Good Morning America ran a preview of tonight's episode and the folks at ABC News were clearly excited that this week's ridiculous stunt involved the actors wearing elaborate prairie costumes. Though it's pointed out that the polygamists in Colorado City, AZ don't like outsiders, apparently they'd be willing to eat out at a local restaurant and talk loudly about the teenager's impending marriage. Luckily, several women step in to help the girl and unlike last week, anchor John Quinones doesn't attribute it to "one thing that's foolproof: A woman's tears." Clip at left.

In the clip at left, two groups of actors pose as fraternity and sorority members hazing a pledge, tying them up, insulting them, and pouring alcohol down their throats. Hidden cameras capture onlookers intervening to help the guys, but not the girls ... until one girl starts crying. As host John Quinones explains, there's "one thing that's foolproof: A woman's tears."

Today, Good Morning America had a preview of the episode, which will air tonight. Rather than simply exploring how the friends would feel about the age difference, producers complicated the situation by making it seem that the young Irish man only wanted to marry the older woman to get a green card. Here's the bigger question: What would you do if one of your best friends lied to you and made you cry on national TV? Clip at left.

In the clip at left, two actors, Brigitte and John, sit at a bar pretending to be on a date. While Brigitte is in the bathroom, John pours a powder in her drink. While, as anchor John Quinones says, what's frightening is that this happens in real life, it's unlikely this exact scenario would happen, since no human has ever responded to his date saying she feels ill by saying, "I have a pool at my house." The terribly written skit is performed in front of a group of guys and a middle-aged woman, and you can probably guess who intervenes and tells Bridgitte she's been drugged.

As pointed out on Shakesville, the word "rape" is never uttered during this segment. When Bridgitte and the woman cry and hug after it's revealed that it was just an act, Quinones says "Why are you crying? You're an actress!" He adds that Bridgitte was probably all worked up because she was drugged in real life two years ago, but "no one came to her rescue until after she had taken the drink."

Read This—and Resolve Again to Be All In [Shakesville]

• There are already quotes from the Palin-Gibson confab! She threatens war with Russia, sidesteps the hubris question, and can't blink! It sounds all kinds of fair and balanced and totally not fluffy. Just because they're taking a stroll together doesn't mean it was too chummy.[Mark Ambinder, Mark Ambinder, TV Newser]
• But just because ABC is stretching the interview into 5 different news segments doesn't mean they're looking to boost ratings, obviously. The first segment airs tonight during what I like to call "drinking time" and other people consider "dinner time." [LA Times]
• In a page from Bush's playbook, Palin conducts state business on a personal email account to avoid disclosure laws, since that worked out so well for the Bush Administration. [Think Progress]
• Obama may have been kidding about being a Popular Mechanic centerfold, but they're offering to take him up on it anyway. David Axelrod needs to jump on that shit, like, yesterday, and show the pistol-packin' mama (per Cindy McCain) who's a regular person. [Popular Mechanics]

• Elsewhere in the world, Biden and his gaffe-maker (also known as his mouth) are prepping for the debate with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. She's going to try to be mean, and he's going to try not to be. [NY Times, HuffPo]
• Bolivia expelled our ambassador for daring to suggest maybe growing coca for export to the U.S. is a bad thing. [LA Times]
• Putin is threatening to point missiles at Europe if we put missiles in Europe, so Palin's thoughts of war with Russia might not really be that far off. [BBC News]
• Oh, and non-North Korea doctors — possibly even ones the regime didn't kidnap — operated on Kim Jong Il's brain after the stroke he's denying he had. Do Chinese doctors take a Hypocratic Oath? Is there a greater-good thing they could've relied upon? [Boston Globe]

• Aw! Eva Mendes says it's easy to get all "critical" of yourself when you're on the red carpet but that she doesn't let herself "fall into that" — but that's she also "thankful" for her "nice physique"! Pretty sad if this counts as having positive body image nowadays. [People]
  
• In poor England it's all water, water everywhere not not a drop to drink. [BBC]
  
• Bush is cancer-free, meaning that now Cheney has to cut short his vacation and return to running the country. [CNN]
  
• Oh fuck: Botulism. [CNN]
  
• It's official: Drew Carey's the new host of The Price Is Right. The showcase showdown is dead to us. [11 Alive News]

• Campbell Brown is headed to CNN: Have fun with the chain-smoking witch, kiddies! [USA Today]
• 8.3 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold since 12:01 am on Saturday. [USA Today]
• Memo to ABC News: Posh was joking. [ABC News]
• 7 U.S. casualties identified since Friday. [DoD]

So why don't most Americans recognize Ronson's name?

We know what you're thinking: God, the only "Ronson" my Lindsobotomized head can think of right now is... But you'd be prematurely hating yourself, and forgetting there's a whole media landscape out there to keep your disgust fresh. Because it's that Ronson all right. Four hard-hitting, skeptical, inquisitive pages on her. (Spoiler alert: Some people think she's not that great a DJ!)

Lindsay Lohan's Hard-Partying Gal Pal [ABCNews]