Carl Jonard Technically Still Has a Blog

Listen to the whole thing. This is scary.
Democratic Georgia congressman Jim Marshall talks to NPR about the bailout.

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I have no comment.

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OK, this is pretty cool.

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I learned today that Jonard Industries (no relation) has merged with OK Industries (also no relation). Together, they have created a series of the most thrilling industrial videos ever created!*
*(Note: this is not true. This is a very boring video. Do not sit through the whole thing waiting for a punchline. There is no reason [...]

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According to the infallible Urban Dictionary, a “jonard” is:
A large plant found near the ridges of the Amazon River said to be a spiritual healing tool for the native tribes camping afar.
The man used a jonard to cure his pain of sickness.

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“Picaresque” is not a fancy way to spell “picturesque.”

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Highlights from the Sarah Palin/Charlie Gibson interview:

There’s also a funny spoof of the interview here, but it’s a little too over-the-top to be believable.

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Must-read article in the New York Times today. So much good stuff:
WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal.
So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year [...]

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If you were watching closely, you could tell that whoever was running the projector at the Republican Convention did a really sloppy job. I thought this moment in particular was really off-message:

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Barack Obama’s acceptance speech:
The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook… If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things.
McCain Manager: ‘This Election is Not About Issues’
Rick Davis, campaign [...]

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