I would like to make a modest but symbolic change to the design of the web page, at least through the elections this fall.

Right now, the current background of the web page is white, or #FFFFFF.  I suggest that it be changed to #FFFFF0, which according to the list of web colors is called "ivory".

The proposed change is subtle, but I feel it is appropriate and quite symbolic.

Because where do you get ivory from?

That's right... from dead elephants.

So today we see Republican Rep. Steve King saying "...if [Obama] is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror."

This is one of the most asinine statements I have ever read.  I thought the whole point of Islamic fundamentalism was to create an Islamic state, where the first thing they will be able to finally do is... make dancing punishable by death.  Kind of defeats the purpose to celebrate that way, hmm?

We have seen in recent days Hillary Clinton has begun lashing out in anger at Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and with a recent front page article showing Clinton's new dalliance with conservative media, I had an epiphany:

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is progressing through the classical five stages identified by Kübler-Ross in how people cope with grief.

Langley, VA
December 7, 2007

As part of ongoing compliance with a formerly-secret CIA policy initiative, whereby materials that that could jeopardize the identities of CIA agents are destroyed before they could be released, the CIA has announced that it has destroyed Vice President Dick Cheney and former Presidential advisor Karl Rove. No congressional authorities were consulted before the complete destruction of the two men.

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About two weeks ago Rep. Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote another letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice requesting information about the fabricated Niger uranium claims that were used to sell the Iraq War to this country.

(For a summary of that letter, and what was being requested, please see this diary.)

That letter from Rep. Waxman concluded with a request for "a complete reply to my questions and document requests relating to the fabricated Niger claim by March 23, 2007."

Well March 23 came and went last Friday, and now it's March 26.  I haven't heard any news stories about Sec. Rice responding to Rep. Waxman's request.

What's next for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform? Is Condoleeza gonna get served?

The amendment was far behind in early returns, as rural Missouri counties voted against it 60 to 66%.  However, the state's major urban areas -- Kansas City and St. Louis -- were in favor of the measure, and they were the last to report.  At 91% reporting, the amendment was ahead by around 12,000 votes, so it looks like the amendment will get a slim majority.

The victory goes with the passing of Proposition B (raise the state minimum wage), which is ahead with 76% of the vote.  Expect to see similar ballot initiatives in more states in 2008 -- Senator McCaskill probably won her Senate seat because Democratic Party voters came to the polls to support Prop. B!

So I've been collecting and coming up with jokes about this. Remember, the best way to destroy the Republican party is to turn it into a laughingstock -- so mock early, mock often!

If the old chestnut of "Why don't Republicans use bookmarks?" offends you in any way, shape or form, don't go below the flip.

What he has spent it on, apparently, is just hiring a bunch of staff people to wander around Utah and Mississippi and pick their nose."

-- Dem strategist Paul Begala on DNC Chair Howard Dean's spending, CNN, 5/11

It pisses me off so much, I want to do nothing more than get in Begala's face, and start picking my nose.

I always will remember,
'Twas a year ago November,
I went out to hunt some deer
On a morning bright and clear.
I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow:
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

FOR SALE: One quantity of very, very dry powder.

A while ago we picked up a large quantity of dry powder, but we couldn't seem to find a good time to try it out. It's been cluttering up the garage for a while, and we just realized today we would probably never use it.  We were really careful to keep it extremely dry, so it's in perfect condition in case someone else can think of something they could possibly do with it.

If interested, please contact the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Picture available upon request. Serious inquiries only, buyer pays shipping (or arrange for local pickup in Washington D.C.).

My question is: WHERE HAS THE "REALITY BASED COMMUNITY" GONE TO?

You would think that the Self-Appointed Stalwart Defenders of Really Real Reality would be lining up to pooh-pooh the latest vote hacking results, then give each other 4's and rousing approval for being Really Really Real.  But where are they?

Lets review the facts that are so rudely intruding into the Reality Based Community's Basis for Reality:

The last word of the article is given to Kareem Mohni.

UConn junior Kareem Mohni, 20, said he was disgusted by his peers' reaction to Coulter.

"It really appalled me that we're not able to come together as a group and listen to a different view in a respectful environment," Mohni said.

Well, those libruls are sure yahoos, huh? Certainly disappointing to UConn Juniors everywhere. But, who is this Kareem Mohni?

Yo' Congresswoman so outta touch, she thinks Asian Bird Flu is the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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This got me thinking about what other things are unambiguously true.  

Extremely graphic vulgarity below the fold.  It is unambiguously true that you have been warned.

Sheesh. Just when we had this albatross securely fastened around the necks of the right wing, here comes Rev. Jackson to help them with their burden.

Can you see how this is going to pan out? Now the cable news channels will have splitscreen video of Jackson with the inevitable riots after the poor woman finally expires, while Delay/Frist/Bush who STARTED this whole fiasco will be nowhere to be seen.

Place your bets folks!