Were we thinking about something? We’re sure we were thinking about something. It must have been really, really important. We’re sure of that, too. Only for some reason, we have no fucking clue what it was.

[via Sully]

[Politico]

“I’m going to be frank. Orrin Hatch is not a bad guy. But he is an old guy… [He may] die before his term is through.” —Utah Democratic Senate candidate Scott Howell, in a fundraising letter. [ABC4 Salt Lake City, via Political Wire]

Our guest columnist will be filming a boner-pill commercial before the end of next year.

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what… These are people who pay no income tax.

SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters [Mother Jones]

Title: “Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds”

Author: Rand Paul; foreword by Ron Paul

Rank: 21

First Three Sentences of Blurb: “Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They determine how hot the water needs to be in your washing machine, and how many miles to the gallon your car must achieve.”

Fourth Sentence of Blurb: “Since the Patriot Act, your banking records, your gun registration, and your phone bill are easily accessible by government snoops.”

Fifth and Sixth Sentences of Blurb: “Mothers are arrested for buying raw milk. Families are fined for selling bunny rabbits without a license.”

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So I’ve just been hanging here, watching you humans hold your election, and I’ve been thinking: Why all the artifice? Why not just howl and spit and bare your fangs and extend your claws and fight madly for ten seconds and get it out of your system? Then, when it’s all done, you can head for the woods and fuck your brains out.

That’s what I’d do, anyway. But what do I know? I’m just a Higher Mammal.

[via Know Your Meme]

[Dr. Orly Taitz, Esquire, via @JC_Christian]