[Pete Souza/White House]

Ergh, Thursday was filled with grim sorrow. Here is something “cute” to, uh, make up for it all. Because it’s our fault, about the world being full of gloom and America being full of fail. At least we’ve got these nice new people in the White House being not-terrible! And maybe the economy is looking a little better, and a bunch more American kids have health care again, and a bunch of evil-ass Bush/Cheney policies have been quickly dismantled, so cheer up, lamers! Here’s Michelle Obama talking about her dog, “Ted Kennedy.” [YouTube/CNN]

• THESE GODDAMN PEOPLE: Chris Dodd admits to writing the bonus loophole that allowed AIG to give out all of these bonuses, but uhhh the Treasury made him do it, which he wouldn’t have done otherwise, but hey it still happened. OPEN THREAD. [Huffington Post]

OH YEAH WE SAID WE WOULD DO THIS, AT NIGHT: You all can just cold go nuts in the comments, like crazy people calling Coast To Coast AM or C-SPAN or whatever. Fun! Your editor will drop by later on, to see if there is behaving going on, here.

You don’t need me, so comment your best on the comment boards. And may I just add that the St. Anslem’s School for Butt-Plugging has SHIT wireless? Maybe it’s because a certain blower of goats is 10 feet away and and swallowing the broadband…