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1. The US makes Polish missile defense deal official. Russia is pissed.

2. Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential prick is going to speak at the Republican National Convention.

3. Rachel Maddow got her own show! The world rejoices.

4. Cindy McCain has not one but two forgotten half sisters.

5. Obama veepstakes speculation reaches fever pitch. Howard Fineman Joe Biden, while Ralph Nader calls it for Clinton. No cares who McCain picks, though it seems like right now he's leaning toward some guy whose name rhymes with Shmoe Shmieberman.

6. Orson Scott Card, author of many a great sci-fi novel, says that gay marriage marks the end of democracy in America. Wow.

by Lee Camp, LeeCamp.net

The one article every liberal must read today:

IS MCCAIN ANOTHER GEORGE W. BUSH?
by Jack Cafferty, CNN
Yes. He is. But please Jack Cafferty, tell me why that sucks.

The one article every liberal must read today:

PENGUIN KNIGHTED IN NORWAY
by Raphael G. Satter, Huffington Post

Just because it's Friday, we bring you the story of Sir Nils Olav, the penguin who was recently knighted in Norway, after serving three years as honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King's Guard. I guess this is also the read of the day just because it's true.

Baracky's back in Baracky II. Check it.

1. Reading Liberally Page-Turner Nixonland by Rick Perlstein has been named one of the Best Books of the Year by Amazon.

2. Michael Phelps: Another gold, another world record. That's 6 if you're counting.

3. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is expected to resign. I'd like to echo Matt's sentiments:

This is a nuclear-armed regime on the border of Afghanistan selling nukes to anyone with enough cash. Not good. At all.

4. The Russia-Georgia conflict is escalating. Poland agreed to host a US missile shield base. No links. Too depressing. Use the Google for more.

5. Obama reached the two-million donor mark, meaning that almost one out every 150 Americans has donated to the Obama campaign.

6. MUST READ: In the wake of Josh Green's dump of all the nasty and ugly emails from inside the Clinton campagin, the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg has finally dug up some secret memos from the Obama camp.

7. McCain's internet policy sucks.