Palin is too much of a chucklehead and too unpredictable. Probably too stupid even to follow orders properly. I doubt even the oligarchy who chooses the President of the United States would actually want her as President.

She's a clown and a diversion.  She's bait. Another target to focus anger and frustration and criticism on, so that people will be deflected from paying attention to the same kind of policies Obama along with every president for the past six or more decades has been implementing.

So this Time cover may be the beginning of the right wing oligarchy controlled media setting up the appointment of the president they really want for 2012, by using Palin to scare the left and the center into voting for their real candidate. The one who is  doing their bidding so well now.

Remember this from the end of June?: Bill Maher: 'Democrats are the new Republicans'

"We don't need a third party. We have a center right party, and a crazy party. Democrats have moved to the right, and the right has moved into a mental hospital."

Maher scoffs at the notion that Obama is a socialist: "He's not even a liberal."

Hammering in his point, Maher asks, "Shouldn't there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting military spending? Straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal healthcare, legalizing pot, and steep, direct taxing of polluters?"

"These aren't radical ideas," Maher stresses, "The majority of Americans are either already for them, or would be if they were properly argued and defended; and what we need is an actual progressive party to represent the millions of Americans who aren't being served by the Democrats."

"Because bottom line," he concludes "Democrats are the new Republicans."

The tribute, though, was very sweet and moving. It was also so sad when one remembers that time when  American journalists tried to give us the real news, instead of whatever the storyline is being spewed by the popular kidz.

Jumbo flying squid have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, California, spooking scuba divers and beachgoers after washing up dead on the beaches.

The carnivorous cephalopods, which weigh up to 45kg (100lb), came up from the depths last week, with swarms of them roughing up unsuspecting divers. Some reported tentacles enveloping their masks and yanking at their cameras and gear.

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Roger Uzun, a veteran scuba diver and amateur underwater videographer, swam with a swarm of the creatures for about 20 minutes and said they appeared more curious than aggressive. The animals taste with their tentacles, he said, and seemed to be touching him and his wet suit to determine if he was edible.