Politics and other nightmares

OK, let's do an election once-over before moving on to more important things.

Like me, you've undoubedly been assaulted from all sides in recent months about the need to know the candidates and study the issues so you can go out there and do your civic duty by voting responsibly. So let's hear at least one voice from the other side, "Your Vote Doesn't Count":

Here's another "take a break from campaign ads" campaign ad I like even better than the one I linked to yesterday.

"Plane truth: Millions spend on rarely used airport":

Just north of the Indiana Toll Road, off Cline Avenue, sits the Gary/Chicago International Airport.

Maybe a long shot, but doable:

Indiana Republicans are hoping to score a rare kind of victory this November: winning enough seats to claim a “super majority” in both the House and Senate while taking the governor’s office as well.

Buck up, ladies:

Men have long claimed that their pain threshold is higher than women’s, while women cite childbirth as proof the opposite is true.

There was a line we always knew they'd cross eventually, and now they're starting to sneak over it. It's the line between how we must conform our public behavior and how free we are to live in peace in private:

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Housing Authority has approved a policy change that will prohibit smoking in all public housing units beginning Jan. 1, 2013.

Man, this stuff is getting waaaay beyond tiresome:

BELLINGHAM - A fragmented nation and a fragmented audience for news is making the country more difficult to govern, PBS News Hour co-anchor Jeffrey Brown said during a weekend talk at Western Washington University.

"Happiness is a warm gun" update:

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The senior executive of the county that includes Chicago dropped a proposed tax on bullets on Wednesday but kept a plan to tax firearms to help defray healthcare expenses associated with the high rate of gun.

Finally, a campaign ad that doesn't make me want to run from the room screaming or throw the nearest cat at the TV screen: