This thread is looking forward to the three-day weekend. How about you?
- All your life, your horoscope has been wrong. Nancy Reagan is utterly baffled.
- Deoliver47 diaried about this subject a few days ago, but it's really worth repeating. When a Tea Party "Patriot" says he wants his country back, this is what he's probably referring to.
- BP getting involved in Artic oil. I can't think of a single thing that could go wrong under this scenario.
- Classic:
RNC PR BS
I am tickled by the observation, from esteemed Atriot Jeffraham Prestonian in the comments earlier, that removing the vowels from Reince Priebus leaves the utterly appropriate acronym "RNC PR BS."
- The New York Times does a story about what the first responders of the Tucson massacre faced upon arriving at the scene.
- The ouster of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine is inspiring other Democratic reformers in the region:
Many states with deep political rifts, such as Egypt and Iran, maintain vast security forces heavily vested in the status quo and have shown no signs of breaking ranks to join protesters. Still, the stunning rebellion in Tunisia against the 23-year rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent an unmistakable message to other leaders that no hold on power is guaranteed.
"Now the bell is ringing and it should be a reminder to other leaders that people are fed up," said political analyst Labib Kamhawi in Jordan, where more than 5,000 people joined rallies on Friday to protest rising prices and demand the prime minister's ouster.