Words fail.

Yeah, I'm sure Chris Buckley's dad would have voted for a far-left radical over John McCain, too.

And by that I of course mean I'm pretty sure he would never, in a million years, have done any such thing.  But hey, must keep to The Narrative^TM, and all that.

The apple did indeed fall rather far from this particular tree.

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Yeah, I'm sure this will end well.

Pakistan (with at least 100 nuclear weapons - need I remind) is in the process of melting down.

The Pakistani Army has finally begun to act against the Taliban and its allies in Swat and Buner, but the effort may be too little, too late.  The government in Islamabad told Swat residents to flee, and more than 500,000 refugees may descend on the capital as the Army prepares to dislodge the extremists after an ill-advised truce allowed them to seize control and initiative.

I'm sure they're only going after the bad Taliban, though.  Not the good Taliban that The Unicorn Prince said he was going to engage diplomatically.

What could possibly go wrong?

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File under: "Still more evidence of just how screwed are we."

Top revenue source for state governments?  Why, it's Uncle Sam, of course!

In a historic first, Uncle Sam has supplanted sales, property and income taxes as the biggest source of revenue for state and local governments.

The shift shows how deeply the recession is cutting. Federal stimulus money aimed at reviving the economy and a sharp drop in tax collections have altered, at least temporarily, the traditional balance of how states, cities, counties and schools pay for their operations.

What could possibly go wrong with that arrangement?

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