Here’s some service-y journalism for you, so you can enjoy everybody else screaming and otherwise going nuts after midnight, when Air Force fighter jets begin a two-night assault on Washington’s fragile psyche. “A pair of F-16 fighter jets are scheduled to make periodic passes over downtown Washington at relatively low altitudes early tomorrow and again in the predawn hours Wednesday as part of a military exercise,” the Washington Post reports just late enough in the day for nobody to hear the news. Luckily nobody ever freaks out when huge scary low-flying roaring jets just pointlessly scare the shit out of everybody in the middle of the night. [Washington Post]

This is what your G-mail looks like when certain spambots detect a blip from your IP address that you’ve been disrespecting their master. This example from my Wonkette inbox bears all the hallmarks of a classic Paultard hit-and-run: domains such as “juno.com,” “netzero.com” or that deadliest of foes, “info.us”; claims that if you’re not for Paul, you’re for Hillary; lazy inconsistencies like “4 PRESIDENT” vs. “FOR PRESIDENT!”; and finally, body text that offers you quick credit without background checks.

After the jump, some other e-mailed comments from the suddenly mobilized Paultard herd. MORE »