“What is this?” asks the Washington Post at the bottom of a web page. Well, it’s crap, that’s what it is. It’s not new — we’ve covered the idiocy before — but it has the effect of making you feel dumber than before you saw it. It doesn’t even have the fleeting value of a “horse-race poll” when Preznidents are still chosen by the Electoral College. It’s WaPo’s version of an empty chair.

We’re supposed to say something about the Obama Administration’s hypocritcal use of Harold and Kumar while clamping down on medical pot shops, and we probably would, except, well, Harold and Kumar.

President Obama’s ‘Harold And Kumar’ Video Draws Marijuana Hypocrisy Charges [TPM]

Our guest columnist, speaking the night of January 3, 2008, compelled us to donate to a political campaign for the first time in our life.

Thank you, Iowa.

You know, they said this day would never come.

They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn’t do.

You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this new year, 2008.

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Today, we celebrate those who have taken a risk, worked hard, built a business and earned their own success.

— Eric Cantor (@GOPLeader) September 3, 2012

National Empty Chair Day (photos from around country) [Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion]

This clip is making the rounds because the Impossibly Adorable Baby Twins are grooving out to Daddy’s guitar.

But look at that glimpse they throw each other. Twice.

These proto-conscious humans are eleven months old. They know something. And whatever it is, they’re not telling us. Until it’s too late.

[via Know Your Meme]

[via @lukelewis]