Iron Fist

And now, for today’s round-up of stuff going on in the world:

• Bush gave his State of the Union address, which I confess I neither really read beyond the first paragraph, nor listened to. I did read a different state of the union piece, which sadly was probably more accurate.
• Corretta Scott King died today in a clinic in Rosarito, a town in Baja California. Apparently the physicians at the clinic had no idea who she was at first, since she checked in under a different name. Anyway, her body was brought back to the U.S., where one of my inside sources in San Diego said it spent the night at a funeral home across the street from her work. Her relatives are arranging to have her remains flown to Atlanta.
• The freighter that ran aground in Ensenada is still totally stuck there. Those of us in the Northwest that remember what a goddamn ordeal it was when the New Carrissa ran aground in Coos Bay would like to say, “Good luck, amigos.” (More rad photos of the ship available here.)
• Samuel Alito gets sworn into the Supreme Court. Enjoy it while it lasts, dickhead. Once I come into power I’m abolishing the Supreme Court anyway. That’s right, I’ll be making all the fucking decisions around here, not those tools. Sheesh.
• Speaking of tools, Molly Ivins calls out the Democrats for being spineless pussies. And about time, too. Grow some nads, dudes.

I’m sure there were other interesting things on the Internet today, but I can’t be bothered to look them up.