A Celebration of Special Interests

Positive thought for the day:

America has survived bad presidents before.

Today’s forecast for the coronation on The Hill: mostly cloudy, cold.
Four-year forecast for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: mostly incompetent, 50% chance of disaster.
Viewing tip: Don’t watch the festivities on a full stomach.

Closing Borders

One day closer to freedom in Iraq.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but if we haven’t been able to stop people from coming across the border before, what makes the election commission think they can shut down the border over the election period?

“Honor” Written All Over Your Face

Another curious website. The “Faceanalyzer” claims to have “a patented process that correlates certain facial types to personality features.”
I can see how face recognition technology can assess certain facial characteristics to determine race. But I’m not sure about the science of determining “intelligence,” “politeness,” “promiscuity,” “gay factor,” and more from a picture.