A Tiny Revolution Good; Onion Bad

Just in case you don't already know about it, be sure to add A Tiny Revolution to your regular weblog-reading schedule. It's The Best. For example, today a post about the dangers faced by journalists who step on the wrong toes, and what happens when propagandists start actually believing their propaganda.

But... we have to consider the possibility that Ruffini actually believes what he's saying. It's one thing when the people in charge just spray everyone else with bullshit every day, but it's really something else when they start enthusiastically consuming the bullshit themselves. And it's possible that's what we're seeing here. America's right wing has built itself an entire self-enclosed fantasy world, and the people inside may be getting squirrelly.

The guy can just really turn a phrase. He's worth keeping up on, even when my beloved Onion isn't. Like it isn't again this week, with the exception of one teeny tiny funny little bit, which I'll give you in full here so you won't go to this week's issue at all.

Local Man Pushed Well Within Limits of Human Endurance
DURHAM, NC—In the face of reasonable odds, Louis Collins, 27, endured a challenge Monday that tested, but did not by any means exceed, his ability to persevere. "The line at the DMV was really long, and I had a lunch meeting at noon," said Collins, recounting the inconvenient event that ultimately did no lasting damage. "Then I realized that I still needed to fill out a form, but I didn't have a pen. If I had left the line to use a pen at the counter, I would have had to start all over. Thank goodness someone in line lent me one." In spite of the unremarkable series of obstacles, Collins still arrived at lunch on time.