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Prop 8 Struck Down

California judge strikes down Prop 8 (PDF)…

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Top Secret America

A fountain of information from the Washington Post… 854,000 with top-secret access.

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Drugs Inc. – Meth Episode

A look at the ins-and-outs of meth

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Billion Bug Highway

Fantastic animation/report from NPR to cleanse the palate today… It’s about billions of bugs in the sky.

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Aimee Sword Convicted

Sword gets 30 years for sex with son…

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USA V. Arizona (PDF)

The Justice Department has officially filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona over still yet to be enacted SB1070. Read the filing here (PDF).

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Quick, Everyone Make Fun Of Sarah Palin!

What do you do when the nation’s unemployment rate hovers around 10%, when discontent and anger toward your administration grows as your agenda falls apart? Well, make fun of an unelected official, of course!


PALIN FOR MCCAIN

Sarah Palin will hit the trail for McCain.


PALIN TO FOX NEWS

Just crossed the wires: Sarah Palin has signed on to be a contributor with the Fox News channel.


PALIN MOCKS SHATNER

Sarah Palin appears on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien to read from William Shatner’s book.

The video, after the cut.


TOMATOES AIMED AT PALIN

Man arrested for throwing two tomatoes at Sarah Palin during book tour appearance in Minnesota. Bad news: He missed. Really bad news: He hit a cop in the face and spent the night in jail.

Update: Here’s a photo… CREEPY.


PALIN IN A HAT

I generally don’t buy into the ‘Sarah Palin is hot’ hype but she looks pretty good in this hat. Here’s a snapshot from a ‘Going Rogue’ event yesterday.

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PALIN BACKS BIRTHERS?

Sarah Palin calls the quest for Obama’s ‘real’ birth certificate ‘fair game.’ She later backed off a bit via Facebook. Still, what a silly move…


PALIN THE HERO?

Sarah Palin to appear as ‘hero’ character in new comic book.

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PALIN SELLS 700,000

An AP source puts first week numbers of Going Rogue at 700k.


SARAH PALIN BOOK TOUR UPDATE

THE BIG NUMBER: 300k books sold in 24hrs.

FLIPSIDE: Gawker finds look-a-likes, angry fans and MARTHA STEWART.


Sarah Palin To Resign As Governor Of Alaska

The official press release is here… but you want find what you’re looking for if you read it. I couldn’t get a sense of what her goals may be from her hastily arranged press conference either. She wandered out into her backyard and delivered a short statement, taking no questions afterward, in the media blackhole that is the 4th of July weekend. Also, she leaked some information earlier in the day that suggested she wouldn’t run for reelection but…


Palin’s Got A Gun – The NRA Honors Sarah Palin With A Custom Rifle

The NRA is sending Sarah Palin a custom gun. Not just any gun, mind you, a custom M-4 rifle — the very type of assault weapon that many Congressional Democrats would like to pry from her (presumably) cold, dead hands. The M-4 is essentially the civilian version of the weapon troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are carrying right this very second. The only thing Palin could possibly do to anger the anti-gun crowd any more would be to take…


Matthews: Palin’s A ‘Mail-Order Bride’

This guy is such an epic ‘I’m going to do what I can to make this work’ joke at this point, I almost hesitate to follow him. Then again, someone has to pay attention.


Palin Comic Selling Like Hotcakes

Want to buy a copy? You can purchase them here….

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Sarah Palin, it turns out, remains extremely popular in the US – at least among readers of comics. A graphic biography of the Alaskan governor was released in the US yesterday and has been flying off the shelves, with its publisher already rushing back to press for a second printing.

Telling Palin’s life story – from PTA president to her surprise nomination as John McCain’s running mate, to


Palin Hit With 18k In Per Diem Taxes

Democrats aren’t the only folks dealing with tax issues, apparently:

UNEAU, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin must pay back taxes on nearly $18,000 in expenses she charged the state for living in her home outside Anchorage instead of at the state capital, officials said Wednesday.

A review of state policy and Internal Revenue Service tax laws determined the per diem payments should be treated as income, Department of Administration Commissioner Annette Kreitzer said.

Sure, most of the per diem…