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Sarah Palin’s resignation speech in Wasilla. Forensic photoanalysis reveals she was already under alien influence.

A third shockingly erudite Facebook post Thursday night has confirmed the ugly truth nobody wants to hear:

Sarah Palin has been abducted by aliens.

The evidence can no longer be denied: 1,233 words of coherent, grammatically correct English, followed by eight footnotes. Only a higher intelligence capable of interstellar travel could render meaning from the world-famous free verse of her previous speeches and Twitter messages. Earlier known attempts to plant a positronic comprehension chip in George W. Bush’s brain were clearly beta tests.

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For the umpteenth time, Babe Ruth calls center field:

The wife of Doug Manchester, the San Diego developer who helped finance the 2008 fight against same-sex marriage in California, has filed for divorce after 43 years of marriage.

Doug’s Catholic, of course. But alas, that $125,000 he spent to defend his marriage (or what remained of it, after the missus left him last October) doesn’t count toward Indulgences.

Still, there’s a silver lining: California beastiality proponents may be putting off a Prop 8 rematch until 2012. Surely Doug can cough up another 125 large by then. After the lawyers get paid.

Manchester’s wife files for divorce [SD Union-Tribune]

Key group to push repeal of Prop. 8 in 2012 [SFGate]

Insanity in my very own state:

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The nightmare that is was our healthcare system.

If he keeps winning, we may have to give him some sort of lifetime achievement award:

The questioner, Cheri Heiland, persisted, telling Grassley, “You know there is nothing in the House bill that will require any elderly person to stand before a committee and decide whether or not they are going to live or die.” Much of the crowd booed and said she was wrong.

The senator instead went on to condemn the idea of end-of-life counseling, no matter how it is structured.

“I think the best thing to do is if you want people to think about the end of life, number one, Jesus Christ is the place to start, and after that, in the physical life, as opposed to your eternal life, it ought to be done within the family and considered a religious and ethical issue and not something that politicians deal with,” he said.

I did not know Jesus offered health insurance.

Grassley is Inhofe stupid.He is Jon Kyl stupid. He is, in fact, Michelle Bachmann stupid.

Why are we ruled by religious morons?

Grassley and Grandma [WaPo]

You may have heard that former healthcare-reform advocate Glenn Beck is losing advertisers because of some unkind remarks he made about Our Racist President. You may also have heard that Whole Foods is losing customers because its price-gouging, union-busting, competition-averse CEO made some unkind remarks about healthcare reform in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal.

Which suggests an obvious solution. Please, folks, no gunplay in the produce aisle — there’s enough arugula for everyone.