This picture from Scott's Photo of the Day site is pretty awesome. Reminds me of the John Cougar Mellencamp song, Pink House. Ain't that America?

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It looks as though we're actually going to get to the end of the series finally. (For those new visitors, I've been live blogging 24 for a couple years. This is sort of like one of those, 'I watch it so you don't have to.')

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Via a reader email to Talking Points Memo: Regardless of which side of the political fence you're on, you have to admire this type of personal animosity:

My next-door neighbor is a life-long Democrat who has spent the last 20 years as a registered Republican. He switched his registration just so he could vote against Arlen in the GOP primaries. When Arlen switched to the Democrats, so did my neighbor. I have disliked many a politician but have never been tempted to switch parties to get another opportunity to vote against him an extra time.

Look, I know I'm a little late to this meme party, but everyone loves a beignet. This meme only works if you look at the words and don't try to read them out loud.

Which I suppose is exactly what they had in mind when they put together their master plan, but it's still a little shocking:

In the quarter ended March 31, Goldman made money on every single trading day. The firm did not record a loss of even $0.01 on even one day in the last quarter. That's 63 days profitable out of 63 trading days. The statistic probability of this event is itself statistically undefined. Goldman is now the market - or, in keeping with modern market reality, Goldman is the house, it controls the casino, and always wins. Congratulations America: you now have far, far better odds in Las Vegas that you have making money with your E-Trade account.

When they've gotten so brazen they don't even care about the optics of something like this, you know we're all in trouble.

It's been a long time coming, but the latest episode of Yacht Rock has finally been put online. It's galactic and has a bittersweet ending. If you've never experienced Yacht Rock, I envy you the opportunity to watch it for the first time. Behold.

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Four more shows! Four more shows! Four more shows! Four more shows!

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This is somewhat related to plastic bag bans, right? I wonder how effective/adopted these will be across the country. "The ban, set to take effect in January, is part of a statewide push to reform bottle laws".

Via heyennovy

In the court of public opinion, Toyota is circling the drain. There's reason for them to have hope, though, because BP just plummeted below them. And rightfully so.