Today’s quote of the day from the NYT:
“I’ve been getting on this plane, you know, for 42 years. Why can’t I get on the plane?”
SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY, telling how he was barred from a Boston-Washington flight because his name resembled an alias used by a suspected terrorist.
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A GRE analogies review with writers on the DNC beat:
Op-ed columnist: "Barak Obama is like the black Colin Powell."
Journalist: "What?"
Op-ed columnist: "Oh -- ha -- I mean the Democratic Colin Powell".
Journalist: "First one's better."
Via Wonkette.
I believe this might be the saddest true story I've ever read. It makes me want to set up a foundation to provide $400 college scholarships for Chinese peasants. Someone whose comparative advantage is organizing should do this.