I concur.

So, why not officially make August Stupid American Month. It already is the month when we are asked to care about every crazy conspiracy theory, every half-baked idea and every bit of idiotic drivel falling from the lips of fools who walk among us. Perhaps if we officially recognize all this crazy talk as the babbling of the stupid then the Country could get the crazy shit out of our collective system.

Howie Klein's question (his whole rant is first-rate):

What are normal, well-adjusted people to think about the confused mixed signals that emanate from the deranged and damaged minds of today’s Republicans?

Is anyone else burned out on da stupid yet?

Open Left: Google goes "evil" - proposes killing Net Neutrality. Help fight back

Balloon Juice: Whining wingnut blames the Uncle he's in business with for the results of his poor management

OurFuture: Conservanomics: A Church Without Bishops (but its got Sarah Palin and invisible Tax Fairies!)

Attytood: "Pop" Poplawski, the high-def hucksters, and the downward cycle of violence

No More Mister Nice Blog: Hearts and Minds, GOP style

Shakesville:: The Dark Ages of America

Ross Douthat tries a new approach to attack gay marriage. He dressed it up in some intellectual conservative costume, but it's still the same old bullshit in new clothes.

Glenn Greenwald then destroys his argument from the legal perspective.

In the end it all comes down to intellectual dishonesty by conservatives. It doesn't matter if it's in Newsmax or the pages of the NY Times. People like Douthat just want to rob the gay community of basic human rights afforded to the rest of our society.

(h/t Balloon Juice)

Balloon Juice: We're movin' on up! To that deluxe...

Consortiumblog: Neocons, Likud conquer D.C. again

Gizmodo: BP foresaw its doom in a 1970s "Offshore Oil Strike" board game

FishbowlLA: The curious case of Carly Fiorina's protesters (h/t Tina Dupuy)

IntoxiNation: More from the party of 'Family Values'

Many thanks to Blue Gal and Batocchio for filling in so ably for the past couple weeks.

TBogg: Decision-making and why it fails.

The Non Sequitur: That's icky, your argument is invalid.

The Progressive Puppy: West Virginia gay man assaulted by police.

skippy: RIP Robert Byrd.

Annals of Journalism: The 119 words you can't use on the radio... Embrace the wonk... Political analysis and BS... Thanks for protecting us from relevant information... Clowns to the left of me, jokers on the right... Conservative exclusion is a right-wing delusion... The Atlantic has found its perfect idiot... Debunking a "Christian nationalist pseudo-historian”... BP "reporters" give flowery account of disaster... Unknown parties kill jobless aid in Senate... A message to Jeffrey Goldberg's anonymous sources... Mencken would get the boot, too.

Last guest post by Batocchio. Thanks! Next up is Blue Gal. Temporarily e-mail tips to bluegalsblog AT gmail.

Newshoggers: Meet the new COIN boss, same as the old COIN boss.

Balloon Juice: Their own made-up, fictional universe.

Gin and Tacos: Marchel Duchamp versus Harry Reid, and the war on the poor.

Brad DeLong: How have we lost the argument?

Rumproast: Jeb Bush and his brother Fredo.

Guest post by Batocchio. Temporarily e-mail tips to batocchio9 AT yahoo DOT com.

Balloon Juice: This is analysis

Nitpicker: Teapartiers vs. George Washington

Tina Dupuy: Feminism in the wake of 'Ladies' Night'

Economist's View: "The Economics of Libertarianism"

The Washington Independent: S.C. Dems move ahead with challenge

Words of Power: Which tide will overcome?

The Rude Pundit: Rush's wedding, Helen Thomas, Bibi, and what we've lost

FiveThirtyEight: Are you smarter than a George Mason University economics professor?

The Big Picture: Art Laffer, make up your own facts here

The Baseline Scenario: The perils of studying economics

Connecting.the.Dots: American Ass-Kicking

Fafblog!: A few million bodies between friends

The whole Emo-bama thing started with Balloon Juice, and I decided it wasn't enough to just add Rahm Emo-nuel. To paraphrase Stephen Colbert, it's not that they don't feel your pain, dude, it's that they can't feel anything else. :)

Click here for larger image. Open thread below...

Balloon Juice: Assassinating American citizens is not okay.

Scholars and Rogues: A serious (scary) look at Glenn Beck.

SexGenderBody (NSFW): The politics of death and dying, or what to do with a cadaver.

Skippy: With their "findings" on Kagan, the Freepers are losing it.

You Are Dumb: Summer Movie Hating Preview

[Round ups by Blue Gal while Mike is away this weekend. Send tips to bluegalsblog AT gmail]