, of whom Mary sometimes writes. Sis went to dinner with Mom before joining me for the Wednesday movie (“Closer” with Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Natalee Portman, directed by Mike Nichols). We missed Oz, who’s vacationing in the islands that may or may not be the natural born birthplace of our president. Gah! Oklahoma goes national once again for attaining extremes in political asshattery. Thanks, Sen. Inhofe for making us all look bad.
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Blue Thousand and One from Blue Man Group HD on Vimeo.

Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

Tust me, go full screen. This is amazing, beautiful, breath-taking, awe inspiring.

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I love this sentence from a NY Times piece:

It sometimes seems as if most of the news consists of outrage porn, selected specifically to pander to our impulses to judge and punish and get us all riled up with righteous indignation.