Facial recognition software operates on the principle that people never make expressions ever, and just wander the earth looking like dead-eyed zombies. Thus the Virginia DMV, in order to make driver’s license pictures more compatible with the latest facial recognition techmologies, has decreed that you can’t smile in your photo. MORE »

It turns out Michele Bachmann isn’t the only terrified lawmaker hiding from her constituency behind a wall of phone-dialing robots. Politicians across this great land of ours have discovered the beauty of the tele-town hall, which allows them to pretend to interact with voters while sparing them the pain of actually talking with them. MORE »

Drudge often gets us excited, then leaves us disappointed. Consider this headline: MORE »

The Washington Post’s Congressional Votes Database is an invaluable resource. It displays votes by the legislator’s party, state, region, gender — and astrological sign. Here’s the tally for the just-defeated cloture motion on the gay marriage amendment: MORE »

This is actually sorta brilliant. Senators Kerry and Kennedy could have stopped the Samuel Alito nomination by EATING HIM. MORE »

Following on the heels of yesterday’s gem, here’s a snippet from another great press release from Harry Reid: MORE »

For filing under “too cryptic to be helpful”: MORE »

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In a long but interesting article in this morning’s Washington Post that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Alito nomination, we learn the following: MORE »