At 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, the geek-news website ReadWriteWeb posted an article about a new industry partnership, titling it “Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login”.

That’s when the trouble began.

9:12 a.m. “Ok If I have to I will comment,I love facebook so right now just want to log in if thats ok with you..lol Keep up the good work…”

9:39 a.m. “ok cool now can I get to facebook”

9:47 a.m. “The new facebook sucks> NOW LET ME IN.”

9:53 a.m. “when can we log in?”

9:54 a.m. “I WANT THE OLD FAFEBOOK BACK THIS SHIT IS WACK!!!!!”

It goes on. And on. And on. Comment after comment, people complaining that they can’t log into Facebook.

Why? Because they thought the ReadWriteWeb post was Facebook. Seriously. No fucking shit.

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We’re not trying to cop the Daily News in every post this week — we’re just having a hard time avoiding it:

The Riverside Press-Enterprise quoted Fiorina saying, “Whether that is the right approach now, I don’t know. I think bankruptcy, as a possibility, at the very least focuses the mind on what has to be done to salvage a situation.”

When asked by The Bee on Wednesday whether she knew states couldn’t declare bankruptcy, Fiorina answered, “Sure, I knew, but what cold comfort is that to all these California voters who may not know that technicality but who are sitting here knowing that by any common-sense definition, this state can’t pay its bills.”

Actually, the proper move for the disgraced ex-CEO of HP would be to overpay for Arizona and then declare bankruptcy.

Fiorina: California’s inability to declare bankruptcy a ‘technicality’ [SacBee, via TPM]

Chris Cillizza, Tuesday:

Sarah Palin’s soundbite strategy

From a raw political perspective, Palin’s soundbite strategy is extremely effective — handing her supporters a single line (or two) around which to rally in opposition to the President’s agenda…

The simple fact of politics is that the party — or candidate — with the best soundbites (or slogans) often wins.

Chris Cillizza, Thursday:

The Sarah Palin Surge (and why it’s overblown)

A gift for soundbites is a great skill to have but in the course of a long campaign — and that is assuredly what 2012 will be — Palin will have to show her ability to not only be conversant on the issues of the day but also forward-looking in terms of where she wants to take the country.

Yes, yes, he hedges both columns — but if he had run with the gist of Thursday’s column on Tuesday, he might have demonstrated genuine insight instead of play-of-the-day hackishness.

David Broder, Thursday:

Sarah Palin displays her pitch-perfect populism

The snows that obliterated Washington in the past week interfered with many scheduled meetings, but they did not prevent the delivery of one important political message: Take Sarah Palin seriously…

Those who want to stop her will need more ammunition than deriding her habit of writing on her hand. The lady is good.

Washington Post, Thursday:

There is a growing sense that the former Alaska governor is not qualified to serve as president, with more than seven in 10 Americans now saying she is unqualified, up from 60 percent in a November survey. Even among Republicans, a majority now say Palin lacks the qualifications necessary for the White House.

Remember, Sarah Palin should be used for Entertainment Purposes Only.

An opposition map shows proposed routes to a rally in Tehran's Azadi Square.

Today is Sarah Palin’s 46th birthday. It’s also the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. One is notable because of an accident of history. The other is world-historical.

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Eric Robinson, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, notices something that caught our attention Sunday — but unlike us, he sees the significance:

The name on her black memorial bracelet — one, like the gold star, a demonstration of a friend or associate who was killed in action — is that of her oldest son, Track. Track served honorably in Iraq, and both he and his parents should be thanked for his selfless service to his country. He is also alive.

Commemorating Track’s service by wearing a a black memorial bracelet which is reserved for those dead or even a red bracelet for those missing in action, demonstrates a horrifying contempt for those who gave their last full measure of devotion or an almost unbelievable ignorance of the importance of symbols in American history.

Horrifying contempt? Unbelievable ignorance? Sarah Palin? Say it ain’t so!

Palin’s bigger blunder [Yale Daily News, via Political Wire]

Update: Looks like the light caught the bracelet wrong — it’s copper.

Okay, our headline’s getting ahead of the story, but that 7 percent ownership of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp by a Saudi prince has not passed without notice:

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