Israel's Elections

So, it's a near tie, with Kadima barely winning a plurality, but Likud and the parties to its right winning more seats. Not to put too fine a point on it, but all of those guys are assholes. Kadima and Labor started the Gaza war in order to show the Israeli electorate that they were tough enough on the Palestinians that the public didn't need to vote for Likud. This apparently had the result of boosting the right-wing so much that an Israeli Nationalist (ultra right) fringe party, Beiteinu, actually came out ahead of Labor, bumping them back to fourth place.

Nice going, Ehud, you fuck.

Whatever Israeli coalition forms out of this mess will look something like this:

Why Does Claire McCaskill Suck So Much? (4)

Amusingly for me, McCaskill merits ridicule in Kos's quick hits from today:

I'm so relieved that we have Sens. Claire McCaskill and Ben Nelson in our party protecting us from the tyranny of building and renovating schools. Oh, and life-saving medical care.

And remember, McCain won Nebraska by 15 points. Nelson's excuse to being a douche bag is that his state is horribly Republican. What's Claire's?

Hey, this guy's pretty smart

Watching the Obama press conference is surreal. I can't recall hearing Bush make a single comment as insightful as any of Obama's answers.

Madelyn points out that you can see him thinking. You can literally (Joe Biden!) see him thinking.

Update: Pssst, Mr. President. They're over there.

Dean for HHS

They make websites...

Why Does Claire McCaskill Suck So Much? (3)

Show Me Progress (a local blog) and Matthew Yglesias are getting in on the act.

Man, lying in your twitter feed is some pretty sick shit, right?