Bad: a Dutch film director gets murdered for being rude; and an unholy alliance of PC loonies and Presbyterian puritans want to ban porn in Scotland. Sod getting along, but can’t we all be as offensive and depraved as we like without people forcibly stopping us?

Tense: as the US election continues with apparently record turnout, electoral-vote.com has Kerry ahead by one EV with 15 too close to call.

Amusing: my ‘open letter to white males‘ has attracted 25+ comments and a flame war. I feel like Kevin Drum…