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Woah, Pierce gets shrill.

Over at The Order of Shrill, director Brad DeLong finds Charles Pierce in the grip of shrill unholy madness at the mendacity, malevolence, and sheer incompetence of Bush's right hand, the one he used to sign his first and only veto:

TAPPED: IT'S PERSONAL. It just so happens that I have a couple of really ugly-ass dogs in this fight over embryonic stem-cell research. Not many political issues are personal with me, but this one deeply is. I have watched slow death from neurological disease once too often in my life to be anything but furious when Sam Brownback, a United States senator to the everlasting embarrassment of that body, pulls out a child's drawing of an embryo with a smiley-face in order to argue his position. Or when Tony Snow, that towering public fake, starts getting glib about "murder," as though there isn't enough blood lapping at the ankles of everyone in this White House to float a barge. Or when Snow's boss, that tough-talkin', crumb-spittin', neck-rubbin' international buckaroo, uses the first veto of his presidential career and then hides behind children while maundering incoherently about a "moral line" as though he'd recognize one if he fell over it....

I don't give a damn how tactically brilliant this may be. I look at this action and this is what I know -- that millions of Americans will die horrible deaths and the government of the United States doesn't give a good goddamn about them. Period. And, no, Senator Obama, I don't have to respect the deeply held beliefs of anyone who condemns their fellow human beings to miserable suffering on the basis of anthropomorphized blastocysts in the service of an anthropomorphized god...

Grrr...

Happy, chirpy JPop is just about the only thing keeping from goin' totally postal this afternoon. Stop Changing The Fucking API Already!

Miss Universe, first impressions.

Miss Argentina and Miss Trinada & Tabago are having a go-round for my lust. Seriously. Both are absolutely hot, and for completely different reasons.

Miss Russia, Miss UK, and Miss USA can all look forward to useful jobs at Hooters, from their looks. Miss Austria would like to remind us all that Austrians are a warlike people. Miss Israel would have half a chance if she smiled once in a while. Miss Sweden apparently works as an escort fulfilling men's "Heidi" fantasies. Miss Virgin Islands has some incredible muscles. Miss Korea is indeed very cute. Surprising me, at least, Miss Belgium is black, and Miss India is painfully English. Looking into the eyes of Miss Phillipines you can tell that she has the legs of a dancer. Miss Lebanon wears glasses and my heart goes pitter-pat. Miss Latvia and Miss Switzerland get prizes in the "Whiter than Michael Jackson will ever be" category. Miss Turks & Caicos is cute, but Miss South Africa, Miss Angola, and Miss Zambia are just hot. Miss Brazil has the biggest boobs (sorry, I'm a guy these things Must Be Noticed). And Miss Japan should just be ashamed of herself for that horrible, horrible costume.