• YouTube – Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing
  Rather nifty performance art. Makes me want a lightbox and some sand. Contains an unintentionally funny moment near the end when the orchestra starts playing Nothing Else Matters.
  (tags: nifty art video history Ukraine)
• The Rude Pundit
  'Because when Republicans allowed one major piece of legislation to pass, it fucking worked. Holy shit, that's got to have scared the fuck out of Republicans: what if the Congress enacts the major initiatives of the President and they work, like the stimulus? What if health care reform actually reforms the health care system? What if climate change legislation actually creates jobs? What if they are wrong? It's better for nothing to happen and then claim credit for stopping a train wreck before the train left the station.'

  ' It wasn't bad, it wasn't good, and it wasn't new. It's essentially what he told us at the Democratic Convention and on election night. He attempted to not piss anyone off.'

  (tags: obama right.wing democrats observation)
• One Year: Beware of Sudden Downdrafts: Hendrik Hertzberg : The New Yorker
  Perspective on Democratic presidents' bad first years.
  (tags: democrats history)

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