Swift Reads 2

It seems that I can never do enough for the blogosphere. Like a hungry child, it just wants more and more. But if I can feed it and stop its incessant yammering while doing as little writing of my own as possible, I am happy to oblige. So while I diligently study the New Hampshire Primary tea leaves in order to bring you the kind of insight and analysis this blog is renowned for, let me present you with the second edition of "Swift Reads" to tide you over until I am ready to release my findings to the public.

My end-of-the-year post proved to be quite an inspiration to some bloggers, such as the Bilerico Project and third-tier stock market blogger Dinosaur Trader, who asked their friends to submit links to their best posts of the year. The more, the merrier, I say.

The Progressive Carnival is inviting bloggers to submit five posts to be posted on five different blogs. This five-course dinner begins with hors d'oeuvres & cocktails and ends with desert, but unfortunately due to a lack of foresight on the part of the hosts, no facilities have been provided for binge-and-purgers, who will have to find a vomitorium elsewhere on the Internet, which shouldn't be too difficult.

The Group News Blog has assembled a remarkable collection of Steve Gilliard's best writing, reminding us why we miss him so much despite his misguided politics.

Mole333 at Culture Kitchen informs us that scientists have made a remarkable discovery that may have important ramifications for the nation's fraternities: drinking to excess makes fruit flies gay.

Walter Isaac at JVoices introduces us to some people who believe that the trouble with illegal immigrants is that they have all of their limbs.

Chris Achorn of My Two Sense is not a big fan of Glenn Bleck, but he thinks "no one should have to suffer through what Glenn Beck has apparently suffered through for the past few days." I think this is the kind of reaching across the political divide that Barack Obama is talking about.

Speaking of Obama, Archpundit has come to the conclusion that he was wrong and Obama was right.

Vince Leibowitz at Capitol Annex reports that Dennis Kucinich is being kept off the Texas ballot because he refuses to sign a loyalty oath.

Kevin Hayden of American Street has compiled a list of the Top 100 Liberal and Reasonable Conservative Blogs. Take a look at who comes in at Number 98.

Russell Seitz at Adamant has put together a timeline of the entire history of mankind from the moment of creation 6,000 years ago to five years from now. Quite an undertaking.

g4rg4ntu4 at the cryptically and somewhat annoyingly named blog Th3 1nscr1pt10n s3t up0n th3 gr34t g4t3 0f Th3l3m3 has a video of the scariest, saddest song you will ever hear.

Of course, I don't approve of any bombs that are not being dropped on our enemies and those civilians who are unlucky enough to get in the way, so I pass along this Googlebomb without any endorsement whatsoever on my part.

And finally, here are some of the blogs I added to my blogroll recently: Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy, Adamant, Ali Gator, Barking Rabbits, Cinema Styles, distributorcap NY, Flatland Almanack, Further Recipience, House of the Setting Suns, Idle Musings, Jane Futzinfarb, Life Abundantly, My Apologies, Pixelisation, Precious Cargo, Prepare Yourselves for a Settlement, The Synchronicity of Fish, Unruly Duckling, Unsane and Safe, Veritosity, Watergate Summer, Wendelicious, Wills Perspective, The Woodshed, ywut. Getting on my blogroll is even easier than getting an Op-Ed column in the New York Times. Check out my extremely reasonable Blogrolling Policy in the sidebar to see how you can join this esteemed though not terribly exclusive club.