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Has any comment ever so singularly summed up Palin’s base like that one?

(Of course, Palin’s page moderator deleted it, because she hates the truth.)

Comment from Palin’s Facebook page which is the circus one would expect. Listicle of 18 more at The Awl.

From the Library of Congress collection:

The first of two prints formerly thought to be anti-Jackson satires, but actually dealing with the sensational trial of Methodist minister Ephraim K. Avery in May 1833 for the murder of Sarah Maria Cornell. (See also “A Minister Extraordinary…,” no. 1833-14). Miss Cornell, a young and pregnant factory girl, was beaten and strangled, and left tied to a post on a remote Massachusetts farm in December 1832. Avery was tried in May 1833 and despite considerable evidence against him (reported at length in the press) was acquitted on June 5. The artist’s portrayal here appears to be based on published testimony from the trial. Avery, wearing green spectacles, is shown in the act of tying the young woman by the neck to a post before a haystack. Her shoes and kerchief lie on the ground at left, Avery’s walking stick on the ground at right. An owl (the crime occurred at night) perches on one of the posts, and on and about the hut are demons, who speak: “Do you see what is going on here.” “I never sleep on such occasions.” “How will this be managed if it should go to a jury.” “A Jury ye young fools is nothing. what’s to be done with Public Opinion.”

The November 29 school shooting incident in northern Wisconsin, at time of publication America’s latest, is being spun as a success of the post-Columbine system. A trained school staff and law enforcement levelheadedly defused a heavily armed student prepared to do the worst. But when police finally responded to the 911 call, more than two hours had passed since gunshots were fired. These gunshots were heard by many—although, apparently, not the on-duty police officer stationed at the school…

READ IT at The Awl.

A trend in Wisconsin is far right tea party conservatives eschewing the traditional (patriotic?) red and stars for a green that suggests they are somehow progressive or, even more laughable, a friend of the environment. (Ron Johnson suggests that sun spots cause global warming.)

Here is Sean Duffy mocking fellow tea party candidate Christine O’Donnell. Sean is the “Lumberjack” Candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s 7th District. Just how lumberjack is he? After the jump… (more…)

During Sunday Night Football, Budweiser debuted a commercial featuring the Los Campesinos! sony “You, Me Dancing.” Below is the song a the commercial isn’t online yet. But the use of the song doesn’t seem to be the end of the band’s involvement with the King of Beers.

A look at the Los Campesinos! Twitter page reveals some pro-Budweiser Tweets. Another after the jump.
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This isn’t the subjective business of mediums, larges and extra-larges — nor is it the murky business of women’s sizes, what with its black-hole size zero. This is science, damnit. Numbers! Should inches be different than miles per hour? Do highway signs make us feel better by informing us that Chicago is but 45 miles away when it’s really 72? Multiplication tables don’t yield to make us feel better about badness at math; why should pants make us feel better about badness at health? Are we all so many emperors with no clothes?

Read the rest at Esquire.

After the jump: I’m on the radio with Dave Ross talking about this. (more…)

Depending on how old you are , “Contra” means two distinctly different things. If you’re of the Y Generation, it probably means an album by Vampire Weekend. If you’re of the X Generation, Contra is probably a Nintendo game you played all night long.