This might be the dumbest thing written on the internet last week:

I thought of another strong, gutsy, bold, stand-on-principles hero, Sarah Palin, in her own modern day version of High Noon. Sheriff Palin rode into America Town on a white horse with conservative guns blazing and saved a dead McCain campaign.

Oh really?

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Sen. Cornyn has probably blown two gaskets over this:

After hedging for weeks about how he’ll react to the state Supreme Court ruling on Minnesota’s Senate race, Gov. Tim Pawlenty gave his clearest answer to date Sunday.

“I’m going to follow the direction of the court,” he said during an appearance on CNN. “We expect that ruling any day now. I also expect them to give guidance and direction as to the certificate of election. I’m prepared to sign it as soon as they give the green light.”

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Pawlenty added: “I’m not going to defy an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court. That would be a dereliction of my duty.”

If Timmy wants to be President, he can’t dial back from that.  And so, our long journey may be ending.  Perhaps.

New Haven firefighters win at SCOTUS. Decision of Second Circuit Court of Appeals FAIL, 5-4.  Kennedy opinion being read now.

UPDATE: PDF of opinion is out.  SCOTUSblog coverage here.

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Photo: Miss Ellie celebrates her win in the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest’s pedigree class at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26 [AP/LAT]

Ouch.

Title: “The Love Dare”

Authors: Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick

Rank: 42

Blurb: “Too many marriages end when someone says ‘I’ve fallen out of love with you’ or ‘I don’t love you anymore.’ The Love Dare discusses how these statements reveal a lack of understanding about the fundamental nature of true love.”

Review: “Now the book itself also consists of a 40-day list of dares. For each day, there’s about a page and a half or so of advice, followed by a specific dare and some space for you to write down your personal reflections. Dares range from things such as practicing patience to writing out a renewal of your vows.”

Customers Also Bought: “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God,” by Francis Chan

Footnote: We’re incorrigible.

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Turn’s out that Mark Sanford’s lover was also a cougar, and that was her undoing:

BUENOS AIRES — The mystery of who revealed Gov. Mark Sanford’s e-mail messages may finally be solved. A business associate of Mr. Sanford’s Argentine mistress said Friday that private messages between the two lovers had been sent anonymously to a South Carolina newspaper last December by an Argentine man the mistress had briefly dated.

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Last December, the executive said, Ms. Chapur was dating a young Argentine a few months after her affair with Mr. Sanford began. The man happened to see the e-mail messages being exchanged between the governor and Ms. Chapur, said the executive — who said he had direct knowledge of the situation — and hacked into her e-mail account to see the rest.

Infuriated, the man sent the messages to The State, the newspaper in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia.

Sounds familiar …

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