Comment of the day

"It would be nice to find politicians both normal and politically savvy. Unfortunately, if you’re normal you get hounded out of politics. And if you’re politically savvy, you’re probably a kleptocratic vampire."

From the comments on Gay Patriot's post deploring the paucity of conservative/libertarian leaders. Warning: the comments are pretty, ummm, lively. You probably don't want to go there, unless you're montieth or something.

Mostly for kightp

...although others will probably like it, too. A 45-minute YouTube video from National Geographic, on "exploding the myths" of the Fourth of July. The lead segment is a behind-the-scenes look at fireworks: