This really shouldn’t be a surprise … GottaLaff put together a video from Mitch Daniels’ appearance on this morning’s MTP (he’s the governor of Indiana):

Speechless.

It’s like that seawall isn’t even there:

The earthquake was in the northeast part of Japan on the main island, Honshu – now there’s a volcano erupting in the southwest, on the island of Kyushu:

The volcano is also known for serving as Blofeld’s lair in You Only Live Twice.

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It boggles my mind that the GOP wants to cut our disaster preparedness budget.

Title: “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement”

Authors: David Brooks

Rank: 5

Blurb: “I try to explain how these findings about the deepest recesses of our minds should change the way we see ourselves, raise our kids, conduct business, teach, manage our relationships and practice politics.”

Review: “People who read books of this type used to be called ‘existentialist.'”

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Footnote: Stop the presses! Rational man discovers intuition! It’ll change everything you know! Unless, of course, like the Greeks, you knew it already.

The Social Animal [Amazon]

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