Look, we think Joe Biden is kind of funny, too. But, uh, come the fuck on, AP and CNN and everybody, do you really want this? Biden, he is smart, he knows some things, he would be great on a New Yorker podcast or whatever, but …. Eh, time for bed, finally. When Obama rings in the morning, at 4 a.m., with bad news, we are just going to treat it like any other TXT from some money-wanting no-can-having drunk. Meanwhile, we think of Bill Richardson, we even think of Old Jack Reed the father we never found, we think of Neal Cassady. [CNN/Valleywag/NYT]

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]