The Morning Blog

Oh my. Quite a bother over in England, what, what? Dastardly students, rogues the lot of them, have taken to the streets to protest rising tuition fees. The cads and blackguards had the temerity to assault the motor carriage of the heir to the thrown as he and his good lady wife attempted to attend the theatre! Hooligans! Ruffians! Malefactors! A window was damaged! Paint was thrown! Will there be no justice for the beleaguered Prince of Wales and his Duchess! I trust that heads will roll!

Having done my best to sound Victorian, I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming:

Burma's leading democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in talks with a state department official about the possibilities of lifting sanctions. Any good thoughts on this? It seems to me as though sanctions really haven't accomplished much. The regime doesn't seem particularly concerned about the welfare of its people to begin with. Besides which, they have access to the Chinese market for their natural gas. The Chinese aren't known for butting in on the human rights records of the business partners. Maybe we should just send Burma Christmas cards. Let them know we're thinking about them.

Speaking of China...Their cheap, knock-off version of the Nobel has become a bit of a fiasco. After failing to inform the recipient of the award that he had won a prize nobody had ever heard of before last week, they were obliged to give it to somebody...anybody. And who would that be? An awful cute little girl. Not quite the former president of Taiwan but still...

Did the Senate do the right thing on Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Did more than two Republicans have the political spine to stand up the the Christianist wing of their party? You get three guesses. First two don't count. Please bear in mind, that the Republicans love, love the military so much that they're prepared to filibuster a bill providing them increased pay and benefits in order to keep those dastardly homosexuals out. Priorities, priorities!

Speaking of Christianists, Rick Santorum is considering a serious bid to run for President. Or Theocrat. Whichever lets him spend more time controlling what you do in your bedroom. He's open.

In extraordinarily important news that might change the fate of our nation and that of the world, Obama has apparently quit smoking. To be honest, I have to say that I'd really prefer that someone with access to launch codes not be going through withdrawal. Just sayin'...

Kacee Bait: Reuters presents a 2010 list of the Worst Things Women Wore.

In fairness, here's something for the men.

2010! The Year of Looking Ridiculous!

Here are some wee beasties.

Huh...It's a good day for The Girlfriend. Kacee Bait Part II: Bea Arthur's career as a Marine.

What? More Kacee Bait? This is ridiculous but I'll run with it. Just seems to be popping up in the news today. Kacee Bait Part III...sheesh: The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, has apologized for acting like a crazy person with crazy ideas during the protests in England. If you watch the video, turn down the sound. It totally synchs up with "Dark Side of the Moon".

And now, having completely exhausted the internet, I believe I'll call a wrap on the Morning Blog.