Yes, I’m posting a cute animal picture. It is Saturday and I worked so much this past week that I dreamed in screencap last night. This picture of an otter holding a video camera comes courtesy of the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

There is no longer any need for commentary on the latest stupidities the Republican party has engineered. They have become self-evident and self-parodying. Indeed, at a certain point you have to wonder when, kind of like Liberace, the garish, overstated ridiculousness becomes the entire point.