The Morning Blog, Monday Edition

Why is this New York Times article about Jackass 3D so very, very long? Oh! I see! It's because they're really, really over-analyzing it. Of course. Takeaway:

The antics of “Jackass” may or may not be art, but they stand at the confluence of some significant social phenomena and artistic traditions. Emerging from the slacker-daredevil ethos of skate culture, it updated the ambush comedy of “Candid Camera” and the reality slapstick of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” for the age of YouTube exhibitionism. There are also older, more reputable antecedents: silent-era comedy; Dadaism and the Theater of Cruelty; performance art and body art.

Or its just some guys playing with poop. You decide.

Let's talk proportion here. Brett Favre sends some smutty pictures to an employee over at the Jets. Outrage! OUTRAGEOUS OUTRAGE! Meanwhile, a prosecutor in a domestic violence case sends sexually explicit texts to the female victim and......crickets. Hmm. Didn't know Favre was a grandfather. Does that make it an outrageously outrageous outrage?

This years Nobel Prize for Economics. Pretty timely stuff, really. They studied frictions affecting searches in the labor market.

Speaking of the Nobel Prize, China continues its snit. In fact, they're not even going to discuss fisheries with Norway. So there. And they're going to hold their breath. And maybe...Stomp.

Turns out all those ludicrous Insane Clown Posse songs about shooting people and hating women were actually an attempt to turn people onto Jesus. Poor, poor, beleagured Insane Clown Posse:

"Did you anticipate this kind of reaction?" I ask them.

"No," sighs Violent J. "I figured most people would say, 'Wow, I didn't know Insane Clown Posse could be deep like that.' But instead it's, 'ICP said a giraffe is a miracle. Ha ha ha! What a bunch of idiots.'" He pauses, then adds defiantly, "A giraffe is a fucking miracle. It has a dinosaur-like neck. It's yellow. Yeah, technically an elephant is not a miracle. Technically. They've been here for hundreds of years…"

"Thousands," murmurs Shaggy.

It's got a dinosaur-like neck....it's yellow. Miraculous.

No longer morning soooooo......just one more.

The Daily Beast quantifies this elections top wingnuts.