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According to the Salemtown e-mail list, the head of Youth Services expressed some initial uncertainty about whether the case of a teenager shot last week had been assigned to her division or to the precinct.  The day before yesterday Captain Marlene Pardue wrote an association member who contacted her about the case that she could not locate it by the address.

Insightful article at The Guardian on game developer Cliff Harris. Bothered by piracy of his game, Harris asked gamers why they take pirated versions of games. The feedback works across all types of media.

Gail Collins, in her NY Times op-ed, offers some sage words of advice to calm down the hope addicts out there who feel Sarah Palin is getting in the way of their next fix. However, she ends with this advice:

As one commentator put it, the McCain  campaign is like a campaign on training wheels. 

A conservative makes the case that Sarah Palin is the “true conservative” Republicans were so desperately looking for during the presidential campaign:

John Kerry says that John McCain lacks the good judgment necessary to be president. Four years ago, Kerry wanted McCain to be his vice president.

One of the most important skills you can learn in life is knowing when to quit. Unfortunately, this skill is rarely taught in schools of any type, and there are not many books on the subject, either.

So, grab a sit and get ready. This is your education on quitting.

Politics can be hard to swallow:

Movies, books, and news stories attempting to taint the deity of Jesus Christ are becoming a dime a dozen. The latest attempt sounds much like The Da Vinci Code: