It's a mad house! A mad house!

John Cole seems to think that Matt Taibbi is the sane one in a mad world because he "looks around him and reacts to evidence and data." If 40% of Taibbi's electorate really are crazy, is it really sane to keep arguing with them?

Funhouse Mirrors

Via the ever amusing Balloon Juice, here is an excerpt from an editorial at Esquire:

The problem is that one side plays by its own rules in a universe of its own devising, with its own physical laws, its unique economics, and its own history and theology, and that universe is now devouring the real one.

*GASP* There is a monster in that mirror!

Most Important Election Ever - The Results Are In!

As predicted, votes were cast and buttons were worn. People on television continue to say things. If you have a job, you probably had to get up and go to work this morning. Maybe not, though. As the most important election ever (yet), the results will have a huge impact on everything from how many people the U.S. will kill today to the price of tea in China:

Reaction across Asia to the U.S. elections on Wednesday was muted . . .

Or, maybe not.