The Best Of The Dish Today

Two big ones: on the torture jokes at a Cheney roast in Manhattan, organized by Commentary; and an essay on the horrifying treatment of farm animals by a Palin supporter. One priceless heckler MHB, which keeps cracking me up at random moments. And in the latest outbreak of Christianity in the Vatican, the Pope wrote a letter to a bunch of gay Catholics.

On the great Republican hold-up, there were some tentative signs that the tide may be turning against the extremists, as the GOP’s ratings went into free-fall. Dumbo got shot down by Syrian Jihadists. And submarine smugglers!

The most popular post of the day was this one. The close runner-up? This one.

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