Sarah Palin, who deserted her post as commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard, enlists her English interpreter for a fresh Facebook post:

President Obama’s meeting with his top national security advisers does nothing to change the fact that his fundamental approach to terrorism is fatally flawed. We are at war with radical Islamic extremists and treating this threat as a law enforcement issue is dangerous for our nation’s security. That’s what happened in the 1990s and we saw the result on September 11, 2001.

Actually, Shrub saw the CIA’s Presidential Daily Brief on August 6, 2001 — “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US,” you’ll recall — but since New York City isn’t part of America, he ignored it.

Slow day, so let’s pull another one:

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Brit Hume, possibly the only proselytizing Episcopalian in existence, doubles down on his advice to Tiger Woods, and manages to claim it’s possible for a Christian to be persecuted in America:

The Bible even speaks of it, that, you know, you speak the name, Jesus Christ, and I don’t — and I don’t mean to make a pun here, but all hell breaks loose. And — and it has always been thus. It is explosive… It triggers a very powerful reaction in people who do not share the faith and who do not believe in it.

Actually, the powerful reaction here stems from Brit recommending Christianity for its pro-adultery benefits, but let’s move on — WorldNetDaily has its own bone to pick with Glenn Beck’s brief moment of birther clarity:

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It’s only by chance that we found the following two stories on the following two websites, but having found them, we think we’ve also found the secret of the universe.

CNN, September 16, 2009:

Spanking detrimental to children, study says

Think a little spanking won’t do much harm to kids? New research says the effects can be long-lasting.

Experts say “popping” kids can do more harm than good. A new study of more than 2,500 toddlers from low-income families found that spanking may have detrimental effects on behavior and mental development.

Fox News, Monday:

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Enjoy it while it lasts, folks:

Today there is a concerted effort on all radio stations to get Birthers on the air. I have to tell you, are you working for the Barack Obama administration? I mean, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard…

I know it’s way out on a limb here. But as the guy who the media says is the king of conspiracy theories, all I do are forward conspiracy theories, let me forward this conspiracy. He was born here because it seems a little unlikely that somebody planted the birth records, okay, a little unlikely, in the newspapers. Now you would say, well, then why doesn’t he just produce? Good question. That one kept me up for minutes at a time, minutes.

Well, that was nice. But word to the wise, Glenn: Keep that up and we’ll take back your Stinque Award.

Birthers Birthing [Glenn Beck, via Washington Independent]

The rumors are true:

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be among 14 contestants on the new season of “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

NBC says others competing for their favorite charities include baseball great Darryl Strawberry, singer-actress Cyndi Lauper, TV personality Sharon Osbourne and Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson.

Let’s see: Sex, drugs, rock & roll, bad hair. Your typical incoming MBA class.

Blagojevich On ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ [AP/CBS, via Political Wire]

Back during the Democratic convention, we enjoyed lurking at PUMA liveblogs — with every cutaway to Michelle Obama sitting in the audience, there would be a handful of comments remarking on her “scowl”. Part of us wanted Obama to win just so we could enjoy Michelle looming over the Bitters as First Lady.

At least there was a flimsy excuse for their displeasure: If you were watching the convention on TV, the Michelle shots were inevitable. By contrast, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds had to dig through the White House Flickr stream — no, we never heard of it either — to fetch this winner of Barry & Plugz from the Kennedy Center Honors, posted December 16.

“Analyze the body language,” Glenn says knowingly. Well, um, okay, Joe looks like a putz, and Barry looks like he just slipped out of a wetsuit while headed for his first martini.

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Brit Hume explains Sunday morning how Tiger’s problem isn’t his driver, but his deity:

“The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith,” said Hume. “He is said to be a Buddhist. I don’t think that faith offers the kind of redemption and forgiveness offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger is, ‘Tiger turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.”

A noble sentiment, to be sure. Look how well Christian forgiveness worked for Bill Clinton.

Brit Hume: Tiger Woods must become Christian to be forgiven [Raw Story]