Martin Peretz of The New Republic has an extremely developed, terminal case of xenophobic crotch rot. [Barrett Brown: True/Slant]

Senator Grassley is only interested in the perfect health care bill. It must be as strong as an ox on 'roids, as whimsical as a bicurious white tiger. It must birth from Adam's meatiest rib. It must be a masterpiece, it must be perfect. [Matt Yglesias]

The aporkalypse will kill 50% of everybody. [AMERICAblog]

Charlie Crist reveals that his secret Judaism saves white people from Hurricanes every year when he visits the Holy Land and sticks his cock into the Wailing Wall. [AP]