Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Cheap blogging crutch - 10.14.08

Dissent is Thoughtcrime at The National Review
In the wake of the batshit loony reaction to last week's Christopher Buckley Daily Beast post, "Sorry, Dad, I'm Voting for Obama" the author offered his resignation. Surprisingly, they accepted.

In Other Completely Unsurprising News...
According to today's Wall Street Journal, LSAT and GMAT registrations are rising quickly, along with MBA and Law School applications. I alluded to this in last month's Lehman rubbernecking piece. Now, I sit and wait for the accompanying Journal piece on how the downturn is affecting custom tailors.

All is Still not Well
Nouriel Roubini is shitting in everyone's financial Cheerios. This is troubling because he's usually correct.

Enlarg Your Manly Unit 4 Her Plezure No More
Feeling lonely? Unloved? Unpopular? Might have something to do with a certain Federal Trade Commission freezing the assets of a major international spam network. Send all thank-you notes HERE.

Happy Racist Walking Aid Carefulness Day!
According to this Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, October 15th has been officially designated White Cane Safety Day. Before leave you to sort through the four hundred "lame duck" jokes that just fell between your ears, I'll ask you to remember how bad things were when this cretin had actual power...

h/t: jsg, db

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