• Meet Barry’s new socialist realism fashion patch thing! There’s a branch (symbolizing ACORNS), and stars (for Lenin) and the colors red, white, and blue (for reasons unknown). [Top of the Ticket]
• Most infamous non-wolf Palin nemesis, Kim Elton, a member of Alaska’s House of Lords, has jumped right into Obama’s tank, specifically into the Department of the Interior as the “Director of Alaska Affairs.” [CNN Political Ticker]
• RedState.com has begun stockpiling idiots and probably uranium in a quest to strengthen its virtual army of guerrilla insurgents, who will fight Obama’s stated mission of taking away America’s freedom and distributing it, in rations, to the communist internment kibbutzes on which we will all be forced to live in ~6 months. [RedState]
• Bill Clinton is so happy and relieved now that people are finally paying attention to his paintings, which he has never previously mentioned or displayed. [Daily Intel]
• A DC bus driver attacked McGruff, the animated crime dog whose career was in large part the inspiration for season one of the Wire. The bus driver thought thought McGruff, who was clearly just fighting crime, was trying to be funny. [DCist]

Gather ye rosebuds everyone, it’s time to read a magazine, as is our long-standing Thursday afternoon tradition. Let’s see, let’s see. How about The Washington Monthly, which has proudly resisted becoming in any way trendy since its inception. Come now, let’s take a look inside and maybe figure out why. (Early guess: nearly every article title is a pun?) MORE »

Sure, he’s a charismatic rainbow child whose half-man, half-Muslim, half-unicorn heritage makes him a ringer for Jack Kennedy. But is Senator Barack Obama maybe too much of a pussy to pull off this election thing? Experts disagree! MORE »

• Trent Lott: “Bloggers claim I was their first pelt, and I believe that. I’ll never read a blog.” Awww, Trent! Don’t be that way! I bet Denny Hastert’ll give you shout out! Though it’ll look more like an inward mumble. [CSM, via Yahoo]
• Remember: the Twelve Days of Fitzmas continue until Efitzany (or until somebody has one). [Grammar.Police]
• And if you make your own mess, don’t blab to the press! [Thrown For A Loop]
• Guess who else was in court today? [WTOP, via Rock Creek Rambler]
• This year, Halloween in Virginia to less challenging, terrifying [NBC News]