The way to transition into a new political phase is not to drop a Friday, July 3rd, last-minute press conference. Not without precedence: making a deal with the authorities to give up your position in exchange for not having charges brought against you.
Then again, maybe Palin was inspired by the overwhelming success of John McCain's campaign-suspension trick.
Anyway, good news! Hopefully she runs in 2012 solely to fragment the right. I mean, I love Sarah Palin. She's like a mirror held up to the Republican Party to show them what taking all of their ideas to the extreme yields.
To which I can only say, "Ha ha!"
Comment by pbump on Jul 3, 21:01
I can only assume that the official statement's liberal use of caps is a tribute to Billy Mays.
Listening to Pandora while at the campaign office and realized we've heard hip-hop from every borough except Manhattan: Bronx (KRS), Brooklyn (Biggie), Queens (Tribe) and Staten Island (Wu-Tang).
LA bloggers discover that local vegan joints are actually vegetarian at best. Could be worse.
A 
ty cop on the L train confiscates and threatens to kill a small, sick dog and then molests its owner for good measure.
ty cop on the L train confiscates and threatens to kill a small, sick dog and then molests its owner for good measure.Vanity Fair reveals the greatest fraud perpetrated on the American people in the past twelve months: that anyone not named 'Palin' thought the Republican VP choice could actually handle the job.
According to the article, many senior staff on the McCain campaign came to the conclusion that she was unfit in October - which is still remarkably slow on their parts.
The Times covers a project to map little known historical sites.
As you watch this video of Michael Jackson's father, remember that he's fighting for custody of Jackson's kids.
Mannahatta continues to educate. Governor's Island is three times its original size, due in large part to fill from the excavation of the Lexington Ave subway. And in the 1780s, it was so cold that the harbor was sufficiently frozen to allow the British to drag cannon from Staten Island to the Battery.
Reading Mannahatta, a book given to me by my sister that details the natural history of the city. I have so far learned that the original Lenape Indian name means "land of many hills" and that 1/3rd of all public transit trips in the US happen here each year.
Good stuff from the Times, worth sharing in its entirety.
