Hey, it’s the middle of June and there’s no political news because it’s summer and your editor just went over to Boing Boing to see if there was anything politically whimsical and your co-editor said, “Obama robots made from jello and spare microchips?” Yeah, pretty much. Here is Hopey made out of push-pin thumbtacks. [Zoomdoggle via Boing Boing]

While we were enjoying whatever people enjoy over the long War On Christmas weekend, that secret NRA graphic novel we discovered was causing all sorts of ruckus.

A bunch of dull morons over at the Daily Kos spent a lonesome day “proving” how we magically created all this beautifully frightening artwork because “Wonkette: Liar” (seriously, that was their headline). Smarter people over at a California concealed-weapon-permit site had more interesting things to say, but concluded the NRA comic was a hoax not by Wonkette but by a literary website we’ve never heard of — that theory lasted long enough to make it to Boing Boing, while CBS News producers desperately sought comment from Wonkette editors … in the comments.

More crap, after the jump.

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