OH, THE RAGE
This is a comment from an A.V. Club reader signed in as "A Tennessean" in response to this stupid video overplaying that Michelle Obama "proud of my country" comment:

"I can say that for the first time in my adult life (well maybe not the first), I've seriously wanted to fuck up some ignorant Tennesseans. Especially that smug prick from Vanderbilt. And the white woman talking about diversity and shit. Fuck her. I walk by a county republican headquarters everday and want so bad to smash their windows. They have this hideous oil painting in there with G.W. in the middle with his head bowed and Lincoln on one side and Washington on the other with their hands on his shoulders also bowed in prayer. Uhg! 245 days left!"

Hideous oil painting? I'm intrigued. Could he/she be talking about this?:


I'm guessing yes.

The New York governor without fear?

Who is new New York governor David Patterson? I mean really. When nobody is looking, who is he? Here's a theory:

Patterson was left blind by a childhood ear infection.

Daredevil was blinded by a childhood accident with radioactive waste.

Patterson's father served as Secretary Of State of New York, setting an example that his son would have to struggle to live up to.

Daredevil remains haunted by the death of his father, killed by gangster's after refusing to throw a fight.

Patterson has a law degree.

So does Daredevil.

Patterson: Tortured romantic history.

Daredevil: See above.

I guess what I'm getting at is that while I'm not sure there are tights and a fighting stick in Patterson's closet, I'm not sure there's not.

CNN.com-watch: The more Obama asks for change...

Barack Obama delivered a speech yesterday that a) excellently defused the Rev. Wright controversy b) demanded that this political season be played on higher ground and c) revealed the soul beneath the politician. I thought I might have overestimated its effectiveness until I read an editorial than went even further than I was thinking.

Not everyone got it, however. Here's how it appeared in the headline feed at CNN.com

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• I'm in Ohio visiting the parents now and it's destined to snow. That's been the case the past few time I've been here. I foresee a lot of sitting around. Also, it's the second time I've shown up here after the state has gone what I believe to be the wrong way in an election. But looking around at least I'm not filled with rage that the people I see might have voted for Clinton. When it went to Bush in 2004 I felt like I was in Invasion Of The Body Snaachers. Clinton supporters seem essentially human.

• From here by way of io9: LOLTHULU!:


• Why does Brett Favre, the only football player I've ever cared about, seem more pissed than sad announcing his retirement?: