Poll: Food Fight!

Like horse meat, political disagreements can turn up in unexpected places. Take Americans' food choices. According to a new PPP survey, Democrats and Republicans can't even agree on how to get fat:

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Tags: Democrats, Food, Polls, Republicans

Tuesday Links: Axe Cop for President

* If Axe Cop were president, it would be pretty awesome.

* Fox News loves wars, real or invented.

* The New Yorker's political cartoon of the day.

* John Boehner is really getting into political comedy.

* Another position paper from McSweeney's APMAG.

* Thankfully, "techno" is much easier to explain nowadays.

* An interview with Zach Kanin, creator of SNL's "Cool Drones."

* President Obama's liberal agenda includes bringing sexy back.

* How to preserve your Inauguration Day newspaper, you Luddite.

Tags: Boing Boing, Daily Links, Democrats, Drones, Energy & Oil, Fox News, John Boehner, Michelle Obama, Nick Offerman, Republicans, Roe v. Wade, Sara Bennicasa, SNL, Splitsider, The New Yorker, War on Christmas

Tweet Untweet: The Secondhand Amendment

Democrats are coming to take your guns. They're going to melt them down and sell them as "upcycled/refashioned" jewelry on their Etsy pages.

— Trevor S (@trevso_electric) January 10, 2013

Tags: Democrats, Guns, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Tweet Roundup: Fiscal Cliff-Hanging

Phew! That was close. At the last minute lawmakers pulled a deal out of their assembly and averted a roll down the fiscal cliff.

Here's a look at how Twitter responded:

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Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Fiscal Cliff, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Tweet Roundup

Miss U Already: Dennis Kucinich

In which we take a look back at the departing federal lawmakers we'll miss most in 2013.

Name: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)

Age: 66

Terms: 8

Leaving Congress Because: Defeated, but also retiring. More likely, his calling is on another planet:

Best Known For: Calling for a Department of Peace, which makes him a crazy person on this planet.

Memorable Quote: "Will you marry me?" — to a woman who was entirely out of his league, and everybody said, "huh?!" and then, incredibly, she said yes, and everybody said, "huh."

Greatest Accomplishment: Tried to impeach Bush/Cheney. Neither of whom is office anymore, ergo, victory Kucinich.

Why We'll Miss Him: Why do you miss oxygen when you're underwater?

What the Future Holds for Him: Wins election to rule the galaxy in 3412 as Kucinich the Grey, earning him the nickname Boy Mayor of The Milky Way and Various Celestial Objects.

Previously
Miss U Already: Scott Brown
Miss U Already: Ron Paul

Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Tags: Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, House of Representatives, Ohio