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What's on for Monday? It's still all about Sarah Palin, but this
morning she's in a janitor's shirt, we've got the details on Trig's
birth, she's ready for interviews, and ... did she get Chris Matthews
fired? Also: Obama talks abortion regrets, there's lunch with Bill,
orgasmic ladies strut, Angelina is a real doll, Ike's a real shit, and
Fannie and Freddie are real gone.
Today in Sarah Palin: The mom in the news, Sarah Palin, will stay in the news. She is featured in this week's issue of Newsweek, a one-stop shop for the latest on Palin -- McCain allies try to tamp down "troopergate"; a contributor confesses her admiration for Palin; and the big BIG news for later this week: Palin has agreed to an interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson. Sidenote: Check out the cover photo (Sarah Palin in a janitor's uniform) and headline (Palin-tol-ogy). Having her dig for bones to discover the missing link might have confused the base.
Even More in Sarah Palin: Finally! The Trig Paxson Van Palin diagnosis and birth story! In this NY Times piece, we learn she was only pregnant for a month (her words), the leaky fluid/labor on a plane story (she was actually induced), and this juicy detail: she didn't tell her parents OR her kids that she was pregnant until her third trimester.
Chris Matthews gets the boot! (Kind of.): After two weeks of on-air squabbles during the conventions, MSNBC announced it will replace incendiary hosts Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann with correspondent and weekend anchor David Gregory. Though the two had long since embarassed their co-workers and possibly alienated viewers, let's not forget how, when Sarah Palin complained in her acceptance speech about media bias, the entire convention floor chanted "NBC! NBC!" Suuuuure, kick out Matthews when the new girl complains!
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- what it actually means for you and the kids: How to keep track of the failing financial institutions? We can't either, but these are the two biggies and this "conservatorship" thing impacts us all. For the spry of mind in the a.m., the takeover details. (Please submit a summary in comments for extra credit.)
The lunch watched 'round the world: Barack Obama may ask Bill Clinton to pass the salt on Thursday. The two have a lunch date since they'll both be in Manhattan for the anniversary of 9-11 and Obama promised Bill a long time ago he would. Awkward: who picks up the tab?
Speaking of Obama, he regrets his answer on abortion: Remember when he said that determining when life begins was "above his pay grade"? He says that was flip and really believes those are questions better left to theologians. A U.S. president unwilling to play God? What next? A separation of church and state?
Gustav down, Ike to go: New Orleans families may have to pack up and evacuate again! After powering over the Bahamas, hurricane Ike is headed toward the Gulf. Seriously, how do you manage any of that with kids?
Ladies, your orgasms are showing!: Trained sexologists claim they can tell a woman's orgasm history by the way she walks. Apparently, the sum of stride length and vertebral rotation was greater for the vaginally orgasmic women. Didn't you sort of suspect that?
The Angelina Jolie doll: Someone snatched up a one-of-a-kind figurine for $2K on ebay. Imagine what the whole family would have cost!
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