CIA Claims Super Secret Operation Kept Super Secret From Everyone Because Dick Cheney Told Them To

The Really: The New York Times reports the super-secret operation kept from Congress was on orders from VP Cheney. But what was it???

MAVs? Death squads? Smart Dust? 

The specualtion is rife with thoughts that it may have to do with assassination squads.  What else? 

Read the breaking news here.

Former NFL Quarterback Steve McNair Murdered Today

This death thing is getting a little much. Now former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been shot and murdered. McNair, 36, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in downtown Nashville. A female victim was also found dead. Stay tuned for more details.

Sarah Palin Quits!

The Really: Sarah Palin quits because she will not be running again for Alaskan governor and she doesn't want to spend Alaskans money being a lame duck on trade missions.  Huh??!!

Clearly she intends to run for president in 2012 but she will never be able to say she is not a quitter.  Also her speech looks like it was written by Governor Sanford....ramble...alice in wonderland....bizarro world.

Andrea Mitchell is reporting that sources close to Palin says she is going to be out of politics FOREVER!

Of course what this is looks like is MONEY! That's right.  Palin talked about how much her family is in debt from legal fees and by resigning the Governorship she is free to command 100s of Ks an appearance, milllions more on tv shows and books and all the other things that come with being a celebrity.

Al Franken Finally Good Enough! MN Supremes Okay Election

 

The Really: So the longest senatorial election in the history of mankind is finally over and Al Franken is the other Senator from Minneanoplace.  

Colman still hasn't run out of courts (he can appeal to the federal system and that would be at least two more court cases) but in his press conference after the ruling he said he accepted the ruling. 

Billy Mays: Pitchman And Last Man Making Money In America Is Dead At 50

The Really: Billy Mays, beloved pitchman and voice of many products sold on TV is dead at 50. After last week this is totally a sign that the End Times have come.

He had a great sense of humor about his work as evidenced in this parody which he participated in. We will miss him.

John Edwards Sex Tape? Equal Time For Democratic Politicians

The Really: If you think Gov. Sanford of South Carolina has a whacky personal life wait till FORMER friend of presidential contender John Edwards, Andrew Young, gets his story out there.

As reported in Gawker this weekend:

There's a John Edwards/Rielle Hunter sex tape out there, says a former Edwards aide, Andrew Young, in a book proposal that is "impossible to put down." Other stuff: John Edwards was waiting for Elizabeth Edwards to die so he and Hunter could get married. Elizabeth Edwards believes Young stole the baseball card collection of Wade Edwards. It kind of gets crazier and crazier. The book got picked up by St. Martin's.

The Sexy Sanford Emails: A Jilted Boyfriend With An AOL UK Account?

The Really: Who sent the emails that helped expose Governor Sanford's affair? Would you believe Maria's "other" boyfriend?

The State has released much more information about the origin of the emails that led to Sanford's recent troubles:

The e-mails were from the personal e-mail address of Gov. Sanford to a woman in Argentina named Maria. Those e-mails outlined a sexual affair.

The editorial page editor who retrieved the e-mail replied to it, asking who the e-mailer was.

There was no response.

When the e-mails were sent to the newsroom, a reporter and editor there both e-mailed the AOL account in the United Kingdom, asking questions. There was no response.

Then, the reporter e-mailed Maria. Again, there was no response.

Attempts to electronically divine whether the e-mails were genuine also failed to produce results.

AND:

Some questions remain unanswered.
• Where did the e-mails come from?
The State’s staffers suspected Maria or a friend of hers.
Friday night, The New York Times reported that, according to an Argentine source, the e-mails had been sent by a jilted boyfriend of Maria’s.
Her e-mails refer to another boyfriend. But, Maria wrote, she did not love him, only Sanford.
That unnamed boyfriend discovered the Sanford-Maria e-mails and decided to lash out at “your governor,” the Times reported.
When Maria found out her e-mails had been sent to The State, she ended the relationship with the unnamed boyfriend, the Times said.

Much more at The State.

Jenny Sanford Speaks To AP: "There Is Not Room For Three People In A Marriage"

The Really: There is not a single word about Michael Jackson in this post. Oops.

Jenny Sanford speaks in an AP interview. Well at least she sounds sane. Click to listen.

The Day The King Died...The King Of Pop Michael Jackson Has Died

News agencies all over the world are reporting that Michael Jackson has died from an apparent heart attack. Stay tuned for updates. Jackson, 50 years old, was rushed to the hospital Thursday and stayed in a coma until he expired this afternoon.

Michael Jackson Heart Attack: Taken To Hospital

The Really: Bad day for celebrities.

TMZ and the Los Angeles Times are reporting that Michael Jackson was rushed to a hospital after suffering cardiac arrest.