Death Penalty repealed in New Mexico

In The Watchmen, Rorschach becomes a Dirty Harry-like vigilante after stumbling across a child killer who pleads guilty and pleads insanity and asks to be taken in to the authoritites in a mocking tone. No doubt some of the audience will agree with Rorschach's decision to execute the criminal on the spot, but the reality of the death penalty is mistakes are made in its application by fallible humans and they aren't worth it. Perhaps Bill Richardson is trying to gain favor in fighting off corruption charges as George Ryan did in Illinois, but it was the right decision none of the less.

(On the international front, though, Rorschach is right and psychopathic regimes need to be taken down. Unfortunately most won't go down without a fight.)

What we've got here is a failure to communicate

(which is what Obama and Geithner should tell AIG about the bonuses.)

If the Ongoing Clusterfuck (in the economy) had a soundtrack it should include Lily Allen tunes, like her song about schadenfreude, Smile, and new song The Fear.