edited by: Lisa Mossie,
Pennsylvania Editor
Given today's announcement, does anyone else think Sarah Palin's been "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"... or is she just as politically savvy as a bag of moose poop? [...] 
Alaskans are a little happier.
Comedians are little sadder.
After spending some time trying to decipher her speech I gather that she plans to write her book (I assume she's having it ghost written since I'm not sure she knows enough words to write a book).' [...]
Jackson Browne with the Steve Van Zandt song:
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FDA Wrong Agency to Regulate TobaccoThe announcement came as a huge surprise to just about everyone — the expectation was that Gov. Palin would announce her decision not to run for reelection in 2010 (presumably so she could prepare to be a candidate in the 2012 presidential election) — not that she planned [...]
[...] Given that our good friend Jack is a huge Palin booster from way back, we wonder how long it'll take for him to blame her resignation on: The Obama administration The liberal media Our permissive culture ACORN Liberals in general All of the above.
Only time will tell.
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Sarah Palin. Bad move or not?
UPDATE: Alaskan blogger says investigations by the state legislature drove her out.
[...]KTUU in Anchorage, the local NBC affilliate, is reporting that Sarah Palin is about to resign as Alaska's Governor so she can - no shit, Sherlock - run for president in 2012. (Via twolf1 at Oxdown Gazette)
Does this woman have ANY IDEA AT ALL that she's a National [...]
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The picture is sooooooooo true! Unfortunately for our country, so is the headline. From the TCOT Report headline 7.3.09: [...] 
I think everybody needs to realize that it’s 2009, and the days of no-show jobs are over.”-Luzerne County Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla [...] Loudon Wainwright III:
[...]Rolling Stone finally linked to the Matt Taibbi story. Go read all about how Goldman Sachs rules our world.
[...]At what turned out to be the first concert in the 2009 Summer Heritage Jazz Series (due to rain) Bill Booker and friends played this lovely tune, Ladybird, by Tadd Dameron. See the Schedule of Events for the entire schedule of summer concerts. They’re on every other Thursday night from [...]
Just breaks my itty-bitty heart to see Chillary n’ Barry spatting again. (Don’t want to forget ol’ Bubba, too.)
Can’t these liberal losers titans of the political arena get along in this new Hope and Change world??? [...] For the last almost two years, I've waited for the Nutter Administration to live up to the "hope" that the citizens had when we elected him Mayor. However, as we round out nearly 18 months, there is much left to be desired.
I am not as critical of the Mayor' [...]
1) Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) has launched a blog called Childwatch, where they wil "report on breaking news and stimulate discussion about how local and state policies affect children," and cover "child health, child care, education, family economic security and child welfare." Check out their [...]
The Rhythm Alliance:
Via Suzie over at Echidne of the Snakes, where there’s an interesting discussion about this song and the dynamics of domestic abuse.
[...]The euphoria that propped up Wall Street the last week or two that was born in the overly optimistic belief that the recession/depression had "bottomed out" and that the economy was turning around appears to have led Congressional Democrats into coming up with a health care plan based on the [...]
After watching “Real Housewives of New Jersey” last week, I thought I’d seen the ultimate in dysfunction. But last night, I saw something even crazier: the annual show where “Clean House” finds the messiest house in the country.
If you’re familiar with Clean House, you know [...]
You would have had to have been asleep for the past several years not to know that Graham plays a washboard, which has suffered as much mission creep as the University has under him, in a local dixieland jazz band, The Deacons of Dixieland. Fortunately for me, I got my heritage plants at the local CSA and not the Home Depot. How about you?
Meg McGrath, professor of plant pathology at Cornell University, calls late blight “worse than the Bubonic Plague for plants.”
“People need to realize this is probably one of the [...]
Mayor Lou Barletta, the popular mayor of Hazleton, PA, has built up quite a fan base over the past few years. Due in large part to his “Illegal Immigration Relief Act”, which was one of the harshest and most extreme pieces of immigration legislation ever proposed in this [...]
I thought this was interesting in an “omigod we’re all gonna die” kind of way:
Global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland’s island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985, according to a team of researchers led by Tim Coulson [...]
Subpoenas galore at the state capital. Possibly over 100 served.
h/t: GrassrootsPA [...] 
Hmmm, don’t do many of these. But Johnny Depp wanting to teach his kids to shoot guns sounded interesting. [...] 
Here are the 25 nominees for the inaugural 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame class. I’ve bolded my first choices.
BOBBY ALLISON
BUCK BAKER
RED BYRON
RICHARD CHILDRESS
DALE EARNHARDT
RICHIE EVANS
TIM FLOCK
BILL FRANCE JR.
WILLIAM H.G. FRANCE
RICK HENDRICK
NED JARRETT
JUNIOR JOHNSON
BUD MOORE
RAYMOND PARKS
BENNY PARSONS
DAVID PEARSON
LEE PETTY
RICHARD PETTY
FIREBALL ROBERTS
HERB THOMAS
CURTIS TURNER
DARRELL WALTRIP
JOE WEATHERLY
GLEN WOOD
CALE YARBOROUGH [...] 
From The York Daily Record:
Demonstrators will meet at noon in front of the Adams County Courthouse on Baltimore Street. After patriotic music and speeches — including one by James Broussard, founder of Citizens Against Higher Taxes — the group will march to Lincoln Square…. [...] 
Tom Ridge has said he will not run for Senate against Pat Toomey in 2010. This is a reminder of why that is a good thing for those who value Economic Freedom. Card Check = Union Intimidation
Card Check is a life or death issue for small [...]
The pundits and professionals are not always right. I’m counting on it and so is the Toomey 2010 independent network of grassroots worker bees’ I’m a realist; I believe in miracles. Against all odds and against the conventional wisdom, Mine the Bird and Calvin Borel win.
“LOUISVILLE, Ky. [...]
Cutting corporate taxes would bring more investment and more jobs to America. The key number is unemployment and to improve employment, we need more employers, businesses create jobs.
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Do State employees get not paid double if they work today, or is that like dividing by zero? [...] 
Via Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, we learn of this tweet:
Tehrani source close to those detained says some have been beaten heavily and waterboarded with hot water
To which CB at the Dish writes:
Andrew recently stated, "The Tehran regime does not have a record of waterboarding." [...]
