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Barack Obama dismisses the trashy debate last night and then … does he give Hillary Clinton a subtle middle finger? No, sadly — it’s two fingers, and he appears to have an itch on his face or whatever. But it is an important clue into how crazy everyone is going that this video from a local teevee staion in North Carolina is suddenly being sent out by the anti-Obama Internets. ALSO: Funny extended version of this video, in the comments. [YouTube]

• No matter what she says, Cindy Sheehan has no, and will never have, a reason to go to Norway. [Sweetness & Light]

• Christopher Hitchens has a disease, and the cure is a strict regimen of shut-the-fuck-up. [Ezra Klein]
• “We may be looking at emerging evidence of a homosexual recruitment ring that operated on Capitol Hill.” [Accuracy In Media]
• Oh hell yeah, it’s what we’ve been waiting for: $150,000 a year for being born American. U-S-A! U-S-A! [Hit & Run]
• Pentagon reporters will get a mea culpa from Rumsfeld — after they squeeze it from his cold dead lips. [Power Line]
• White House thankful baseball players are lousy pilots, giving us a chance to show how “ready” America is to defend condos. [HuffPo]
• Al Franken isn’t even as funny as he looks. [Galley Slaves]
• Terrorism confessions to surge as government now offers acid to detainees. [TPMMuckraker]
• Bill O’Reilly, flag peddler, doesn’t wear his own products and likes to keep his $1500 suits pinhole free while supporting the terrorists. [Media Matters]

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