“People close to Paul’s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to staff members virtually every day.” [WaPo]

Our guest columnist is Tony Perkins of the creepy house behind the Bates Motel Family Research Council.

In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!

Hello, I’m Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. In a galaxy not so far far away, Star Wars gamers have already gone to the dark side. The new video game, “Star Wars: The Old Republic”, has added a special feature: gay relationships.

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“Edward Davies, Mitt Romney’s militantly atheist father-in-law, was indeed posthumously converted to Mormonism by his family, despite the fact that when he was alive he regarded all religions as ‘hogwash.'” [Gawker, via Political Wire]

To our taste, it was a draw — a very entertaining draw — but the consensus among the Chatterers seems to be that last night’s debate was a resounding victory for the International Man of Mysterious Swiss Bank Accounts. And why not? Newt needed a blowout win — in practical terms, a YouTube Moment — and that was not forthcoming. So, with the polls now trending in Mitt’s direction, tie goes to the frontrunner.

In which case, time to unload a photo we’ve been sitting on all week. In it, we see Mitt Romney enjoying a private moment with the members of his Blind Trust.

[via @anamariecox]

Have the Internets exhausted all the available Moon Base gags yet? Anything left at IMDb to reference? We’re covered on the Mormon Afterlife comparisons?

Well, then, nothing left to do but pour yourself a tall one of spiked Tang and strap yourself in as we launch our GOP Debate Open Thread/Celestial Unreasoning. With any luck, all the candidates will be Marooned and we’ll never hear from them again.

[NKY, via @pourmecoffee]

Jan Brewer: Obama ‘didn’t feel I treated him cordially’ [Politico]