Sarah Palin's black velvet jacket makes me want to paint a picture of Elvis on it.

"Well, congratulations to the world champion New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl. That's the best thing to happen to New Orleans since George Bush left office." –Jay Leno
 

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• US military deaths in Afghan region at 901‎

• US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait The Associated Press

• Officials: Afghan avalanches kill 157 people

• Pakistani officials: Taliban chief is dead

• U.S. military frees Reuters Iraq photographer after 17 months Reuters

• 300 families flee Afghan town ahead of offensive

• UK military creaking under strain of Iraq and Afghanistan, report says Times Online

• Ex-POW in Iraq war recalls nightmares, depression

• Israeli warplanes bomb southern Gaza

• Osama Goes Green? A Surprising Pop Quiz... ABC News (blog)

"Here's something pretty unbelievable. The only living World War I veteran, a man named Frank Buckles, just turned 109 years old. What's even more amazing, he just finished his fourth tour in Afghanistan." –Jay Leno
 

It Is All About The Oil

 Attackers bombed an oil pipeline north of Baghdad, cutting production in half at a refinery in the capital, the oil ministry said Wednesday

Meanwhile, Back In Lebanon

 Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

Disturbing News

• Blizzards pound snowbound Mid-Atlantic to New York

• Storm dumps rain, hail, snow in S. California

• Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears

EASTER ISLAND BLUES By John Legry

"On Saturday, Sarah Palin looked at notes written on her hand during a speech at the Tea Party Convention in Tennessee. Isn't that wild? Oddly enough, she was reading, 'Hi, I'm Sarah Palin.'" –Jimmy Fallon
 

Sarah Palin’s also getting criticized because last week she demanded that Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, step down because he used the word retarded. But then, Rush Limbaugh did the same thing on his radio show and that, she said, was O.K. Unfortunately, she’s been unable to respond to the criticism because she’s wearing mittens.- Jimmy Kimmel

Wonder if former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin ever considered scrawling on the palms of her hands, "Pick up Playgirl Magazine?" Sarah Palin's son-in-law Levi Johnston's long discussed naked Playgirl Magazine cover was finally revealed.

Did you see Sarah Palin at the Tea Party convention on Saturday? Well, this is -- I'm starting to love her, really. She mocked President Obama for using a teleprompter and then someone noticed she had notes written on her hand. And she had the words "energy," "budget," with the word "cuts" crossed off, "tax," and "lift American spirits" written on her palm. It lifted my spirits, so -- mission accomplished, I guess.- Jimmy Kimmel

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Challenged Back Home on His Right, McCain Stays Away From Climate Bill New York Times

• Glenn Beck's laughable attempt to illustrate the Laffer curve Media Matters for America

• Republican Senator Lifts Some Holds on Obama Nominees  New York Times

• Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns

"It was so cold in Washington that the new senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, was actually wearing pants." –David Letterman
 

David Letterman's Top Ten Things Overheard During Scott Brown's First Day In The Senate

10. "Wanna throw on some pants, Scotty?"
9. "Where's the tanning bed?"
8. "You wanna throw on a shirt now, Scotty?"
7. "Palin's accusing you of being a dope who's skating by on looks"
6. "John Edwards wants to ask if you have any interest in pretending to be a father"
5. "The Senate will now come to . . . Oh my God, he's even hunkier in person"
4. "An underpants model in the Senate — Yeah, that's what the Founding Fathers had in mind"
3. "Barney Frank wants to know if you're available"
2. "Look out! Runaway Toyota!"
1. "No, Senator, we do not want to see your 'situation'"

Name-calling Exchange

US President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser hit back at lawmakers Tuesday over the handling of the Christmas bomb plot suspect, accusing critics of "fear-mongering."
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Reid: Jobs bill to come with Republican help The Hill

• Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued

• La. lieutenant governor elected New Orleans mayor

• Ex-Ill. gov. to answer revised corruption charges

• Pa. Dem Murtha remembered as military advocate

God Is Great versus Allah Is Great

“God is great.”

So said Drew Brees, the most valuable player in last Sunday’s Super Bowl, after leading the New Orleans Saints to an upset victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

Such comments have become commonplace on American television, where athletes routinely thank God in postgame prayers and interviews.

Is this a problem? I think it is. And to see why, try to imagine if Brees had made a slightly different statement: “Allah is great.”
 

"You know anything about the new senator from the great state of Massachusetts? Senator Scott Brown. Comes out of nowhere, this guy. And he used to be, like, a go-go boy. That's where he got his start. And then he was a nude model, and now, he's a senator. Have you seen the guy? Terribly good-looking. He looks like one of those guys in an adult film who would describe his work as 'tasteful.'" –David Letterman
 

The Internet has been abuzz with rumors that if you drive down Interstate 35 near the town of Wyoming, Minnesota, you'll see a billboard bearing the image of a smiling George W. Bush accompanied by the question "Miss me yet?"

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil near $74 as weak dollar offsets high supplies

• Iraq Offers Indian Refiners More Crude on Planned Output Gain BusinessWeek

• Toyota starts fixing Priuses recalled in Japan

• Honda adds 437,000 cars to global air bag recall

• Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever

• Suburbs: The new face of America's poor?

• American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets

• Google says very hard to operate in China

"President Obama also said that the key to competing with China is to improve our math and science education. Because right now our G.D.P. is about $13 trillion and China's is $3 trillion, which means we're still ahead by, uh — trillions." –Jimmy Fallon
 

Health Insurer Reforms Itself

US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Police: Iraq War Vet Joshua Tabor Waterboarded 4-Year-Old Daughter Over ABC's CBS News

Spy versus Spy versus Spy And So On, And So On

Britain's government on Wednesday disclosed once-secret information on the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who says he was tortured in U.S. custody, losing an extended court battle to keep the material classified....Ethiopia-born Mohamed was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and says he was tortured there and in Morocco before being flown to Guantanamo Bay. He was released without charge last year.

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Behind Liz Cheney's group, a weird legacy of torture

• Rachel Maddow: I Want Dick Or Liz Cheney

• Coats hires Cheney spokesman

The John Edwards sex tape is so wild at one point his hair even moves. - Laugh Lines

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