Gov. Palin “permitted Todd Palin to use the governor’s office and the resources of the governor’s office, including access to state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired.” Country First.

Last July Swiss police arrested the son of Muammar Gaddafi for allegedly abusing two employees. Libya is still mad and has now stopped selling oil to Switzerland and withdrawn $7 billion from Swiss banks.

“[T]he state’s marriage law discriminates against them because it applies only to heterosexual couples, therefore denying gay couples the financial, social and emotional benefits of marriage.”

A McDonald’s executive resigned from the board of directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce because the American Family Association believes that McDonald’s should be “neutral.” Silence in the face of oppression is not neutrality. Silence is support.

The human mind tends to categorize politicians, maybe even over-categorize them. Our general knowledge about a category (i.e. “Republican”) can override specific knowledge (i.e. knowledge of McCain) even if the general knowledge is wrong and the specific knowledge is more accurate.

ACORN is in hot right-wing water over fraudulent voter registrations. Any organization that pays people to get voter registrations is going to have fake registrations. Fraudulent votes? Zero.

Wells Fargo and Citi both claimed to have a deal to buy Wachovia. After some legal jousting, Citi has relented but vows to seek damages in court.

A native of Wasilla, Alaska reflects on his childhood and Alaskan values. WARNING: this band’s website has a bizarre and disgusting picture.