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Jesus Christ, woman, if you want to keep your kids out of the public eye, keep them out of the public eye:

Bristol Palin, arguably the most famous teen mother in America, will make her acting debut playing herself on ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” the network announced today.

“I am thrilled to be on this show and to be part of a program that educates teens and young adults about the consequences of teen pregnancy,” Palin said in a statement.

Oh, we bet she’s thrilled. Just like any 19-year-old would be, whose mother keeps subjecting her to national ridicule.

Bristol Palin Makes Acting Debut as Teen Mom [ABC, via Raw Story]

Fuck. There goes that punchline.

Navy to Lift Ban on Women Serving Aboard Submarines [ABC]

The actress who played Ellen in the Family Guy episode that Sarah Palin has cynically criticized for personal gain not only talked to the New York Times last week — she also spoke on camera for “The Insider”.

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Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons says he hasn’t had any since 1995.

Governor Jim Gibbons Under Oath [Las Vegas Now, via Political Wire]

The menu includes the knockout round in men’s hockey, including (at 1930 ET) Canada v Germany.  A win for Canada sets up a likely quarterfinal against Russia.  And thus it will come to pass that either the Canadians (Sid the Kid and 22 other rock stars of the sport) or the Russkies (the jaw-dropping Ovechkin, Malkin et al) will go home with a big fat nothing out of this.  If you had that before the tourney started, you should get into a $500 per entry March Madness pool or something.  (Noted: to the surprise of absolutely nobody…  yes, yes — USA v Canada for the womens’ gold on Thursday.  Mark it down.)

U.S. Americans have a shot at a nordic combined medal.  Bode Miller (greedy little bastard that he is) is looking for Medal No. 4.  Bobsled, along with ski cross, for the wimmin.  And speaking of wimmin — oh dear, ladies’ short program tomorrow.  Only two days left for figure skating to interfere with actual Sport.  Works for me.

Okay, fine. We read it. We looked at how it compares to the House and Senate bills. And, as advertised, Obama’s healthcare “proposal” is pretty much a summary of negotiations that were taking place before the Naked Senator distracted everybody.

And despite our anxiousness to just pass the damn thing and move on, Ezra Klein may have the more perceptive take on the politics involved:

This is not the first time Democrats have waited out a bad political period and then used a combination of televised events, substantive releases, and legislative progress to take back control of the media’s narrative.

As evidence, Ezra cites the healthcare speech after Town Hall Hell, and waiting out the fallout after Senator Douchebag’s Medicare buy-in treachery. His argument is that Obama’s Fightin’ Demrats weren’t being pussies by not fighting back, but strategic.

And y’know? He might be right.

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