But, it made me think -- isn't sneering abrasiveness, insensitivity to social cues (Rand gave his acceptance speech at a country club with an audience restricted to members only) and an inflexible my way or the highway attitude pretty much a hallmark of the far, far right? Tea Party candidates and spokespeople in general are a pretty abrasive, disdainful lot. Ideology aside, this abrasiveness obviously works for those equally abrasive and clueless people who are mostly looking for someone to represent their hatreds, angers and disdain for large numbers of other Americans -- but perhaps not so much for people, "conservative" or not, who are actually hoping for political representation?

I was optimistic about Sestak when he first announced he would pursue Specter's seat. I kept an open mind about him even as he avoided staking out progressive/liberal/traditional Democratic positions on health care reform, financial reform, social security/entitlement reform, foreign wars, and economic recovery.

I attended a speaking / Q&A event Joe Sestak held this past winter that totally erased any optimism I still had. He is not a liberal, progressive, or anything like a traditional Democrat. I suspect he will closely follow whatever line congressional leaders and the White House set for him.

Knowing she is out there with me was well worth the 6 bucks today...this one goes out to you, firey tired of gettin' screwed Lady.  You made my day.

For any politician with the usual instincts for self-protection, the lessons of Tuesday's primaries could not be more clear: This could happen to you.

Arlen Specter lost in Pennsylvania even though the party-switching Democrat was recruited and backed by a sitting president. Rand Paul won in Kentucky even though the Republican was regarded as an eccentric renegade by that state's political establishment.

The 2010 electorate has swallowed an emetic -- disgorging in a series of retching convulsions officeholders in both parties who seem to embody conventional Washington politics.

Facebook blocked in Pakistan over Prophet Mohammed cartoon row
A Pakistani court has blocked Facebook amid a growing row over a competition on the social networking website to design cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Wenlock and Mandeville, their cyclopean eyes representing England's Big Brother police state, were unveiled today. You might as well just sacrifice your firstborn now and get it over with.

Kinski is rumoured to have had a romantic relationship with director Roman Polanski while 15 years old[11][12], though she has denied this [7].