Electric Josh

Howard Stern, having been suspended by Clear Channel, whom he apparently suspects did so at the White House's behest, is suddenly getting all political, which is pretty cool because, you know, what can They do? Smear him? Dig up some sex scandal? I don't even care if he's wrong (although I'd still like to think he is). This reminds me of when Bill Clinton trotted out the pornographer Larry Flynt to help him through a stupid, self-inflicted political crisis. It's fun to watch what happens when political players of any persuasion find themselves, oops, mired in stupid sexuality or association with low talk show hosts or some other avoidable, non-policy distraction. Like watching hockey for the fights. If only I could stand listening to Stern's show for more than twenty seconds at a time before getting bored or annoyed and changing the channel I might even listen in...
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More Get Your War On, St. Augustine Bear, and Filing Technique. David Rees has apparently decided to do everything in parallel so that no single story develops too quickly. Heh heh.
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We don't really only use 10% of our brains.
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A superb graphic. It's so excellent that the usual Krugman tone that accompanies it seems totally out of place. One wishes, of course, that more data were shown to the left, and that earlier job growth forecasts, population growth, and workforce size were plotted as well, but this space will take what interesting plots it can get.
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