Here’s a letter from someone in Tehran who obviously wants to remain anonymous describing the fallout from the election: It’s becoming increasingly clear that this was a palace coup, a palace coup in the style of Peru’s Fujimori. The Guardian Council has to accept the election results. All eyes are now on Hashemi Rafsanjani, who…

Letterman defends his jokes about Palin’s 14-year-old daughter (no apology): Link: In making his defense he says that he wouldn’t make jokes about a 14-year-old having sex but unfortunately for him, he did. As I noted, Willow was in attendance not Bristol. His jokes were aimed at the daughter in attendance. Not naming the daughter…

Like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr: Army public affairs managers have worked hard to share the service’s stories through social sites like Flickr, Delicious and Vimeo. Links to those sites featured prominently on the Army.mil homepage. The Army carefully nurtured a Facebook group tens of thousands strong, and posted more than 4,100 photos to a Flickr…

If you’ve been off the Internet for the last two days or haven’t been watching TV, then you might have missed the inappropriate joke made by a 62 year-old man about a underage minor (a point made by Palin in response to Letterman’s jokes): The “Late Show” host also took a shot Palin’s daughter, while…

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