AW...the four southern governors whose states are in Gustave's projected path will skip the Convention, and Georgie & Big Dick will, too...unless they change the dates. I do pray for all the people who are likely to be affected by this storm, though.

The US Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Kansas meat packer to test all its cows for mad cow disease. But now, the Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from doing so. Way to go - NOT!

Sarah Palin and Hugh Hewitt are both enraged at the decision to list polar bears as an endangered species. I've followed Hewitt's bizarre Colbertian horror at protecting polar bears the way I usually follow him, with morbid amusement and fascination.

Friday erupted with an early morning jolt as rumors of the Palin VP announcement circulated without confirmation. Events unfolded, and soon it was official. Alaska's governor of less than two years had leaped to the center ring as John McCain's Republican

The top 11 things you should know about Sarah Palin: 1) She is presently under investigation in Alaska for abuse of power 2) She strongly supports big oil (her husband works for oil company BP) 3) She stands for everything that Hillary Clinton stood again

Sara Palin was accused of attempting to get a state trooper fired. That state trooper was her former brother-in-law who had gone through "a messy divorce" with her sister. After the trooper's boss wouldn't act on the governor's request, she fired him.

The American Schutzstaffel has conducted its first terrorist action aimed at people planning to protest at the Republican National Convention. It can only get worse...

One suspect, who wore a ring with a swastika, jumped from a 6th-story window to try and escape police after 2 of his co-conspirators were pulled over with high-powered rifles, wigs and a bulletproof vest. The jumper stated that they planned to kill Obama.

Naomi Klein on what Obama means for progressives. "There needs to be a post-election strategy that kicks in immediately after the election."

Desperate for attention, McCain plays the gender card, chooses a woman who offends both feminests and the barefoot & pregnant crowd. An innexperienced and inneffective 2 electoral vote gov. in trouble for trying to get her exbrother-in-law fired.