* So Obama gave this big populist speech yesterday, which got me thinking: How can Obama give a populist speech when he is so unpopular? Wouldn’t a populist speech be something like, “I really suck; I should be thrown out of office.”?

And what’s Obama doing complaining about how unfair things are after he’s been the one who has been in charge for the past three years? It’s like Obama’s rhetoric is stuck in a ditch and the Republicans are just sitting on the sidelines drinking Slurpees.

* Apparently Obama is now blaming both ATMs and the internet for job losses. Maybe next he’ll go on about all the demolitions jobs lost to angry birds.

Yes, new tech does obsolete some jobs, but it also creates many more jobs around the tech… or it would if you didn’t have an idiot in charge constantly poisoning the economy.

* I have to be careful, though; the RNC is warning people not to attack Obama too much. He may be the most horrible president in my lifetime (and I was born under the Carter administration), but that’s no reason to hurt his feelings. In fact, I think we should all come together and make the nicest, grandest participation trophy ever to give Obama when he leaves office. You sure tried hard, champ, and it was hilarious to watch.

* John Huntsman is now acting more agnostic about global warming. It’s like in the past few weeks he’s suddenly realized he’s in a Republican primary. I hear a lot people say how smart Huntsman is supposed to be, but he seems a little slow on the uptake.

* The U.S. is now going to use foreign aid to promote gay rights. So are they going to tell Saudi Arabia to be nicer to gays, or are they only going to make that ultimatum to countries that need food?

How about a general edict that countries shouldn’t murder their own citizens? Or is that too imperialist?

* Wisdom of the Day: “‘This isn’t about class warfare’ is what politicians say to you before they give you something to bite down on to handle the pain.” –Jonah Goldberg

* The .xxx domains are now available. I haven’t checked yet whether is an IMAO.xxx; I’m sort of afraid to. I wasn’t quick enough to snatch up IMAO.com when the Korean handle manufacturer dropped it, so maybe I should be on the ball this time and get IMAO.xxx before someone else does. We don’t need things so pure and innocent as nuking the moon and dinosaurs with rocket launchers on them be soiled by smut.