Well, hello Internets!

I've had some technical issues the past few days, so my only internet access has either been at work (which rules out blogging) or via GPRS on my mobile, which also rules out blogging. To sum up my reaction to the second half of this week: Holy hell the world has gone completely and totally mad.

I rolled into work Wednesday morning and discovered this. I say good job to the Democrats of Connecticut and it's about freaking time we start taking serious, real action against the idiots sitting in Congress screwing things up. Some guy comes basically out of nowhere with a different stance than "the establishment" has, people vote for him, he wins? My faith in America may be restored a bit.

But wait! It's not over yet, kids! Sen. Lieberman, in his concession speech, said he's not dropping out of the race.

On the one hand: Good on him. Politics shouldn't, in theory, be limited to Democrats v. Republicans. But on the other hand, talk about being unable to accept a loss. Get over yourself, man, and step aside. You've been in Senate for nearly 20 years now. Give someone else a turn.

Then...John Snow is commenting on the Connecticut Democratic congressional primary. And...um...Dick Cheney is? Dick Cheney is giving a press conference via phone (no doubt from an undisclosed location) about the Dem's congressional primary in Connecticut? Dick Cheney is saying that...not voting for Lieberman is...like voting for al-Queda?

WHAT? Just - what? Why the hell is any of this happening? Are some little Repubbies feeling a wee bit threatened, perhaps?

So: bask in the joy of a decent election, and the absurdity of Dick Cheney comparing not voting for a democrat to voting for bin Laden.

Next up: Yesterday as I waited for the subway to whisk me off to work I puzzled over a sign about new restrictions if you're going to Heathrow. I was not going to Heathrow, so I ignored it, and then I discovered: A dastardly terrorist plot had been thwarted! We're now safe from the menace of...um...bottles of water on planes. And lip gloss! And eyedrops, and non-essential medications, and deoderant, and books, and iPods, and newspapers!

As blogger xopl points out, there are a few flaws with the implementation of these new restrictions. Such as: If you, out of habit or common sense, show up to the security checkpoint with a bottle of water, they're just going to dump it right there. In the middle of the airport. Probably in a bin with loads of other bottles of water.

Huh. I sense that the system could fairly easily be worked around.