Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant.

“Gov. Palin is a strong proponent of teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenagers,” reports ABC.

Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant [AP]

Palin confirms daughter’s pregnancy [Independent UK]

Gov. Palin Says Her Unmarried 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Pregnant [ABC]

Back before they weren’t talking to each other, Shrub and Geezer shared a warm moment on the tarmac at Arizona’s Luke Air Force Base. The occasion was Geezer’s 69th birthday (how young he looked then!), and about an hour later Shrub was chatting up the crowd at the Pueblo El Mirage RV Resort and Country Club.

Twelve minutes before Shrub began his remarks, CNN posted the day’s Gulf Coast forecast:

Flooding from Hurricane Katrina’s Monday landfall could wreak catastrophe on New Orleans, overwhelming the city’s water and sewage systems and leaving survivors in a bowl of toxic soup, a top hurricane expert said.

It was Monday of Katrina Week — August 29, 2005. We wouldn’t learn of the flooding until Tuesday, but it was Sunday that we learned the definition of “contraflow” as we watched nonstop live coverage of the mandatory evacuation of a major American city.

“It just wouldn’t be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster,” McCain said as he sliced the cake.

Hold on, our producer’s screaming something in our earpiece — oh, McCain said that this time, about possibly canceling the Republican convention. Please accept our correction and apology.

To be fair, McCain wasn’t the Decider in 2005, and as a senator he has since “supported every investigation and ways of finding out what caused the tragedy.”

Wait, damn producer again — okay, he voted against an independent Katrina commission. Twice.

Katrina Kerfuffle [FactCheck.org, 6/5/08]

It’s funny because the United States doesn’t print three-dollar bills!

Snohomish County GOP apologizes for fake Obama bills [Seattle P-I, via Harry Shearer]

• how parents chose children’s names is not trivia (FuturePil()t, 05:05, 31 August 2008)
• pregancy water broke 11-hour flight on AS flight + 16 year old daughter might got pregnant and covered up (FuturePil()t, 05:04, 31 August 2008)
• Alan Colmes has reported Track was born less than 8 months after the Palins’ elopement. (Maxbox51, 04:21, 31 August 2008)
• there is no “consensus” just b/c you nakedly assert there is (PassionoftheDamon, 03:08, 31 August 2008)
• Rm libellous Daily Kos conspiracy theory (Kelly, 01:49, 31 August 2008)
• It IS relevant that she complained about pageant judges and then her husband was one. (Poggio, 01:06, 31 August 2008)
• as commander of the Alaska national guard there is nothing wrong with visiting the troops (Hobartimus, 23:20, 30 August 2008)
• Until there is actual news about people “omg her children are named after witches” I’m removing this. Srsly people. (Mboverload, 23:02, 30 August 2008)
• cited article does not say her opposition is restricted to recreational use (KCinDC, 22:43, 30 August 2008)
• rm Moose image – what’s the point? (Happyme22, 18:10, 30 August 2008)
• restore quote, since her accusing Clinton of whining is being talked about in the media (KCinDC, 17:30, 30 August 2008)
• remove military photos that have a propoganda feel. Palin is not known for any foreign policy/military government experience. (Rootology, 16:21, 30 August 2008)
• Protected Sarah Palin: High traffic article attracting a lot of ip vandalism over weekend (LessHeard vanU, 14:14, 30 August 2008)

Revision history of Sarah Palin [Wikipedia]

“She’s going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he’ll be around at least that long,” said Charlie Black, one of Mr. McCain’s top advisers, making light of concerns about Mr. McCain’s health, which Mr. McCain’s doctors reported as excellent in May.

In other words: as many as 49 percent of doctors are predicting a state funeral for President John McCain, according to his campaign’s chief strategist. Charlie Black, in case you’ve forgotten, earlier this summer sent a message to Osama Bin Laden to hurry up that next terrorist attack so the Geezer can grandstand the tragedy.

Top McCain Adviser: Palin Will Learn National Security From McCain Before He Keels Over [TPM]

So much to choose from… Troopergate… Creationism… That voice that takes the F out of GILF…

Hey, let’s start with her vicious attacks on polar bears!

Earlier this month, the state of Alaska under Palin’s guidance sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in an attempt to reverse his decision to list polar bears as a threatened species. Palin said that scientists’ predictions that global warming will eliminate the ice where the bears live in summer were unreliable.

We all know that six years in the Wasilla mayoral mansion gave Palin a unique authority on climatology, but she instead chose to base her opposition on “a comprehensive review by state wildlife officials of scientific information from a broad range of climate, ice and polar bear experts.”

Just one problem: She lied.

Unless, of course, those “state wildlife officials” somehow didn’t include three marine-mammals specialists in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game who agreed with nine studies the Feds cited in support of the endangered-species listing.

So as far as our naughty librarian is concerned, the polar bears are toast. Say, when’s the next helicopter bear hunt?

Palin questioned whether global warming is melting Arctic ice [McClatchy]

Which reminds us of one of our all-time classic late-night college conversations: A good friend is complaining that he just can’t help himself, while we’re complaining that we just can’t get any. What makes it classic? Honest to gosh, both of us would have traded places with the other.

Although to be frank, his problem would have made for better PSAs.

Sex files: David Duchovny in rehab [Independent UK]