Sunday: "The American Left's Silly Victim Complex"

• Rant of the Month: from "The American Left's Silly Victim Complex"

  No matter what it claims for a self-image, in reality it's the saddest collection of cowering, ineffectual ninnies ever assembled under one banner on God's green earth. And its ugly little secret is that it really doesn't mind being in the position it's in -- politically irrelevant and permanently relegated to the sidelines, tucked into its cozy little cottage industry of polysyllabic, ivory tower criticism. When you get right down to it, the American left is basically just a noisy Upper West side cocktail party for the college-graduate class. -- Matt Taibbi

• Pause. And begin again: "We should close the border, pause, absorb what we have, and set ourselves to "patriating" the newcomers who are here." (Peggy Noonan)
• Just because Father's Day sucks, is no reason to suck more deeply. This, from a previously-male humanoid, who has placed his small testicles in a lesbian lockbox sometime in the Pliestocene:

  "Just wanting to wish a Happy Father's day to all the fathers at DPS. And I wish to include those who are not physical fathers yet bless children with their strength, wisdom and honor. These fathers aren't necessarily men- just as our Father in heaven is not a man. God bless you all, may you be filled with joy-this day and every day."

  via Brutally Honest
  
• $4 Gas? Road Trip!: Sales of SUVs jump 25% in first quarter. Prius sales slump now that every wise guy in Seattle owns one. (Bankrate)
  
• How to Get Your Site Included in Google News: Not hard. Just have your readers suggest it without spamming. Oh, be newsworthy as well. Consumerist did it. But then it has a lot of readers.(Consumerist)
  
• "Slow down. You move too fast:" 5 Powerful Reasons to Drive Slower, and How to Do It (Zen Habits)
  
• The Jefferson Memorial is Sinking: But you knew that already, right? (American Mind)
  
• Arafat's Peace Prize Reclaimed by Palestinians: Enraged Fatah leaders on Saturday accused Hamas militiamen of looting the home of former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat in Gaza City. "They stole almost everything inside the house, including Arafat's Nobel Peace Prize medal...." (JPost) If they can get their hands on Jimmy Carter's they'll have a matched set.
  
• Congressional Limbo: How low can they go? Bush approval, 29%. Democrat congress? 23%. And one has to think that the only reason it is holding at that level is that Nancy Pelosi is keeping her mouth shut more often.
  
• Lower than Congress: "Kitten found tied to railroad track."
  
• A Modest Suggestion: "we'd like to suggest that in this day and age black prejudice, even in its most benign form, does far more to perpetuate de facto segregation than white prejudice does." (Taranto @ BotW)
  
• With around 500 days left until the election of 2008, are you as sick of everyone as I am? If you're not, you will be.