“Look, I understand your psychological need to invent someone like me so that you can stop worrying about imminent disasters and get some sleep at night,” said the hyper-articulate, Princeton-educated political-scientist jujitsu-master we’re all imagining. “But the reality is most of the smart, qualified people in this country are wasting away in assistant professorships at struggling public universities or making millions of dollars in some venture capital group. In fact, that’s exactly the kind of job I would have right now if I were a real person. Which I’m not.”

“But good luck with everything,” he added, or rather didn’t add, because he neither said anything nor even ever existed at all.

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In related news, Bill Maher has joined the Norwegian national ballet.

SUPER-SECRET HIDING PLACE – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose website has published large volumes of classified video and documents leaked from the United States military, refuses to reveal the source of his pathological insecurity and need to feel important.

Assange, whose propagandic work has revealed the names and locations of Afghan informants and generally endangered the lives of Americans and our allies, was quoted as saying something or other about “truth” and “light of day” or some stupid bullshit.

Whether she’s addressing the financial meltdown, or the contentious new healthcare bill, or any other major public policy issue of the day, Claire McCaskill continues to exhibit preternatural patience with the benighted moonshiners of the state she represents.

But Claire has really outdone herself with the new series of cartoons and other pitch’ers she is creating so that Missourians might better understand the legislative process. In a Missourah.com exclusive, here is the first in the series. Thank you, Claire!

Next Up: Der… Whats A Elekshun?

I’ve heard a lot of crowing recently about the Chevy Volt only getting 40 miles of all-electric driving. If you are one of the critics, please take a look at the map below and see for yourself how perfectly reasonable 40 miles is (click to enlarge)–

UPDATE: Thanks for the link, Unreligious Right! Also, Atomic Fungus and In My Copious Free Time.

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