We also make a heartfelt appeal to McCain to resist calls from conservatives who want him to dump Palin.

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Fun for the whole family.

And remember, join me Thursday night as I liveblog the debate -- live from my basement.

If you need a mortgage, I'm sure you can get a good sub-prime deal from Washington Mutual...oh, wait, never mind. You could try Wachovia...um...what we're we talking about?

He's back!

Batboy, whose exploits have been chronicled over the years in the great supermarket tabloid the Weekly World News, has returned to save the day.

Yay, Batboy!

Read all about it here.

Finally, someone with the political courage to take on our fiscal crisis. Too bad he's imaginary...

Have a nice weekend!

Apparently, handing $700 billion over to Wall Street has something to do with health care. It's not exactly clear. She's saying words, but they don't seem to be connected to each other. She clearly is the intellectual heir to our current president.

Only one comment: Oh. My. God.

She added that Alaska also shares a border with Canada.

She's got a point. In her two years as governor of Alaska, Canada hasn't invaded Alaska.

On Sept. 6, Penn State beat Oregon State, 45-14.

Last night, Oregon State beat consensus No. 1 USC, 27-21.

The Beavers took it to the Trojans. It wasn't a fluke game.

So, Penn State's No. 1.

And is really bad news for Ohio State. Follow me here: Penn State beat Oregon State by 31. Oregon State beat USC by 6. USC beat Ohio State by 32.

So Penn State should be Ohio State by 69.

Here's the transcript of her encounter with reporters after touring Ground Zero in New York:

CNN: On the topic of never letting this happen again, do you agree with the way the Bush administration has handled the war on terrorism, is there anything you would do differently?

A: I agree with the Bush administration that we take the fight to them. We never again let them come onto our soil and try to destroy not only our democracy, but communities like the community of New York. Never again. So yes, I do agree with taking the fight to the terrorists and stopping them over there.

POLITICO: Do you think our presence in Iraq and afghan and our continued presence there is inflaming islamic extremists?

A: I think our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan will lead to further security of our nation, again, because the mission is to take the fight over there. do not let them come over here and attempt again what they accomplished here, and that was some destruction. terrible destruction on that day. but since September 11, Americans uniting and rebuilding and committing to never letting that happen again.

For comparison, here's Miss Teen South Carolina:

Hard to tell the difference.

As one commenter said, it's hard to tell the difference between this and a Saturday Night Live skit. It's very funny.

Kinda scary too.

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Forbes.com asked the Treasury Department and got this answer:

"It's not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a really large number."

Have a nice day! See you in the bread line!

John McCain has picked first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin is 44, 28 years younger than McCain.

As one commenter of the snarky Web site Wonkette said, "It's not the first time McCain has chosen to go with a younger woman."

Zing!

The attorney general, the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the land said this:

"Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime."

Not every violation of the law is a crime.

That's good to know.

I seem to recall, not long ago, people harping about the rule of law and all of that. When it's your team breaking the law, I guess the rules are a little more flexible.

The Washington Post ran a story about phobias Monday that began:

"There are plenty of people who coast across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge without even a flicker of anxiety, never giving a thought to any greater calamity than whether they forgot the sunscreen or made an error in judgment in packing the Speedo.

"But for some people, the 4.3-mile span sparks feelings from mild consternation to outright panic. What if the bridge sways or collapses? What if an erratic driver forces them out of their lane and into the drink? Or worse still, what if they completely freak out and in a state of panic accidentally drive themselves into the bay?"

On Monday, there was a fatal accident on the bridge, in which a tractor-trailer broke through the Jersey barrier on the side of the span and plunged into the bay.

Timing is everything.