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Coz he's got gum cleavage.

Bristol Palin Is Pretty Typical

Annals of Sociology: Red Sex, Blue Sex: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

The vast majority of white evangelical adolescents—seventy-four per cent—say that they believe in abstaining from sex before marriage. (Only half of mainline Protestants, and a quarter of Jews, say that they believe in abstinence.) Moreover, among the major religious groups, evangelical virgins are the least likely to anticipate that sex will be pleasurable, and the most likely to believe that having sex will cause their partners to lose respect for them. (Jews most often cite pleasure as a reason to have sex, and say that an unplanned pregnancy would be an embarrassment.) But, according to Add Health data, evangelical teen-agers are more sexually active than Mormons, mainline Protestants, and Jews. On average, white evangelical Protestants make their “sexual début”—to use the festive term of social-science researchers—shortly after turning sixteen. Among major religious groups, only black Protestants begin having sex earlier.

There's only so much faith available in the face of hard reality. It's difficult to understand how evangelicals, sincere though they may be, can continue to push an agenda totally transparent to their children's hormones.

Dude, I'm Waiting for My Dell

FT.com / Companies / IT - Netbooks lead computer growth

Despite the downturn in the economy, an unexpected surge in global consumer demand for the machines, known as “netbooks” or mini-notebooks, has turned them into one of the hottest new consumer-tech products in years.

“We expect there will be shortages before Christmas,” said Richard Doherty, an analyst at Envisioneering, a consumer technology research firm.

I can attest to that. I ordered a Dell Mini in September. Originally scheduled to ship October 10, now that date's been pushed to mid November.

Emma Crawford Days

There's an annual event in Manitou Springs, CO that commemorates a 19th century citizen, Emma Crawford. The story goes that after her death, heavy rains eroded her mountainside grave and her coffin tobogganed downslope.

The festivities begin with a hearse parade. Here's my favorite. Yes, the flamethrower is functional.

Thy Will Be Done

Top Stories: Palin tells Dobson election outcome is 'in God's hands' - Gazette.com

Dobson asked whether Palin was discouraged by polls showing the GOP ticket behind.

"To me, it motivates us, makes us work that much harder," Palin said. "And it also strengthens my faith, because I'm going to know, at the end of the day, putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4. So I'm not discouraged at all."

So when Obama is elected President it will be because God wants it that way. Great news. That should also mean the end of Sarah Palin's national office aspirations - she wouldn't want to go against God's clear will, would she?

This Is Really Surprising

Top Stories: | obama, campaign, area : Gazette.com

Even in an area dominated by Republicans, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has raised tens of thousands of dollars more than Sen. John McCain, a Gazette analysis of campaign finance records found.
Obama's money advantage in the Colorado Springs area is insignificant in the context of a record-breaking season for campaign spending, but any edge for a Democratic Party presidential candidate is a dramatic shift from historical trends.
Four years ago, President Bush's contributions from the Colorado Springs area were three times that of his rival, Sen. John Kerry. An edge for Obama is also the last thing many observers would expect from an area where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 2 to 1.
As of the end of August, Obama brought in $265,920 in donations from the city and surrounding areas, compared to McCain's $202,626.

In a county that hosts more evangelical organizations than any other in America, including Focus on the Family, a Democrat beating a Republican in campaign donations must herald the millennium.