The Koch Brothers, unsuccessful in trying to buy an election, is now trying to buy the news media.

Those handsome devils are in the newspaper buying bidness now.

Now, Koch Industries, the sprawling private company of which Charles G. Koch serves as chairman and chief executive, is exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Orlando Sentinel and The Hartford Courant.

That pretty much leaves us, the Mexia Herald, and New Ulm Daily News and Recipe Journal as the last remaining vestiges of news not owned by crazy rightwingers.  We’re holding out, y’all.  Thelma is managing the books and she says that through our strong investments in velvet Elvis paintings and push-up bras, we can maintain publication for oh, I dunno, a decade or more.

We imagine that once the Koch brothers own everything in print, Glen Beck will become the voice of moderation.  This is bad news for Verdelia’s digestive problems.  In a disgusting display of operant conditioning, she upchucks every time she hears his name.

Thanks to Rick for the heads up.