Really?

Perhaps Shopgirlove wasn't paying attention. Perhaps the Democrats are to blame for every ill. And perhaps not.

5 years on

Shopgirlove
doesn't quite know what to say. Mission accomplished? Um...yeah, no. Reuters has a nice photo round up of a graduating class of a Baghdad police academy. Happy anniversary! Hey, shock and awe! On the other hand, when not being flip and/or glib, Shopgirlove has to admire the five years of reporting from the front lines. Good stuff. Love me some Reuters!

Orwell

Shopgirlove could gush for days about him. His essay on the toad! But for most, he is always that Big Brother guy, or the other Big Brother guy, depending on how much tv you watch. (Season 8 was a doozy.) But the other Big Brother is getting even scarier. Or funnier, depending on the mood you're in. Shopgirlove was in a pretty good mood. She was gladdened by reports that Dextre's plugged in. That led her to wondering if robots "dream of electric sheep." This, in due course, led her to a disturbing story about just how scary Big Brother can get. Good-mood-be-gone! There's a movie--Tilda Swinton, you rock! And a donation box. At the end of the day, though, it's business as usual.