• Paris Hilton has another video in support of her nascent Presidential campaign and, this time, she's got Jeb Bartlett giving her advice. It's not as good as the first, but it just goes to show that President Bartlett was nothing without Josh. [Funny or Die]
• In other really important news, Madonna really doesn't want "Sarah Fucking Palin" at her party and doesn't appreciate the winking. [Huffington Post]
• And the Foo Fighters want McCain to stop using their song "My Hero." Man, does anyone listen to lyrics anymore?[WWLTV]
• McCain thinks we're all his "fellow prisoners." So do we, old man, so do we. [Think Progress]

• Even General Petraeus agrees with Obama about Afghanistan and Pakistan now. Who's naive now? [Washington Independent]
• Oh, and Obama's harped-upon planetarium earmark? Failed, and it was (as I thought) for one of those projectors that makes the stars at planetariums and helps with, you know, science education and shit. It was not one of those things your high school teachers put transparencies on. [Huffington Post]
• Speaking of science education, the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments about when Navy sonar is harming whales. I'm betting they rule in favor of the navy, just because.[Washington Post]
• Yes, yes, rumors continue to swirl about Sarah Palin supposedly appearing on Saturday Night Live this weekend despite the fact that the campaign has floated this every week for the last three weeks in order to soften her appearance. Even Seth Meyers is saying its not true. Just because they want us to think she has a sense of humor doesn't mean she does. [Newsday]

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