Scariest costume for Halloween is one using Al Gore’s face to frighten other children into thinking the earth is melting. The costume consists of an Al Gore mask and bunch of made up statistics. Since the statistics don’t matter, make up your own. Meanwhile, here’s the Al Gore mask:
http://images.forbes.com/media/halloween/2007/masks/algore.jpg

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The Sarah Palin train rolls into the debate tonight after cramming hard enough to look like she’s had more than a fourth grade edumacation. The woman CAN recite what she’s been told — that’s clear enough. So she might do well, surprising everyone. It’s when she’s forced to think for herself that the talking points start tripping over themselves.

Biden talks so much he could fill the hour long debate all by himself. He might even do it while tickling his own tonsils with his toes. You see, Biden HAS a fourth grade edumacation, but he got the diploma off of a box of Frosted Flakes.

It’ll be interesting to see if the polling numbers change on the governor’s capability compared to the one taken this week.[MSNBC]

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I realize that being asked to talk about famous cases that have gone before the Supreme Court is only expected of someone who’s might one day be expected to choose a candidate for our nation’s highest court, but Governor Palin reportedly minored in PolySci, so it’s not like she’s never been asked that question before, right? The Painful Video Express continues

Cringeworthy? Yes. I love the part where Governor Palin tries to say that some cases need to be judged on a more local level. It would be interesting to see which cases she would give as examples…

Repubs who are defending Palin: What does she mean when she says:
“I’m a Federalist in that I believe states should be able to make those decisions themselves” ?

Remember, this is the same woman that, when asked (in another video not posted here),
“What newspapers do you read?”
responded with
“All of Them”.

The long version of Biden and Palin on the Supreme Court at CBS

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Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire:

[Interviewer] INNSKEEP: Given what you’ve said, senator, is there an occasion where you could imagine turning to Gov. Palin for advice in a foreign policy crisis?

MCCAIN: I’ve turned to her advice many times in the past.

–Innskeep’s Interview with Senator McCain on NPR.org

Senator, how long have you known Gov. Sarah Palin?

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CBSNews wanted news videos shot by citizen journalists, and so made an application for folks to shoot and upload their news videos. Apparently home made porn is news these days…

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Today’s XKCD comic has a secret message, slamming SciFi author Neal Stephenson. You have to hover over the comic to see what it says.

For those of you with short attention spans not prone to figuring out puzzles, I’ll just say that Neal Stephenson’s latest book has a LOT of made up words.

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When you have to put a second shuttle to get ready to rescue the first shuttle, it underscores the risk of spaceflight.

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Finally

VP Debate Beer Bingo Card at Newsweek