Trust us, it ain’t easy — every time we’ve tried this trick, we only get farts:

“This whole dog and pony show that we’re about to witness today is something that should have taken place a year ago when the administration first came in last February and laid out its agenda for health care. This is how you should have started it. Bipartisan. Public forum. C-SPAN. Your cameras rolling to capture this, and to capture most importantly what the American people want.”

Hey, guess what? They did.

Steele: ‘Dog And Pony’ Televised Health Care Summit ‘Should Have Taken Place A Year Ago’ [ThinkProgress]

This is being pitched by TPM as an “attack” and a “testy exchange” by John McCain on Barack Obama at today’s Healthcare Circus Summit. If so, we need to read more Henry James.

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You know that moment when you’re just waking up, but your mind hasn’t yet plugged into the Matrix of the reality chosen for us by our Robot Overlords?

Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN.

We had one of those today.

US refuses to endorse British sovereignty in Falklands oil dispute [BBC]

This is Angela Ruggiero.  You don’t know her, but she’s a college graduate, and an American citizen!  (Quote courtesy of Slap Shot — best movie involving Sport ever made.)  Anyways: she’s up for a gold medal (her fourth Olympics, her fourth medal — which is pretty good) in women’s hockey.  Game is this afternoon — USA v Canada (again?) at 1800 (ET) over on MSNBC.  These two teams were and are kinda sorta the best teams in the women’s draw.  Observe:

USA wins — 12:1 (China), 13:0 (Rooskies), 6:0 (Finland), 9:1 (Sweden).

Canada wins — 18:0 (Slovakia), 10:1 (Switzerland), 13:1 (Sweden), 5:0 (Finland).

Yikes.  (In other news, Angela just got elected to the International Olympic Committee, which is nice.)

Meanwhile, there’s the ladies’ free skate tonight, as well as more jumping and skiing and whatnot.  Curling semis as well, with China v Sweden and Canada v Switzerland for the women, and Norway v Switzerland and Canada v Sweden for the fellas.

But also: Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso don’t like each other very much.  Noted.

We’ve heard it said that Scientology keeps you on the hook by knowing all your dark secrets. And how do they know? You tell them, silly! That’s what you’re doing during all those early sessions when they attach an e-meter to your nuts.

So while the news that Marco Rubio used Florida GOP plastic for personal expenses doesn’t particularly arouse us — unless it arouses Rubio’s fans against him, of course — what caught our attention is how the news came out:

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So, earlier today, USA-USA-USA beat Switzerland in a nerve 2:0 win.  Good to see the back of the Swiss team — they’ve been stubborn.  At present, Canada City is beating the mother-loving shit out of the Rooskies — CAN 4:1 RUS after one. 

The finale of women’s bobsled tonight, as well as more short-track madness and (on tape) giant slalom for the wimmin.  Beyond that — not a whole heck of a lot.  Things are certainly winding down, it seems.

Left: The new logo of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.

Middle: The Obama campaign logo.

Right: The Islamic star & crescent.

Below: Matt Drudge’s wet dream.

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