Our guest columnist is a Seattle-based online retailer that has been the subject of our recent violent fantasies.

As you may have heard, California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation repealing the law that forced us to terminate our California Associates.

We’re working to relaunch the Amazon.com Associates Program in California as soon as possible. In the next few days, we’ll reach out to all affected past Amazon.com Associates with information how to re-open their accounts.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Amazon to Relaunch California Associate Accounts [Mark’s Hangout, via Daring Fireball]

Previously: Greetings, Pawn! [Stinque]

“President Obama plans to propose his jobs plan in a prime-time address to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, a week from today. That’s the same night as a scheduled debate among the Republican candidates who would like to replace Obama — and both are set to start at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday.” [USA Today]

Our guest columnist is a Seattle-based online retailer that’s been pulling this move on every state that tries to collect sales taxes from it.

To: Stinque
From: Amazon.com Associates Program
Subject: Notice of Contract Termination Due to Potential New California Law
Date: June 29, 2011 12:20:34 PM PDT

Hello,

For well over a decade, the Amazon Associates Program has worked with thousands of California residents. Unfortunately, a potential new law that may be signed by Governor Brown compels us to terminate this program for California-based participants. It specifically imposes the collection of taxes from consumers on sales by online retailers — including but not limited to those referred by California-based marketing affiliates like you — even if those retailers have no physical presence in the state.

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“John Lennon was a closet Republican, who felt a little embarrassed by his former radicalism, at the time of his death — according to the tragic Beatles star’s last personal assistant.” [Toronto Sun]

We really did plan on addressing this earlier, but as we wrote the Morning Blather, it developed just as presented. But thank God there’s fresh dirt to report.

And so, maestro, strike up the tympani!

Michele Bachmann’s new political chief Ed Rollins, Tuesday:

“Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years. She got the Vice Presidential thing handed to her, she didn’t go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance, she gave up her governorship.”

Ed Rollins, this morning:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G2vovE12tk

We present this clip, not because a Random Voter saying impolite things to a Random Candidate is news, but when the Random Candidate is Newt Gingrich, and the Random Channel is Fox News, well, that’s news.

Enjoy your ride under the bus, Newt.

GOP to Newt: Leave Paul Ryan Alone! [TPM]

Video: ThinkProgress

“Nearly half of all Americans have an unfavorable view of the tea party movement, putting it in the same company as the Democratic and Republican parties, according to a new national poll… The 32 percent favorable rating is down five points from December.” [CNN]