A Spork in the Drawer

A Bit Of Titian

Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist, c. 1515

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Saturday Palate Cleanser

The REAL Palin:

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Sarah Palin

Pat Buchanan supporter.

There goes the Jewish vote.

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Experience!

Sarah Palin is an expert in foreign policy because Alaska is right next to Russia!

She's ready to lead!

"[A]s for that V.P. talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the V.P. does every day?

Perhaps Gov. Palin should consult the Constitution.

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The Wrong Palin

It should have been Michael but we're stuck with short-term Alaska Gov. Sarah.

As for her qualifications, she was voted Miss Congeniality in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant in 1984.

Joe Biden is going to eat her alive.

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Happy Birthday!

I noted an anniversary below but it's worth remembering that it's also St. John's 72nd anniversary of being on this planet. Here's how he celebrated his 69th as a major American city was being destroyed:

Ian Welsh notes: "McCain's an asshole. He's a man who called his wife a c*nt in public. He has a violent temper and he's hated by many of his colleagues. And most of them are wandering around pretending that he's some sort of plaster saint."

My friends, that's change you can believe in!

(Note: Nothing in this post is to be construed as criticizing John McCain's service in Vietnam.)

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[Via.]

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Jackass

The increasingly discredited Associated Press assigned reporter Charles Babington to analyze -errr, make that "analyze" - Obama's acceptance speech last night and, as should now be expected with the AP, it was a hit job. In fact, it was bad enough that Keith Olbermann attacked him on air last night:

Remember: AP stories are reprinted verbatim in hundreds of newspapers.

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ADDED: Greg Mitchell

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History

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Not Good

[From Weather Underground.]

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