Radio Legend Paul Harvey Dies [ABC]

Dobson Resigns [Washington Monthly]

Focus on the Family to cut 202 more jobs [Denver Post, 11/17/2008]

Conservatives Pick Soft Target: A Cartoon Sponge [NYT, 1/20/2005]

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Geez, we need some filler here to pretend we’re doing something other than marking time before getting to the link. There’s “beats as it sweeps as it cleans,” of course. Or the line about a resident reporting “suspicious activity at a car wash”. Maybe speculation about what George Jetson does with Rosie the Robot when Jane’s away. (Jane! Stop this crazy thing! Jane! Hellllllp!)

Well, fuck it. Sometimes you just can’t compete with the source.

Mich. man pleads no contest in vacuum sex act case [AP]

Before everyone got caught up comparing Bobby Jindal to Kenneth the Page (which leaves Michael Steele or Alan Keyes available to Tracy Morgan), his post-not-SOTU remark about “$140 million for something called ‘volcano monitoring'” was poised to become Wacky Soundbite of the Night.

As a governor whose state fell victim to Bush incompetence natural disaster, his comment was sure to raise eyebrows. (Never mind that Jindal also said his state would be better off without Bush incompetence government assistance in a crisis — we don’t have enough eyebrows for that.)

And since the only volcano in the news lately threatens the home state of Jindal’s rival for 2012 buffoon the next GOP nomination, easy jokes were at hand, if only they hadn’t been drowned out by easier jokes.

But apparently Alaskans aren’t big 30 Rock fans, since they’re not letting the matter drop.

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Gawker Media presents the Croatian Edition of Jzbl.

Prommie’s Wild Ride [Jezebel, “disemvoweled”]

Prommie wins Worst Comment of the Day [Jezebel]

Jamie Sommers: “Yep.” [Stinque]

Report sharply criticizes sex education in Texas schools [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]

Well, that was interesting. We have no idea how yesterday’s dirge reached Ana Marie Cox, but once she posted it in her Twitter feed, the phone started ringing off the hook.

Granted, that was Wells Fargo trying to pitch us insurance, but still.

We first noticed something odd was happening when Twitter sent us a handful of subscription notices in the morning, immediately surpassing our monthly average. And then RomeGirl told us folks were subscribing to her Twitter feed as well.

We’ll call that the Twitter Trickle. And flagellate ourself for doing so.

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