ADD PORTUGAL TO LIST OF ‘MOST REPREHENSIBLE EUROPEAN NATIONS’: Belgium may be a buzzing den of felons in helicopters, and sure, it’s responsible for the Congo, but check out how miserably Portugal’s former colonies have fared in the modern era. Everything the Portuguese touch turns to absolute dung, which is why President Obama should be very careful around that dog of his. [MP Nunan on True/Slant]

Ha ha, remember after the 2004 elections people emailed each other maps showing the sane parts of America getting absorbed into Canada and the rest turning into a squalid nation of Cheetos-addicted wingnuts called Jesusland? A Russian “expert” has now reached a similar conclusion about America — that we are doomed to decline and a dissolution of the union in the near future. Like, by spring. (Oh, and Russia gets Alaska back! Bonus.) MORE »