Quote of the day, from Marc Lynch (via Sullivan):

Thanks, Dick Cheney - whenever I fret about Obama, you're there to buck me up and remind me of the alternative.

Busy week so I haven't been paying that much attention to the news. But sometimes I feel like it doesn't matter cos all that's changed when I check again after any time away is that people have gotten even stupider and/or more insane. As confirmation, I offer the following Scalzi anecdote. I'm almost stunned and definitely amused and disturbed that the gasbag class has apparently been bloviating about this ALL DAMN WEEK.

Well, it's not like anything important is going on in the world...