My brain has locked up

The InterTubes are full of endless blatherings on what candidate said what, who's ahead in the polls, winking folksy pigs in lipstick and the impending sequel, The Great Depression: Hoover's Revenge. All very important, but the brain can only take so much.

So let's take a break from all that for today and see what else is going on in the world:

What's the big deal? Angelina Jolie is breastfeeding on the cover of W magazine. And the problem is ??? Breastfeeding is a completely natural act -- and she's covered up anyway.

Would you rather see Britney Spears' whole nekkid pregnant body instead?

Speaking of Britney. So we're getting the straight skinny from Britney regarding her, ahem, "issues" of a few months ago. In between gulps of Cappucino and her snarfling up of Cheesey-Puffs she said, "What the hell was I thinking?" Um, you weren't.

Don't cry for me, Argentina. Hugh Hefner is single. The Girls Next Door done left his ass. But worry not. The hero of Man has a couple other girls lined up for the rebound, though angels they ain't.

The Internet: Everything to everyone. Unfortunately, this also applies to kids who want to learn how to build bongs. Apparently, the government just figured this out. Want to know how to help keep your kid from doing this? Pay attention. Pay attention to what they're looking at online. Better yet, pay more attention to them.

Well, I think that's all for now. You folks have a nice weekend, and come back and see us sometime, doggone it. I'm going to look out my window and see how the Russians are doing.

I don't want to post this

Really. I don't want to. I don't want to join in with the rest of the country in promoting negative attacks on citizens, politicians, etc. It's not right, it's not fair, and it's not helping.

So I'm going to rationalize that my posting of this video is to help educate, because clearly, the people you're about to see are not educated. They are not even trying to be. They are destroying the old adage, "Don't judge a book by its cover."

More to the point, "Don't judge a presidential candidate by his name."

Please know that I'm not saying that only people who vote Democrat are educated. Nor am I trying to convert the masses to vote against John McCain, though admittedly, I am voting for Barack Obama.

I merely want people to get the facts and base their decisions once they have the facts. Just saying, "The name says it all" isn't good enough. This country deserves better than that.

"My fellow..." WTF???

Um, I, uh, ok, look. This man is getting more delusional by the moment. It's time for him to take a vacation, because clearly, the stress is getting to him.

Glass houses

I realize that Keith Olbermann is unabashedly liberal. But he also reports the facts, whereas Senator McCain and Governor Palin tend to leave those things out of their speeches. Like the issue of shady associations. Obama and Bill Ayers. Ok. Sure, maybe there's something a little untowardly about that.

But secession from the Union? Membership in an arms-delivering, anti-Semitic group? Those might be a bit unseemly as well.

Just remember, you opened the door. Watch out for the rocks.

The undisciplined, spoiled brat

If there's one article you read this political season, please read this article in the latest Rolling Stone magazine. It's lengthy, but it's worth it.

Much thanks to David Terrenoire, as always, disobeying doctor's orders of no booze, over on A Dark Planet.

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