American Weapons Working Just Fine For Israel

• Hey remember that time Russia went INSANE retaliating against Georgia, which had but "lobbed" a few missiles up their creek, and Russia was suddenly evil again? Well... parallels! Different conclusion! [ NYT ]

• Bristol Palin finally crapped out her kid, Tripp Easton Von Dildo Palin Aniston Mozzarella Stick Johnston. [ People ]

• Consumer confidence drops to all-time low as consumers migrate to the holy land of Self-Loathing. (People have no money.) [ WP ]

• Oh and in case you were wondering, yes, independent farmers are still fucked, this has not changed. [ WSJ ]

• NASA: Don't take our robots away. Please. Please do not take away... our robots. [ NYT ]

• Canadian snowmobilers are constantly dying in avalanches, in Canada. [ LA Times ]