Question.

If I convinced an American ex-pat (and still a U.S. citizen) living in Sweden to look into casting an absentee ballot (she mistakenly thought that her right to vote had lapsed), and cast my own absentee ballot (if and when the damn thing ever comes), does that mean I've effectively voted twice?

How do I wash off the stupid?

Commenter on a blog:

"At an Ohio campaign stop last week Obama gave a speech with a background of American flags which is quite common. However, if you look closely some of the flags are not American flags. The blue field has been changed to show an Obama seal. Yes, there are also stars but have no pattern and they do not add up to 50.
"With Obama making his own seal and now this it looks like maybe he is putting some credence to the recent article by [redacted] in the [redacted]. Is he planning on creating an African country within the US.
"I think the presence of these flags should be viewed with alarm. And I don't want to hear any looney left comments that they are only decoration. They ARE a modification of the American Flag."

Response:

"the flag you’re asking about is the state flag of ohio."

(Names have been withheld to protect the general population from contamination.)

(Ye gods.)