Daily Blend: Friday, October 07, 2011

Pictured: Nigerian prince(ess)

I don’t have much to say about Steve Jobs’s passing, not being an Apple user, though I would note that the fact that millions learned of his passing on a device he invented attests to his momentous legacy.

• Federal judge refuses to punish CIA for destroying interrogation tapes because the CIA says it won’t do it again. Wait, why are you laughing?
  (via @ggreenwald)

• Man’s desperate last-ditch attempt to overturn 145-year prison sentence for sex crime that “victim” now says never happened.
  (via The Agitator)

• Topeka, Kansas considers decriminalizing domestic violence to save money.

• Sarah Palin finally drops the pretense and preemptively quits the U.S. presidency. Ed Brayton summarizes my sentiments perfectly. This leaves us with only 15 more clowns on the Republican roster.
  (via @BreakingNews)

• Speaking of which, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart reveals how Palin took fundraising into “Nigerian prince territory” with some help from Bristol.
  (via @todayspolitics)

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Tags: Steve Jobs • Apple • CIA • Alvin Hellerstein • Charles Farrar • Sacha Farrar • Topeka, KS • domestic violence • domestic abuse • austerity measures • Sarah Palin • Ed Brayton • SarahPAC • Bristol Palin • scams • fraud • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show