“I SEE NO REAL CONFLICT BETWEEN MY PEOPLE’S TWO CORE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES: VISITING A MANDARIN ESTABLISHMENT, AND THE FREE EXERCISE OF SZECHUAN TAKE-OUT.”

Background story at Politico.

BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on “In Guns We Trust”: New Supreme Court Motto for U.S.

Madkane on Those Sorry Republicans.

“I SUPPOSE THAT’S THE KIND OF SWEETENER THEY USE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN … INSTEAD OF THE REAL AMERICAN CHOICE OF SPLENDA AND EQUAL.”

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Lisa Casey on more cheap shots at Kagan.

“THE GENERAL SAID THE PARTY CLOWN WAS A BOZO STUCK IN 1965, AND TOLD THE STRIPPER TO ‘BITE ME’.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Afghanistan, America’s Longest War, and the Perfect Arc of Failure.

Unfortunately, No Retirement for BP’s Generalissimo.

Dan Kurtzman with Best Political Humor of 2010 (So Far).

“THANKS, MR. HASTINGS, FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL NEW ‘TOBACCO’ WITH ME — IT MAKES ME FEEL AS IF MAYBE WE SHOULD SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE CHINESE.”

“WELL, FANS, THIS ONE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE REAL, USUALLY THEY FAKE IT EVEN WHEN THEY’RE NOT EVEN TOUCHED.”

judge martin feldman

“SINCE VIRTUALLY ALL THE OIL FROM THE DINOSAURS IS NOW LOST TO THE GULF, THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE ‘WAR ON THE WORLD’ IS TO DRILL THE FAT MAN WHO BROADCAST ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’.”

“NOT ONLY DOES OUR PRIMITIVE PHILOSOPHY PROVIDE THE ULTIMATE INCENTIVE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED TO FIND WORK, BUT THIS BILL WILL ALSO CREATE A SECONDARY DERIVATIVES MARKET FOR HUMAN FLESH.”

More on the perverse GOP philosopy, at All Hat No Cattle.

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on The Myth of a Liberal Break from Obama.

Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings

“EVEN KEITH RICHARDS HIGH ON McCHRYSTAL METH WOULD’VE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID THIS BAD OF A TRIP.”

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Terminating a Runaway General, or a Runaway War – at BuzzFlash.

The Daily Show’s McChrystal’s Balls — at One Good Move.

Revisiting McChrystal and Pat Tillman, via All Hat No Cattle.

“THE GOAL IS TO CLEAR OUT ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, HOLD THEIR REPORTERS PRISONER AT BAGRAM AIR  BASE, AND BUILD A MILITARY FREE FROM CIVILIAN CONTROL.”

“AH DO BELIEVE THIS WILL ENABLE BP TO EXTRACT OIL WELL INTO THE FUTURE … FROM THE FOSSILIZED HUMANS  AND ANIMAL LIFE IT HELPS TO MAKE EXTINCT.”

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The background at Crooks & Liars.

George Washington weighs in on the Company that always tells a lie, at All Hat No Cattle.

Map: Where Americans Are Moving, at BartCopE!