I had to put your account on hold. MSNBC is reviewing all sites in their networks and sites containing profanity are an item of concern. If you can remove the profanity please let me know.

Email just received from the “MSNBC Politics Network”, which until moments ago provided the ads that filled the Great White Void at left. And we thought it was right-wing talk radio that was threatened by censorship.

(Update: We’ve filled the Great White Void with a Google ad. They’ll whore themselves out to anybody.)

1. Which state leads the nation in federally subsidized condom manufacturing?

2. How much money will the government save by switching to “cheaper off-shore condoms”?

3. How many nasty insinuations can you make from “Eufaula”?

4. Which of the following does not manufacture condoms: Alatech, Unidus, Qingdao Double Butterfly Group, AIG.

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A nation’s thanks go out to the elected representatives of the great state of Wyoming, who took a noble stand this month to prevent our Republic from descending into tyranny.

A tyranny of their own devising, but we’ll get to that.

What they did two weeks ago was pass a resolution rescinding their state’s earlier call for a Constitutional Convention. The action follows an alert issued in December by the American Policy Center, publisher of “Why the UN is Worthless to Human Existence,” which feared the consequences should alien usurper Barack Obama get his mitts on our sacred documents:
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Look, we know what those 8 a.m. classes were like, and even Barry lacks the eloquence to keep you awake. That’s why we called in the Stinque Macroeconomics Dancers to welcome you to our Obama news conference Open Thread/Champagne Cabaret. Because when it comes to the dismal science, we know you could use the distraction.

Selections from the London Review of Books classifieds for March 12, 2009.

Loving stick-insect sought for LTR by serious-minded, mid-60s Lefty man with a big laugh.

Has your life been ruined by therapy? Are you stuck in interpretive regress? Me too. Now looking for M, 40s, to live an unexamined life.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce3xgC2z6Ew

If your outrage lasts more than four hours, consult a physician.

Yes, we’re riffing on that title again, as well as picking up an omitted digression from our earlier brief discussion of entreprenurial interview techniques, if only because this one’s playing out in real time.

If you, like us, are obsessive avoiders of Bill O’Reilly’s Cavalcade of Comedy, you may not know that LoofahMan enjoys chasing prey with television cameras, as the clip here from Monday night demonstrates. We didn’t know ourselves, until Jon Stewart took a moment from CNBC-bashing to enlighten us.

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Barry’s on TV again tonight, this time throwing an elbow at American Idol to explain the Battlegeek finale or the economy, whichever is easier. We’ll be firing up our Open Thread/Gaffematic at 7:45 p.m. Eastern.

Issues likely to surface at Obama news conference [Reuters]