until further notice, please assume my reaction to everything is, "what the fucking fuck?!"  thank you.
   Whoa.
This, here: http://atrios.blogspot.com/  (posting from a Mac, which won't let me hyperlink.)  Second or third item down: Saddam returns to power, just under a different name.
Yeek.
Actually, consider the whole of Atrios bogarted for the day.  Truly scary things going on.  Check also http://www.thismodernworld.com for more on the election mishegoss.
And all I hear about on the news is Martha! Martha! Martha!