Tim James, Republican candidate for governor: “This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here — learn it.”

[Newsweek, via RomeGirl]

Carl Levin to a former Goldman Sachs partner during a subcommittee hearing this morning: “How much of that shitty deal did you sell to your clients?”

[via TPM]

Recent stories by Jason Chen, editor of “Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide,” published by Gawker Media. Wired describes Chen as a “reporter”.

• “MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 Benchmarked: It’s So Fast”
• “Microsoft Kin Hands-On Videos”
• “iPhone OS 4 Has Video Chat, Group Chat Code”
• “Best iPad Comic Reader: Comic Zeal vs. Comic Reader Mobi”
• “iPad Chatroulette Is the Way to Go”
• “iPad Test Notes: In the Bathroom”
• “iPad Super Tip: You Can Put Six Icons In Your App Tray”

Chen works from his home, which was searched by California’s interagency “Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team” Friday night, as part of a criminal investigation into Gizmodo’s purchase and promotion of a purportedly lost iPhone prototype.

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We don’t have time to do this justice, but after last week’s heavily censored South Park episode aired — censored by Comedy Central because it revisited the topic of depictions of Mohammed — Seattle artist Molly Norris announced “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” which promptly went viral.

And now Molly would prefer that everyone forget about it:

Once it became a national story she reeled back, asking [Dan] Savage — in an email he provided to The Ticket — if he would “be kind enough to switch out my poster” with another one — a much tamer version which has no images attributed to Muhammad.

“I am sort of freaked out about my name/image being all over the place,” her e-mail reads.

Ummm, right. Don’t they teach irony in the Pacific Northwest any more?

Creators of ‘Everybody Draw Muhammad Day’ drop gag after everybody gets angry [LAT]

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! [The Stranger]

“Lazy state residents are contributing to the number of illegal immigrants in South Carolina, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said during a Republican gubernatorial debate Friday, living off public aid rather than working.” [TheState]

We imagine everyone else in the known blogosphere is doing the exact same thing.

George W. Bush memoir set for release on Nov. 9 [CSM]

Style		Advice
	Pachuco Cafe Leather Huaraches	White feet only
	Men’s Dress Huaraches	White feet only
	Don Juan Huaraches	White feet only

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