Must be a British thing.

Just in time for Christmas

MAFFia is a points-centred desktop sheep-shooting game for Mac OS X only.

… and …

MAFFia features:

* Compulsive Gameplay
* Dynamic Sheep Damage
* Attractive Flame Effects
* Four Different Weapons
* Blood-Free Mode
* Turbo Mode
* AutoPause
* and more!

A new sub-category of game within the FPS (First Person Shooter) genre; sheep shooting! Hail the creativity of great software developers.

Dynamic sheep damage. I'm sure you've all been looking for that, I know I have. Attractive flame effects thrown in for good measure.

Jolly good.

Mathew Yglesias feels that "if people knew they didn't have a Supreme Court to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, issues about the rights of unpopular minorities would be debated in a more thoughtful and mature manner...

If there anyone else who thinks that people are worried about the "danger" of a thoughtful mature debate?

Is that what happened after the Bush v. Gore decision? I realize that the subject of the decision, at the time, wasn't the rights of unpopular minorities, but does the fallout give anyone comfort that we're in an age of thoughtful and mature debate?

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Frost drops out of House leadership race: "Nancy Pelosi is a talented and capable party leader," Frost said in his letter. "I intend to support her for Democratic leader in next week's election, and I will work with her to do everything I can to return Democrats to control of the House of Representatives."

That's interesting. So is this line from The Times:

Representative Lloyd Doggett, a Texan who is supporting Mrs. Pelosi, said the party was "in a big hole right now" and needed new energy.

"It is not a question of geography or ideology," Mr. Doggett said. "It is a question of who is going to be able to get as much as they possibly can from the talent of our caucus and get away from a leadership clique."

Where did they go wrong?

In the end it doesn't matter where "they" went wrong this time, it matters where "they" are heading and what we intend to do about it.

I just got back from Altercation, but this pertains to virtually every site I stop at: If you're referring to the Democrats as they, and you don't mean "we", you're part of the problem. If you're looking for someone to take up the fight for you, someone to do for you what you should be doing for yourself and others, get a grip.

The problem isn't voter turnout, the problem isn't "their" lack of vision; it's your lack of ownership. If you aren't a Democrat, lay of their vision. If you are, start using we.

Frankly, at work I've had enough of people who didn't vote telling me they didn't support "any" of the candidates. Not that they could actually name them, (and one guy felt that his inability to name any of the candidates for Governor was the someone else's fault.)

Don't even go there.

If you didn't vote because you didn't like "any" of the candidates they have a nice write-in slot for you.

If you didn't vote because you didn't like "any" of the choices, you decided to let the choice be made by the same people who gave you these choices.

If you didn't vote, shut up.

The rest of us? We have work to do. Let's get to it.

The House minority leadership battle ought to be interesting.

Martin Frost offers the Democrats a chance to continue playing grey to the GOP's black. Nancy Pelosi offers them a chance to regain their soul and their direction; Harold Ford offers a door to the future.

Anyone but Frost, anything but more of the same.

Robert Musil posts in the traditional triumphal style of a sore winner, but he's got an interesting point to make:

"I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER EXAMPLE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY IN WHICH THE PARTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE CAPTURED A HOUSE OF CONGRESS IN A MID TERM ELECTION. THAT MAY BE MORE THAN "HISTORIC" - THAT MAY BE A FIRST. It certainly didn't happen in 1934, 1962, 1970 or 1998.

My sources aren't complete, but I believe Dubya was also, historically, the first President selected by the Supreme Court.

We'll see what comfort last night is to him in two years. My guess now? None.

Nice caps, though.

As Josh Marshall said: "Well, that really could have gone better."

Thanks, Ralph.

The people who told you there's no difference between the parties are about to get their comeuppance, and yours too. Not that they'll notice.

Hide your uterus.

Oh my God, I'm:



What cartoon dog are you?.



What lesser-known Simpsons character are you?
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