And on and on and on …

1. Teabagger “injured” while protesting health insurance reform needs money because he has no health insurance.

2. Palin says Obama “death panels” will kill Trig.

3. Gov. Sanford flew his family all over South Carolina on the taxpayers’ dime, and that’s illegal.

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Not only do I think that the BBC’s Top Gear is good automotive programming, I think it’s some of the best TV out there.  I wanted to share Jeremy Clarkson’s test of the new Ford Fiesta because, in the dark corners of the automotive blogosphere that I visit, it has been praised as the funniest road test ever done. The last scene had me laughing like an insane person (starts 8 minutes in).

And, while I’m at it – why doesn’t Ford offer the German-built Fiesta here?  If I needed a car I’d certainly consider, and probably buy, the sport version. At any rate, enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KIqdS1SO0

Helicopter and plane crash over Hudson River

NY1 reporting one rescue, one death. UPDATE: NY1 says this is the model of the plane involved.

Just watched Sotomayor, J. get sworn in, and it was the first time I’d ever heard the oath:

“I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

Just like this guy:

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It’s an Orly Taitz remix, because I have nothing else today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rky03elvlU0

Senator Chuck Grassley:

GRASSLEY: In countries that have government-run health care, just to give you an example, I’ve been told that the brain tumor that Sen. Kennedy has — because he’s 77 years old — would not be treated the way it’s treated in the United States. In other words, he would not get the care he gets here because of his age. In other words, they’d say ‘well he doesn’t have long to live even if he lived another four to five years.’ They’d say ‘well, we gotta spend money on people who can contribute more to economy.’ It’s a little like people saying when somebody gets to be 85 their life is worth less than when they were 35 and you pull the tubes on them.

Teddy needs to cockpunch this GOP shitbag.

Chuck Grassley Uses Kennedy’s Brain Tumor to Spread Fear of Rationing [ThinkProgress]

Ann Althouse:

There is something about the way the 2 seated men are posing as such good little boys with their hands in the I’m-behaving-myself position that demands that what I really want to see is Bill Clinton reach over and feel the thigh Kim Jong-Il, who exclaims: “No broh job!”

That is weapons-grade stupid.

And don’t forget – she’s a tenured law professor.

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