Do you know what time it is?? It is HALF PAST SERIOUS O’CLOCK, right now and forever, on the HuffingtonPost.com. Yeah, you’re goddamn right someone embedded little countdown clocks that correspond to unpunished Congressional ethics violations somehow! “In the public interest, HuffPost is launching a congressional ethics clock to note the number of days (and hours and minutes and seconds) it’s been since a potential ethics violation has been probed or brought to the attention of Congress’s self-appointed watchdogs.” Uhh, and guess what Charlie Rangel? That clock embed is going to continue to tick until there are some big BIG CHANGES around here. Mmhmm. We’ll wait. [HuffPost]

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