Posters of President Obama made up as Heath Ledger's Joker with "socialism" written below have been showing up around Los Angeles and it's being greeted with outrage-y outrage from the typically outraged.
Some are calling it racist, others are calling it "dangerous"; I'm calling it: "Steve" — which is Greg for "boring."

By Chris Cillizza
Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 28, 2009; 3:10 PM
 

One.
 
That's the number of Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee who voted for the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court today. (Thanks to C-SPAN for the video above.)
 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A key U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing on the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays and lesbians, according to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat.
 
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold the hearing in the fall, she said in a written announcement.
 
A committee spokeswoman confirmed that there will be hearings but that no specific legislation is under consideration.