From Pine View Farm - GOP intelligentsia: we had nothing to do with this;

Gin and Tacos - two vignettes;

Lawyers, Guns & Money - born near the USA, Cruz was, born near the USA!

Little Green Footballs - if a GOP debate falls apart on Fox News without Trump, does it make a sound?

The Hunting of the Snark - Megan McArdle, still wrong about everything;

blogenfreude (Steve in Manhattan) blogs at stinque.com and suggests this movie for those needing an Alan Rickman fix.

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