Like most Americans, we would just prefer to ignore Sarah Palin at this point — unless she says something notably retarded, of course — but as someone more clever than us said over the weekend, she puts the Me in Memorial Day, and here we are.

So, first: About her unexpected debut as a Motorcycle Mama Grizzly. Organizers of the DC Rolling Thunder event said they had no fucking clue she was showing up. Someone in the Palin camp said they warned the publicist, or something. This reminded us of the frequent claims that Palin would be gracing one event or another, only to be scolded that her appearance was not confirmed, and how amateurish it was to say otherwise. Clearly the situation is different when you’re the glamorous gate-crasher.

Or, to draw the all-too-obvious conclusion: The Rules Don’t Apply to Sarah Palin.

Which is why, on the basis of an unannounced aimless bus trip, Palin Prez Chatter is back! She doesn’t have to organize a campaign like lamestream candidates — she’s Sarah Fucking Palin, and she’ll win by spontaneous combustion!

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For a brief, shining moment, the following appeared on the PBS Newshour website Sunday night.

Tupac still alive in New Zealand

Prominent rapper Tupac has been found alive and well in a small resort in New Zealand, locals report. The small town — unnamed due to security risks — allegedly housed Tupac and Biggie Smalls (another rapper) for several years. One local, David File, recently passed away, leaving evidence and reports of Tupac’s visit in a diary, which he requested be shipped to his family in the United States.

“We were amazed to see what David left behind,” said one of sisters, Jasmine, aged 31. “We thought it best to let the world know as we feel this doesn’t deserve to be kept secret.”

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The Management apologizes in advance for spoiling whatever delicious holiday meal you have planned today, but after spending a couple of hours trying to nail down any fact whatsoever about the yfrog stuffed-undies photo, The Management can only wonder whether it’s even Weiner’s wiener.

All we can say with certainty is that late Friday night, Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government website posted a screenshot purportedly from Weiner’s Twitter-linked yfrog photo account, and showing some tighty grays stretched over a suspiciously large package:

The photo was reportedly sent to a woman on Twitter. We’ve protected her name and her account, which was at one time verified to be active but has since been deleted after the photo in question was deleted. Coincidentally, the rest of the photos in the congressman’s alleged yfrog account were also deleted around 11 p.m. eastern.

“Hacked or hung?” asked writer Publius — being very clear not to say, or even strongly imply, that Weiner himself posted the photo.

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Title: “Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You’re Worth”

Author: Mika Brzezinski

Rank: 73

Blurb: “It’s no secret that women have long been overlooked and under-compensated, and while great strides have made in recent decades, the value placed on women versus their male counterparts is still consistently unbalanced. In Knowing Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.”

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Sometimes reality and journalistic convention combine to create magic:

Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

This is one of those moments.

[KSL, via Rachel]

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died [NPR]

“A federal court in Alexandria, Va. on Thursday struck down a federal ban on corporate campaign contributions, in a case with potentially dramatic ramifications for a campaign finance regulatory system under siege by legal and regulatory attacks.” [Politico]