Never Read The Comments! Except this time.

People at the Bull statue on Wall Street, touching it and praying for money. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, the irony is as thick as a whale omelet. Very short blog entry, followed by comments that are actually worth reading. I know--I can't believe it either.

And a timely coinky-dinkal tangent:
How these gibbering numbskulls came to dominate Washington (expanded from the essay in The Guardian)