Smatterings

RANDOM “NEW PORNOGRAPHY”

FITSNews – August 20, 2008 – It’s probably not natural to obsess over New Pornographers’ frontwoman Neko Case the way we do, but we’re sure government will pass a law at some point affording her the protection she deserves from our founding editor’s overactive imagination. In the meantime, we’re pleased to have her provide the accompaniment for today’s assorted random smatterings …

SCOOP STRETCH? – Our bud McLovin’ over at Palmetto Scoop claims that Barack Obama has already chosen Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as his running mate … or at least somebody “in the Beltway” told him that. WTF? Until we get our text message from the Obamessiah himself, we’ll hold off on declaring this a done deal …

SPEAKING OF ELECTIONEERING – The Washington Post has a fun new web page that lets you project the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, one state at a time. Alright, it’s really not all that fun … certainly not as fun as presidential kung-fu …

SPEAKING OF FIGHTING – For those of you itching to see somebody get knocked out today, enjoy this clip.

MORE SCHOOL SUCKINESS – Our friends at The Voice have two solid posts up detailing how South Carolina is screwing over its special needs kids and graduating even fewer people than we thought we were … which we thought was damn near impossible.

MANDE’S STALKER UPDATE – Our non-friends over at Not Very Bright have taken a break from obsessing over our girl Mande’s every word to post this delightful picture of the S.C. Legislature’s vision for our state.

POLLY = REAL – We’ve gotten quite a bit of mail recently related to our newest contributor, Polly, who came back from the Beijing Olympics with gold medals in beauty, brains and bad-assness. To answer all the inquiries, yes, she’s real … and she’s fabulous!