generally not a fan

and so we don't read Politico.  Except when a blog that we do follow links to an article we like.  Such as.  The fable, by the way, could well be the oldest example of HIGHpocrisy there is, since we're already dating back to Greek times when our slogan itself was invented.  Ahh, the classics.
2nd btw of the day, we tweeted @TheDailyShow to ask when the clown prience reibus[tm] gets his muppet look-alike.  Has there been one?  Did we miss it? 

Laundry

It's close enough to the start of Fall, so enjoy this little bit of irony in lieu of future HIGHpocrisy, coming soon to a ghost town near you.
No, the title has nothing to do with it.  With issues like the debt ceiling, funding the gov't and/or the ACA, immigration reform, and avoiding war in the Middle East, it's about the laundry list on the horizon of the hell-scape.  Like I said, enjoy.

new fab five (-teen)

To mark the occasion of our 5-year anniversary, we're changing the blog roll.  Slightly.  Gone is FDL.  In flux is Nate Silver's 538, until he launches at ESPN (no new content via the temporary link anyway).  Adding Salon and Mother Jones, because, it's not quite the 7-year itch, so why not? 
Read up.