Say it ain't so. Wile E. Coyote catches the Road Runner.

Shakesville: For Sarah Palin, Thursday night’s debate was an open-book exam. She spent much of the evening methodically reading and rehearsing answers. And what the hell was that in her ear?

OpEdNews: Palin hates native Alaskans, black folks, too

TalkLeft: McNasty abandons his promise to run a respectful campaign

They gave us a republic: Expect to hear a lot more stories like this

Bob Geiger: The Saturday Cartoons

ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: Newspapers happy to advertise 'Terror' DVD...Child O'Reilly remarkably similar to the old one...J-School prof at Palin's alma mater says candidate is wrong about 'ethics'...Right-wing bloggers leave their stain on the campaign...Republican shill comes to, notices that wingnuts are vicious...Conservative newspaper endorses a Democrat for the first time since 1936...Hate speech rises in the media...Missing the forest for the Acorn...Cable 'News'...Drudge's Influence...Fox sends Cease and Desist over McCain ad...Usual suspects hammer NYT...Fox 'News' spikes story on conservatives questioning Palin heft...FOX seems to attract creeps..

Beat the Press: Questions on the Bush bailout package

JOHN MCCAIN: Criminally Stupid, "Exaggerating Wildly", Willing Dupe, Dangerous Demagogue, Shameless Hypocrite, Pathological Liar, Clueless Warmonger, Not Qualified to be President

The Hill: Sarah Palin won't say whether veep is an executive post. I'm sooo sick of these fringe-dwelling asshats and their disdain for democracy.

Shakesville: Speak out against the Bush Dept.of Health and Human Services' latest assault on birth control and reproductive freedom.

MediaBloodhound: A closer look at the NYT/CBS poll

Bob Geiger: The Saturday Cartoons

James Fallows: Palin shares some toxic traits with our current leadership: Ignorance, lack of curiosity, 'decisiveness,' and of course, dishonesty. It's really epic. Is it possible to support a candidate who campaigns on the notion that expertise is simply irrelevant? Hell yeah! Facts are overrated.

The Anonymous Liberal: John McCain has become a pathological Pinocchio, spouting a torrent of lies.

The Brad Blog: Legendary rightwing vote-suppressor honored by Republicans in D.C.

The Big Picture: Hank Paulson's God Complex just got bigger. The Director of Government Bailouts, and head of the Socialism Department at Treasury has informed Congress to back off his turf.

Bob Geiger: The Saturday Cartoons

The Reaction: Nationalist kitsch and the GOP

naked capitalism: Foreclosures and delinquencies reach record highs. McCain nomination greeted by economic collapse

Corrente: Polish prosecutors probe Bush gulag at last

Ta-Nehisi Coates: What the white man means when he says "Ghetto"

Tomgram: In the course of any year, there must be relatively few countries on this planet on which U.S. soldiers do not set foot, whether with guns blazing, humanitarian aid in hand, or just for a friendly visit.

Bob Geiger: The Saturday Cartoons

The Existentialist Cowboy: Six years on, amid a failed invasion and war, only 3 percent of Americans believe the US will bring democracy to the Middle East.

Vagabond Scholar: Right-wing cartoon watch

GOOD 006:  Speaking of cartoons, this is an awesome strip

Simply Left Behind: Bad Air Day

HOLY CRAP: Punditosis often enables Holy Crap...Crackpot Creationists are taking their war on evolution to Turkey...More "Christian Nation" nonsense...Know thine enemy--The Libertarian Theocrats:...How Neoconservatives and the Religious Right have joined forces to fight stem cell research...We linked this story last week, but it deserves more attention...Taxpayer dollars used to promote Kentucky's Creation Museum... Presidential religiosity, race, and gender...

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Papamoka Straight Talk, Last Left Turn Before Hooterville, the field negro, earthfamilyalpha

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Joan Walsh at Salon:

Last week we told you that Salon was running two "Opus" cartoons, featuring spiritual seeker Lola Granola's stint as a "radical Islamist," that many newspapers, including the Washington Post, declined to publish. This week, Salon is running Berkeley Breathed's original, unedited version of the Lola Granola finale, and it's slightly different from the one approved for distribution to newspapers by the Washington Post Company.[..]

As I noted last week, Editor & Publisher and others reported that some newspapers had concerns about running a cartoon that might somehow be construed as insensitive to Muslims. I'd like to insert a line here about Salon's courage in running these two strips, but I didn't see anything that made me think twice about them -- except the news that others wouldn't publish them. We're proud to have Breathed as a contributor, and sad about what this episode says about newspaper publishing today.

(Great picture of an espresso shot pour via CoffeeGeek.)

The Sunday Talking Head line-up is ready for the reading. It's a whole lotta Rove...there is not enough espresso in the whole world. In the meantime, Bob Geiger has a fantastic round-up of editorial cartoons from the past week. And for an additional laugh, enjoy this Rudy's "foreign policy" (and I use that loosely) take-down from Fred Kaplan in Slate. Priceless.

What is catching you eye in the news or on the blogs this morning?

(Photo of a cafe con leche in NYC via ciordia9.)

The Sunday Talking Head line-up is ready for the reading this morning. It's a mixed bag -- more Stephen Hadley again this morning, and a sprinkling of Democratic Senators in and among the Republican ones. The Lindsey Graham/Jim Webb match-up could get interesting with the right questions. But they are on Meet the Press this morning, so I'm not exactly holding my breath.

What's catching your eye in the news or on the blogs this morning? If you missed these yesterday, Bob Geiger has some great editorial cartoons this week.

(Chocolati mocha photo via ChrisB in SEA.)

The Sunday Talking Head line-up is ready for perusal.

Wonder if there will be any questions about President Bush's obstruction of justice maneuver with the Libby commutation? If nothing else, I am looking forward to the Sen. Pat Leahy interview. Bob Geiger has some great weekend cartoons for everyone -- do not miss the Handelsman animation.

What is catching your eye on the blogs or in the news this morning?