My mind is boggled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg6hF0nShQ

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/palin-on-russia.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU

Sadly, this is making me hopeful about the upcoming election, but the fact that people are willing to give their votes to her for the most superficial reasons is insane. I’ve never understood the American desire to have someone “average” in the office, because the President should be anything but. Read this:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080

Also, a detailed yet readable explanation of our current economic situation:

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/diamond-and-kashyap-on-the-recent-financial-upheavals/

I need to drink more. The Office premier party tonight and Opeth tomorrow…thank fucking god…