Herman Cain!, Saturday:

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain[!] said Saturday that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.

The remarks, which came at two campaign rallies in Tennessee as part of a barnstorming bus tour across the state, drew loud cheers from crowds of several hundred people at each rally. At the second stop, in Harriman, Tenn., Mr. Cain[!] added that he also would consider using military troops “with real guns and real bullets” on the border to stop illegal immigration.

Herman Cain!, Sunday:

“That’s a joke,” Mr. Cain[!] told the journalist David Gregory during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he was asked about the electrified fence. “That’s not a serious plan. I’ve also said America needs to get a sense of humor.”

Trust us, Mr. Cain!, we’re laughing our ass off. The difference between you and Donald Trump is that everyone knew he was a joke.

A year-old girl finds magazines distressingly unresponsive to her touch, because, y’know, that’s how flatscreens are supposed to work. We presume it’s our duty to fret about the future of humanity in a world of iGadgets — and if we don’t, somebody else will — but honestly, we canceled our remaining magazine subscriptions, oh, eighteen months ago, so we’re probably not the best advocate for Traditional Reading Values.

[via Yahoo]

While we remain on Impossible Project Deadline, please enjoy this Russian kitty who’s channeling our thoughts.

[via Know Your Meme]

The Management would like to thank Molly Erdman and director Brian Shortall for sparing us the trouble of thinking last night, because we had fucked-up shit to do for clients with impossible deadlines.

[via Weigel]

When Timmah! quit the preznidential race, his video editor was cast adrift. Happily, a too-kind Texas governor took pity on the lad, and let the kid rake some leaves clips.

We’re being told by Prominent Bloggers that this feels more “powerful” than our auteur’s previous work. We actually think it’s a step down, because casting Tim Pawlenty as a World-Historical Figure had its own meta scrumptiousness. This just feels like, y’know, trying too hard.

Our guest columnist is Murray Evans of the Huffington Post.

Nine-year-old Lauren Hummingbird wants a cell phone for Christmas – and not just any old phone, but an iPhone. Such a request normally would be met with skepticism by her father, Cherokee Nation employee Jamie Hummingbird.

He could dismiss the obvious reasons a kid might want an iPhone, except for this – he’s a proud Cherokee and buying his daughter the phone just might help keep the tribe’s language alive.

Nearly two centuries after a blacksmith named Sequoyah converted Cherokee into its own unique written form, the tribe has worked with Apple to develop Cherokee language software for the iPhone, iPod and – soon – the iPad. Computers used by students – including Lauren – at the tribe’s language immersion school already allow them to type using Cherokee characters.

After Stinquer Redmanlaw brought this to our attention Friday, we looked into the “international keyboards” offered on our iPad. Yup. There it is.

Apple Teams Up To Use iPhone To Save Cherokee Language [HuffPo, 10/23/2010]

Cherokee Artist Roy Boney Jr. Reflects on Steve Jobs [Indian Country Today, via RML]

In April 1946, Captain Marvel faced an evil foe who invented the most heinous gadget imaginable. Thank god that shit didn’t catch on.

Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel and the Peace Ray [Comics Alliance]