Slammed with finishing a 9th Circuit brief here. But I wanted to point out that Sadly, No has sent an observer to the Conservative Political Action Conference in the guise of"Leonard Pierce, lobbyist for the Texas-based American Milk Solids Council". As of this writing he's up to his fifth update from the belly of the beast.

How much you enjoy it will probably depend upon whether you enjoy Sadly, No (as I usually do, to Patrick's exasperation) and whether you like the central thematic conceit of this series ("The soda machine costs a buck and a quarter for a can, so I decide to just wait for the boy to bring my bottle of gin. Then, before the pills kick in, a moment of imperialist panic: What if there is no boy? What if there is no gin?") So far it's got some classic snark about CPAC participants and some enjoyable Borat-style hijinks:

“Hi! Are these seats taken?”

“Only by these free CPAC Special issues of Townhall magazine. Help yourself.”

“Oh, thanks, sir!” Sir. So much for getting laid. “I’m Namela Redactednoff from the University of Small Midwestern State’s Conservative Student Alliance.”

“Leonard Pierce, American Milk Solids Council.”

“I’m sorry? What is that?”

“It’s an industry group for milk solids manufacturers. We lobby Washington lawmakers to lessen regulations on the export of milk solids. The problem is that the government blames us for the incompetence of African mothers.”

“That is so unfair.”

“Tell me about it.”

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