Today we've got Palin, sure, and the ancillary bits and pieces she brings with her (like blindsiding Hillary Clinton!). But there's also big news on oil drilling (and the Republicans are mad!), a new, new study of BPAs (bad news everyone), a new superbug plaguing hospitals, smart babies, big married babies, something free from the IRS and the loss of a television institution.
Let's sweep up our hair, rub our freshly colored lips together and get started with Daily Palin:
Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled her scheduled appearance at a rally next week in NYC to avoid a clash with the secret headliner, Sarah Palin. Organizers of the rally, a protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also invited the VP candidate. Only, they didn't mention that rather notable detail to Clinton. The senator's aides first learned that Palin would attend the rally from reporters. Needless to say, they're pissed.
Not only will Sarah Palin not testify in Troopergate (get background here), none of the key witnesses will either unless a full Senate or the Alaskan Legislature compels them to. Republican lawmakers in Alaska filed a lawsuit in an effort to just end the investigation already.
Speaking of ends, is this it for Carly Fiorina and McCain's campaign? Yesterday she told a radio DJ that Palin was not fit to run a major company. To help clarify what she meant, she later said she didn't think John McCain was qualified to run a big company either. Wow, Carly ... your campaign surrogate calendar just got a whole lot emptier.
In other political news, the House approved off-shore drilling and the Republicans are mad -- not enough oil in the allowable areas. Bush is already planning a veto.
Is there enough money to keep bailing out financial institutions? Which money-handler will collapse before our eyes today?
The IRS is looking out for the bottom line too -- tax filers' bottom line. They want private tax-filing software companies to provide free e-filing. Some of the companies are looking at allowing lower-income filers to send their forms electronically at no extra fee. Nice idea, but let's consider how they'll work it into a new, higher purchase price.
Researchers are warning of a new superbug that is invading hospitals. It's a virulent strain of a common intestinal bacteria and now rivals MRSA -- that other nasty hospital superbug -- in its threat to humans. Ick!
A boring old straight couple getting married in California objects to the new, gender-neutral language on the marriage license forms. Instead of "bride" and "groom," the simple sheet asks for Party A and Party B. They're exploring their options. In the meantime, she's not getting Party A's health insurance, nor are they officially married. Huh. Must be frustrating to just want to settle down and get married without a bunch of laws and ill-fitting labels getting in the way!
Bisphenol-A bad! Bisphenol-A good! Bad! Good! Bad! Good! Okay, a new study -- one actually conducted on humans, living, breathing, plastic off-gas intaking humans! -- has given food safety officials pause. Not saying there's a connection, a cause-and-effect relation, just that those with a bunch of BPA in their pee tend to have diabetes and heart disease. This study is of note for those on Capitol Hill who are investigating whether industry had undue influence on regulators, who determined that studies had been done on mice and therefore ... g'head with the BPA-loaded sippy cups!
So you know how your one-year-old's just totally bright and really gets you? The good news is, you're right! The not-so-great news? Baby's not so special. Researchers are finding 12-month-olds are wise beyond their year.
Finally, a moment. Let's join hands and say good-bye to an old friend. The LA Times is reporting that TRL, that institution, that show that launched a thousand unworthy careers, is laying down the mic, no longer taking calls, pulling the curtain across the window view of Times Square. Total Request Live is over. What will be left for our children?
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