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The case is made for Sarah Palin as a champion of libertarianism:

Photo by Tanya Wright.

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Chris Davis hangs with former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter at the Republican National Convention:

“One more question,” said the bartender. “Any tips on how to cope with all the obnoxious Republicans I’m going to be dealing with this week?”

Welcome to a new, very short installment of Shark-Bites.

Mommy has not been very good this summer about jotting these things down on every receipt, napkin, and bank envelope in her purse. I'm sure I've missed some real winners.

Ken Whitehouse on the brewing battle between Rep. Gary Odom and Jimmy Naifeh for the Speaker’s chair:

McCain and Obama were supposed to be asked the same questions at the recent forum at a California Church. Neither candidate was supposed to know the questions in advance, but Obama went first while McCain was supposed to be in the church and sequestered where he could not hear the questions or Obama's answers.

He wasn't and he could!

Eyebrows started rising when John McCain started answering

One advantage Canadian artists have had that allowed them to compete in the U.S. and abroad has been public grants. But now two programs are under fire: PromArt, which aids musicians in touring abroad, and Trade Routs, which promotes cultural exports. Both programs have been slated to be canceled.

Treehugger had a design competition for shelters made from carts and the entries are....well, you decide what they are.

I was browsing the comments when I came across this one:

Here in the suburbs, failing to put your four-year-old child in preschool is right on par with locking her in the car on a 100-degree day and going shopping.

At least that's what I've deduced from the wide-eyed stares, the raised eyebrows, and the stunned "Oh!'s I've gotten after telling people that Punky still stays home with me.