Back in the Saddle Again?

I've taken a couple weeks to regain my usual political legs, that is, to reeducate my hands' motor memory to pre-campaign surfing: old reliables, new-blogs-of-interest, and far less wonkette (*sigh*). But yet! although I was prepared to wean myself from the DC Gossip, the Saxby episode and Nate Silver's predicted nail-biter in Minnesota alone kept me going until today's Illinois DISASTER guarantees continued jovial politickin'.

My heart is still exuberant from November 5th, while there is that smidgen of mistrust for politicians like a cloud of spores, growing in the great foundation of hope and pride the election built. So my daily dose of news includes happy articles about how awesome I still believe our president-elect is, how nervous most picks for his cabinet make me (leave it to Ezra to put my inner turmoil in a single blogpost), as well as all the other sources of civil rights; international crisis and political upheaval; the Web of Death global financial catastrophe, connected by the thread of greedy myopia; and movies.

Skipping the tappings for now, let's move to Zell and Blagojevich. NY Times coverage here. Oh, and Blackwater indictments ring of Abu Ghraib. And what's up with Detroit?

I forgot about women's rights until the UNFPA reminded me.

Brevity today, possibly back to writing tomes again tomorrow.