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He can’t help himself really (via Wonkette).

Lovely photograph from the Quadrantid meteor shower by twolf1, click for more and bigger.

Last night was the ABC News-Yahoo debate, this morning it’s the NBC News-Facebook debate on Meet the Press, so please hang in the comments. Shoto found us a drinking game over at Pierce’s, hold onto your socks.

Tuesday is the New Hampshire Primary, the next stop on the road to nomination. We lost Michele Bachmann this week after Iowa, so we are down to six candidates, with Rick Santorum moving to center stage.

We have a man running for President entirely devoid of empathy for his own dog. How will he treat the rest of us Americans, let alone the rest of the world?

Ahhhh Happy New Year! A good friend wrote “I hope your best day of 2011 is your worst day of 2012…” and I wish this for the lot of you.

And they shall reign for ever and ever.

Happy Christmas! Tossed a Yule Log on the fire for you this morning at Mauimom’s suggestion – more entertaining and informational than what we’ve got here.

OK, who’s up stuffing stockings?

I’m working up a Christmas playlist and looking for suggestions. What are your favorite holiday songs?

There is Sunday talking heads news, Christiane Amanpour will step down at ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopolous replacing her. Curious because Jack Tapper was not a bad substitute in the past.

Teddy sez:

Stretch Gregory has decided it’s simply unnecessary for him to have Democrats on his wee programme.

Romney’s going BACK on Fox?

Nice to see Evan Bayh settling into the Junior Lieberman role comfortably on FOX. Unlike Harold Ford, he’s actually held office in this millennium.

And from Scarecrow:

Ah, This Week is going to have a debate over whether there’s too much government. Clever choice. I suggest the next one be: Resolved: “The current Republican Party is a criminal enterprise funded to protect large corporations and further enrich the rich by looting the middle class and poor, but the Democratic Party has become too corrupt to prosecute them.” Discuss.

What’s this, another Republican debate?