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John McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. [EDIT] Do you really want to go there Obama? Really? "Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton. [update] It begins. [update] Ugh....

Thanks to OC Alum Ian Spencer for sending in this video. It warms the cockles of my heart. Nancy Pelosi Techno Chicken from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo....

Michael Moynihan at Reason has a video of what can only be called one of the worst musical abominations of all time, or in his words, "a skin-crawling, wretch [sic]-inducing festival of crappiness" featuring such notable musicians as Jason Alexander, Margaret Cho, and Whoopi Goldberg (I think I spotted Herbie Hancock in there, too, which is really a shame). Evidently, this fetid pile of shit was...

I don't have too much to say about this except that it's easily one of the most informative things I've read about the conflict in Georgia, bar none. Read it....

toothpastefordinner.com.

The Obama website has a new feature that allows you to design and upload your own hope-tastic t-shirt designs. Users can then vote on their favorite entries, and the winner will presumably be put in production. You can download a .zip file from the website with all the necessary logos and t-shirt outlines (Creative Suite required). Hmm, I wonder what kind of monstrosities our faithful Commentator...