After watching the debate last night, I, like many others I'm sure, was a bit disappointed in McCain's demeanor and overall performance. It galled me that he had the nerve to repeat known, disproved lies from his campaign trail on national TV. I like what CNN has been doing with their 'fact check' work (partnering with FactCheck.org; what I don't like is that they don't summarize the fact check verdicts in the summary, forcing a click-through.

It seems like a pattern is emerging:

Wouldn't you think that the above presentation makes things a bit more clear?

Pirates Seize Ship Carrying Tanks, Ammo

It's not often you see news stories involving the following actors:

• Pirates
• The Ukraine
• Tanks

Seriously. Now it's going to be even more dangerous to sail off the coast of Somalia -- because the pirates are going to be armed with tanks!

Turns out San Francisco is going to have a ballot initiative to rename a sewage plant after G.W. Bush.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/17/presidential.putdown.ap/index.html

Here's hoping it succeeds! ;) (I especially like the predictable phrase "Local Republicans say the plan stinks and they will oppose it.")