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AFP: If you have the opportunity to go hunting with world leaders, always make sure that you stick close to Russian dictator Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as opposed to say, Dick Cheney. The Russian god-like figure former President was at a photo-op and managed to fire a tranquilizer dart at a tiger just as it was about to take down a journalist. Imagine that, a news story in Russia portraying Putin as someone with almost super-human abilities. Sure didn’t see that one coming.
Reuters: Newly minted Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has released a statement saying that her teenage daughter is pregnant. Some may argue that this revelation (Which apparently McCain knew about before picking Palin as his running mate) would hurt Palin’s standing with the Evangelical Christians who seemed to instantly fall in love with her on Friday. I disagree. I think that both Palin’s decision to carry a Down syndrom child to term and now her daughters decision to carry her child to term and marry the father only serves to reinforce her Pro-Life street cred. It’s easy to say you’re Pro-Life, her family has shown it in their actions. Twice.
Pioneer Press: Speaking of the Republicans… It’s only day one of the Republican Convention, and already members of a group called the “RNC Welcoming Committee” have been arrested with what police are calling “tools of disobedience.” What are “Tools of disobedience” you may ask? (Aside from a great name for a garage band) They included anti-bus weapons, slingshots, and buckets of urine. Apparently they didn’t get all of the less civilized protestors, the Connecticut delegation was reportedly attacked today.