They were full of many things (among them hope, pride, joy, etc.), but apparently not too much of other, um, things.

One has to appreciate Mr. Elliott’s finely-honed sense of the absurd.

Mired in a scandal that could strip him of his pride, his job and the misperception that anyone shares his enthusiasm for his hair, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has now also been stripped of his clothes.

A nude portrait of the governor, by artist Bruce Elliott, is nearly complete and will hang on the wall of Elliott’s wife’s bar, the Old Town Ale House, next to his infamous depiction of a naked Sarah Palin. It is the next installment in what Elliott loosely calls his “nude governor series.” Source

After years and years and years of being pummelled with the woebegone G. Walker administration’s thoroughly and consistently creating a disatrous and toxic mess via policies promulgated on the misplaced gospel of non-intervention of government in the marketplace, we now are witness to the even more inept and dangerous machinations of the same actors attempting to ram through and run the most market-interventionist government policies in at least a long lifetime if not, well, ever.

Courtesy of Vanity Fair (click on the image excerpt to go to the full picture there):

The humor is there in abundance (lucky ducky, that Charlene) but it also certainly hits awfully close to perception of the reality of the currently unfolding twilight of bulls and bears and subsequent ascension of the Platypus Market.

Perhaps, in a Palinesque move, McCain is contemplating the oft-mentioned Joe the Plumber as Secretary of the Navy.

After all, Joe’s home state of Ohio is right on one the Great Lakes, so he perforce must know all about ships and stuff like that.

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WILL THE GENTLEMAN…

… kindly crawl outside to expire.

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DIFF’RENT STROKES

Sensuality comes in a variety of flavors, but durian-scented?

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HIGH TIDE, LOW TIDE

Red tide, and now banana tide.

THERE’S PRAISE…

…and then there’s praise.

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WHAT’S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?

And plummets like an anvil?

WHINE AND CHEESED OFF

In unison.

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WHERE’S THAT BATICILLIN WHEN YOU NEED IT?

Hong Kong: 1, Batman: 0

ROBOT RALLY

Driven to drive.

YELL TELL

One may get hoarse, but it is officially royalty-free.

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ON THE FRINGE

Offbeat experiments.

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DRIVE JIVE

Memo to self: Stay off the roads in Ireland.

CANINE CONVENIENCE

Looking to extend the life of lamp posts.

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NAMING THE DISEASE

Dick Cheney ought to leave comedy to the professionals.

WHAT IS FOUR CENTURIES OLD…

…and would be tasty with butter and garlic?

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POKER IS HOT…

…but hot pokers as well?

THERE’S STUPID…

…and there’s stoo-pid.

LOGO MANIA

Definitely the Hello Kitty one. Definitely.

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OVER EXPOSED

Lodging owners confront the naked truth about an increasing number of guests.

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LE SPLISH, LE SPLASH

You can’t spell Paris without a ‘pee.’

KING GARBO

Ex-royal decree: Leave me alone.

PAREIDOLIA ON PARADE

Greed, gullibility, and a pebble.

BEHIND THAT SMILE

Looking into the Mona Lisa.

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ROB JOB PROB

What about “no cash” didn’t they understand? Apparently, everything.

DECIMAL DONNYBROOK

Pentagon: what’s a measly $23.9 billion error, anyway?

TELL US ANOTHER…

…because that one ain’t gonna fly.

NO WEATHERVANES PLEASE, WE’RE CANADIAN

Ye old scribe recommends: windspinner.

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TECH OF THE LAST DROP

We might yet just find out if those last few dabs of ketchup always left in the bottle are the tastiest.

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FLUFFY FIGHT

On a Belgian field, getting down with down.

PEEK-A-BOO BUFFET

Ever have the feeling you were being watched? Then this is the dining place for you.

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KEEP BACK — THEY’VE GOT PICKLES

Hazardous round-up runs the gamut.