The March on Washington is almost here, as are our Patriotic Morning Drinking Plans. But did you know it’s kind of scary to come to a place like D.C., especially to the touristy National Mall which crawls with Park Service police night and day, and is only visited by other white people tourists on summer weekends? Join us for a children’s treasury of “I am worried there might be scary snakes” Paultard travel-tip forum posts. MORE »

Do you understand how the economy works? Ha ha, of course you don’t. Nobody does! Our “robust economic system” is a dense network of horrifying gambles, pyramid schemes, and pure scams that were mostly made up on the fly for short-term gain so that somebody could cash out and move to some island safe from the eventual looting. Nevertheless, our noble political cartoonists have done their best to help you understand the anarchy that is destroying your retirement fund (such as it was): by portraying it as a series of adorable animals! See the poverty zoo, after the jump. MORE »

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU: “Pygmy Rattlesnake” jumps out of Arlington high school coach’s gym bag, sinks its venomous fangs into his hand, man goes to hospital, rattler frozen alive by firemen, South Carolina blamed. [WTOP]

Some people might call Huckabee’s endorsements by Chuck Norris and then Ric Flair a little out there. Those people probably haven’t met his Iowa state director, Eric Woolson (pictured on the right).

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The new guy’s kinda… weird, don’t you think? MORE »