We weren’t planning on marking the anniversary again, but we’ve kinda grown fond of the car. And since it’s also Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, we’ve picked up a hitchhiker.

Tuesday Joyride! [The Dessicated Husk of the Cynics Party/Wayback Machine/May 20, 2008]

TPM:

How many chickens for a liver transplant? Enquiring minds want to know ….

Meet Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 Olympics mascots. Sweet dreams!

London unveils creepy-looking mascots for 2012 Olympics [Yahoo]

Yet another thin-skinned Republican:

Tom Corbett, current Attorney General of the state of Pennsylvania and Gubernatorial Candidate, has subpoenaed Twitter to appear as a Grand Jury witness to “testify and give evidence regarding alleged violations of the laws of Pennsylvania”.

The subpoena orders Twitter to provide “any and all subscriber information” of the person(s) behind two accounts – @bfbarbie and @CasaBlancaPA – who have been anonymously criticizing the man on the popular micro-sharing service.

And what are the tweets that have so enraged the 60-year-old AG?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4LISorUBuM

Look, pal, we’re no stranger to shared names, but you might be more respectful of the one you’re pitching to the good citizens of Nevada.

Assemblyman Ty Cobb explains why he destroyed a Sheila Leslie campaign sign [MyNews4, via Political Wire]

You may not know that Team Sarah, which is kind enough to send us exclamation-laden emails on occasion, is a project of something called the Susan B. Anthony List. You also may not know about the SBA List’s mission statement:

Our organization is named after the suffragette Susan B. Anthony. Anthony was an outspoken critic of abortion, even calling abortion “child murder.” Although she is known for helping women win the right to vote, it is often untold in history that she and most early feminists were strongly pro-life.

Damned historians, always twisting the record and keeping a step ahead of the Texas Board of Education. How could we not have known that Susan B. Anthony was an outspoken critic of abortion?

Unless, of course, she wasn’t:

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Our guest columnist this afternoon is Gary Pierce of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Dear Mayor Villaraigosa:

I was dismayed to learn that the Los Angeles City Council voted to boycott Arizona and Arizona-based companies — a vote you strongly supported — to show opposition to SB 1070 (Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act).

You explained your support for the boycott as follows: “While we recognize that as neighbors, we share resources and ties with the State of Arizona that may be difficult to sever, our goal is not to hurt the local economy of Los Angeles, but to impact the economy of Arizona. Our intent is to use our dollars — or the withholding of our dollars — to send a message.” (emphasis added)

I received your message; please receive mine. As a state-wide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing Arizona’s electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the “resources and ties” we share with the City of Los Angeles. In fact, approximately twenty-five percent of the electricity consumed in Los Angeles is generated by power plants in Arizona.

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