Facebook as we know it needs to die.

Lucky me! I had the opportunity to deal with Time Warner Cable’s customer service today. I feel lucky to be off the phone already. Simple problem: A billing notification was sent to an elderly relative’s old e-mail address instead of the current one. So I figured I would fix the problem. Yeah, right. 1. I started with their online chat option. Explained the problem, but “Milly” didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, so I gave up after 20 minutes or so. 2. I called the local service number. Explained the problem again. Woman says, that’s a national problem, let me transfer you.

I highly recommend the movie American Violet. It vividly portrays much of what’s wrong with the American justice system. You should watch it.

With the election over, I want to thank all the politicians, their parties, and their backers for all they’ve done. To all of you, thank you … … for all the vacuous promises, wild distortions and gross oversimplifications. They gave us a good idea of what to expect from you if you won. … for the barrage of mailings full of vacuous promises, etc. We probably didn’t need all those trees anyway. Besides, the flyers can be recycled into bathroom products, which is incredibly fitting.

The next time someone says the 9/11 families are offended by the Park51 project (the so-called "Ground Zero mosque"), please have them read this article by the widow of one of the 9/11 victims.

Frank Rich of the New York Times clearly describes the idiocy of those protesting the proposed mosque in New York City. Justin Elliott describes how the idiocy began.

Andy Borowitz pretty much accurately describes what’s left of the health care reform bill. In his typically colorful fashion, Bob Cesca argues why what’s left is still (barely) worth keeping. The sad part is that 10 years from now, we’ll still have tens of millions of Americans with no health insurance, and thousands of them