The Evening Quickie

Block the Vote: The 10 Worst Places to Cast a Ballot. Is it really surprising that Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Florida, Texas, and Mississippi ended up on this list?

GOP Senator flies first class, while wife 'stuck' in coach; the legacy of Conrad Burns strikes again. A spokesman for Burns said that the senator tried to give the only first-class seat he could get to his wife (who was supposedly in the roomiest seat available in coach), but she didn't think he'd be able to work on his laptop comfortably. That old fart working...on a laptop? What she probably meant was that he wouldn't be able to do much ass pinching and martini drinking if he was back in coach.

Roll Call: Google 'eager' to work with Republicans; one big boo to Google for associating themselves with former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats. Seriously, why?

Kerry: I'm prepared to kick Swift Boat's ass; God, Lurch...will you spare us already? You couldn't "man up" when you were fighting the attack ads the first time, and you expect us to believe that you've suddenly grown a set? What this boils down to is that you smell the wind of change in the air, and now you're ready to run on the anti-war, anti-Bush platform because it will get you some votes with people that have tired of the current monkeys in charge. Ah well...I suppose you'll still do better than Hillary.

Swift Boat Redux: Wealthy GOP Donor Drops $5 Mil for New Group; where's the "Ah, geez...not this shit again!" picture when you need it?

Did White House Coerce Military Lawyers? Is the battle over the treatment of POWs causing the White House to use "coercive techniques" on its own JAGs? Is the sky blue?

In the name of the lager...beer used in British church ad campaign; A miraculous image of Jesus Christ in the froth of an almost empty pint of beer is to be used as an advert to encourage more Britons to go to church this Christmas. Send a case to the White House because I know of some "Christians" who need to find Jesus again.

Army Adds Real Soldiers to Video Game; Army Releases Video Game Featuring Likenesses of Soldiers Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'd like to think that the Army is trying to honor its vets, but I know better. Anything to up the recruiting numbers, huh?