Word of the Day

In a post that explains why the Russians are doing something better than we are, IOZ refers to Barack Obama as "The Elect". I love it.

The piece also delivers this excellent punch line:

In the end, best-case scenario, we have a much-reduced domestic auto industry slowly repaying loans at extremely favorable interest rates. Lemme repeat, for the cheap seats: that's the best case scenario. I mean, fuck Larry Summers. Why not just put Terry Gilliam at Treasury?

Don't touch that shrimp cocktail!

I'm in my usual post-election mode—reading politics, but not commenting, because it all seems so hopeless again. But here's a truly excellent intersection of policy, entertainment, and "you can do something about it":

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Tons of stars in here: Margaret Cho, Kathy Najimi, John C. Reilly; I am still waiting for the Allison Janney role that I don't like. And for everyone who moans about how musicals (film and stage both) are dying, at least we still have the performers we need if the format ever revives: Neil Patrick Harris is one of the best musical actors around today (previous evidence here).