“Gov. Sean Parnell’s appointee for the panel that nominates state judges testified Wednesday that he would like to see Alaskans prosecuted for having sex outside of marriage.” [Anchorage Daily News]

Our guest columnist this morning was a deputy prosecutor in Johnson County, Indiana, until moments before this email was published Thursday.

From: Carlos Lam
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:39 AM
To: Governor Scott Walker
Subject: stay strong!

Dear Gov. Walker:

This Hoosier public employee is asking that you stay strong and NOT to cave to union demands! The way that government works has to change, and — by all appearances — that must begin in WI. We cannot have the public unions hold the taxpayer hostage with their outrageous demands.

As an aside, I’ve been involved in GOP politics here in Indiana for 18 years, and I think that the situation in WI presents a good opportunity for what’s called a “false flag” operation. If you could employ an associate who pretends to be sympathetic to the unions’ cause to physically attack you (or even use a firearm against you), you could discredit the public unions. Currently, the media is painting the union protest as a democratic uprising and failing to mention the role of the DNC and umbrella union organizations in the protest. Employing a false flag operation would assist in undercutting any support that the media may be creating in favor of the unions.

God bless,

Carlos F. Lam

Reached Tuesday prior to publication, Mr. Lam claimed his email account had been hacked, saying “I am flabbergasted and would never advocate for something like this, and would like everyone to be sure that that’s just not me.” And then he fessed up Thursday and quit.

Indiana prosecutor resigns over Walker email [WisconsinWatch]

[CNN, National Journal]

Abercrombie & Fitch’s summer line of swimsuits includes a padded push-up bikini top for 7-year-olds.

This news comes to us the day after a story about a mother who is grooming her 8-year-old daughter to someday be a famous celebrity by injecting her with Botox and giving her a monthly “virgin wax” to make sure she doesn’t develop pubic hair because “it will save her a fortune in waxing when she’s older.”

We are fucking doomed.

“CNN has exclusively learned that Rep. Michele Bachmann will form a presidential exploratory committee. The Minnesota Republican plans to file papers for the committee in early June, with an announcement likely around that same time.”

“New rules allow investigators to hold domestic-terror suspects longer than others without giving them a Miranda warning, significantly expanding exceptions to the instructions that have governed the handling of criminal suspects for more than four decades.” [WSJ, via Raw Story]

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