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Tina Fey

Sarah Palin Offered Bristol For Babysitting : Watch video here

Tina Fey appeared on Conan Tuesday night and talked about 3-year-old daughter Alice, having Sarah Palin at SNL with her pregnant daughter Bristol and how great it was to hug Oprah on camera for “30 Rock.” (Hugging Oprah is “everything you want it to be… it’s like going to a spa for a week.”)

According to Fey, when Sarah Palin (“she was nice”) guested on “Saturday Night Live,” she asked Fey where Alice had gone as the show approached. Fey told Conan:

“Gov. Palin was like, ‘Oh did Alice go home? Oh, cause Bristol woulda babysat.’ She offered Bristol Palin to babysit Alice… And it was Bristol’s birthday, too. I was like yeah, that’s exactly what 17-year-old Bristol Palin wants to do at SNL is babysit the toddler of the lady that gooks on her mom… but they’re a nice family”

Politics this week

From the Economist

The End Of Bottle Service At Last?

To read the full article: Gawker

Jack Cafferty: St. Paul, Minnesota — the land of make believe

NEW YORK (CNN) — This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It’s not.

It is entirely fitting that the headliner for this masquerade is a feeble looking 72-year-old white guy who doesn’t know how many homes he owns.

It’s more than symbolic that when a million Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure, the Republican candidate for president has lost track of his holdings.

McCain surrounds himself with people like former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm who called America a “nation of whiners” and said we are only suffering a “mental recession.”

That’s the same problem the Republican Party has. It has lost track of what it used to stand for: small government, a disciplined fiscal policy, integrity.

In a way, the perfect storm of a rapidly changing population — old white people aren’t going to be in the majority very much longer (and isn’t that who most of the Republicans are?)

To read the full article: CNN

Photoshop

I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop.
The New York Times

Tacos

Working Class or Upper Crust, Tacos for All in the Hamptons
The New York Times

Vanity Fair: Blogopticon

Vanity Fair

Be Kanye

Video: http://www.youtube.com/absolutworld
Be Kanye May Cause: Awesomeness • Increased Appeal • The Cool Factor • Jaws to drop • Heads to turn • Heightened Sense of Style and Rhythm • And your carpets to turn red.

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Slate’s interactive guide: Who in the Bush administration broke the law, and who could be prosecuted?
What kind of lawbreaking has happened on President Bush’s watch, among his top and mid-level advisers? What hasn’t? Who is implicated and who is not?
By Emily Bazelon, Kara Hadge, Dahlia Lithwick, and Chris Wilson : I love Slate.com