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If you haven't seen it, Dispatches from the Culture Wars has the round-up of the Daily Show segments in the great Cramer vs. Stewart brouhaha. Brayton is right -- Stewart is beating that dude like a drum. And this whole thing is just making me love Stewart even more.

The Gay-outing Principal: the stupidity continues.

I wish I could say I was shocked. But given the world we live in, I guess we should be surprised the district isn't giving her a medal and a raise.

And am I the only one wondering what their definition of "explicit sexual behavior" is? I'm still betting they got the vapors over some kissing. (And I bet you, based on what the principal allegedly said to the boys' parents when she called, that the definition of "explicit" is different in their case than in the heterosexual couples' cases.)

Seriously, folks, more and more these days I feel like I stepped through the Looking Glass and am caught in Insanityland.

via boing boing, the comedy duo of Clarke and Dawe explaining the subprime crisis.

Laugh, then cry, then get a stiff drink.

I'm starting to think we should just throw anyone who takes a finance industry job in jail. Just to save time, you know. Of course, I'm not naive enough to think that any of the major players in this crisis will ever suffer any real consequences for their actions.