Read: This country was just under 200 electoral votes away from seriously FAILING.
Before I get into this, let me note the Palin posts will be dwindling sometime soon, but this was just too good not to blog.

Fox news has conveniently released this information a day after the elections, which is probably for the best. It’s been wildly reported by Palin’s aides that when discussing Africa in her room one day, she told her staff that the thought Africa was just a country. Furthering the polar bear’s lack of political knowledge, she said she had no clue what countries were in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Ok, I get the fact that 99% of the general population doesn’t know what the NAFTA is, but that’s because that 99% aren’t preparing to be the Vice-Fucking-President of the top country in the world. I’m a Music Industry major, so you would assume that I would know about record contracts, sound waves and smoking lots of drugs… ya’kno’wha’I'mean? As far as the Africa thing, I’m dumbfounded. That’s about a 1st grader’s level, you know, the same time they teach you about things like evolution and dinosaurs.

And while I’m Palin’ing, note that the bitch went hog wild with the McCain camp’s credit cards, spending well over her budget on high end brands. Personally, I would have done the same, so +1 for her.

Sarah Palin spent “tens of thousands” more than the quoted $150,000 on clothes for the Republican campaign, met McCain aides in her hotel room dressed in nothing but a towel, and did not know Africa was a continent, according to new reports.

Fox news has reported that Mrs Palin did not understand that Africa was a continent, not a country, and did not know what countries were in the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In separate claims made in the latest issue of Newsweek magazine, the Republican vice presidential nominee was reported to have been told to buy three suits for the Republican convention, and to hire a stylist. Instead, she went on a spending spree in upmarket stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

Quoting unnamed sources within the McCain camp, the magazine alleges that most of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who “was shocked when he got the bill.”

An angry aide described the shopping spree as “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast”, and predicted that the truth would eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

The magazine also claimed that Mrs Palin used low ranking staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards, and that up to $40,000 was spent on clothes for her husband Todd.

A number of articles of clothing have been lost, the magazine states.

The disclosures are made in “How He Did It, 2008″, in Newsweek’s Special Election Project, a behind-the-scenes account of the presidential election produced the day after the polls closed.

The magazine also claims that at the GOP convention in St. Paul, when aides Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her, Ms Palin walked into the room wearing only a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat to Todd, adding: “I’ll be just a minute.”

Other election revelations include that on the night Hillary Clinton officially lost the Democratic nomination, she enjoyed a long and friendly phone conversation with McCain.

“Clinton was actually on better terms with McCain than she was with Obama,” reports the magazine. “Clinton and McCain had downed shots together on Senate junkets; they regarded each other as grizzled veterans of the political wars and shared a certain disdain for Obama as flashy and callow. “

In regards to weather she helped or hurt the McCain ticket, I don’t have a clue.  On one hand she is a complete moron that had an actual shot of John dying in office, therefore leaving us with the idiotic hockey mom.  On the other side of things, she created a legion of die hard fans that could have switched over to Obama’s ticket.  One thing’s for sure, shes pissed about how she was portrayed in the media, as shown in this video.

OMG STOP WHATEVER YOU’RE DOING. THIS IS A BETTER USE OF YOUR TIME:

available only at superobamaworld.com

According to BBC, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered his congratulations to Democratic President Elect Barack Obama. I can already hear those hand-wringing, cro magnon browed McCain supporters and/or Fox News Pundits whipping themselves into a furor. “SEE. HE IS A MUSLIM TERRORIST! WE’RE DOOMED.” Yeah, that, or maybe it’s sign that we might not Bomb Iran like a certain other presidential candidate joked about/advocated. Entrenching our military in another Middle Eastern state doesn’t sound like a wise idea. Still, allowing Iran unrestricted nuclear research is nothing less than asinine.

Ahmadinejad is a fucker of mammoth proportions, and might very well bomb the hell out of Israel at the first opportunity of nuclear weaponry. Good luck walking that diplomacy tightrope, Barack.

From the BBC:

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered his congratulations to Barack Obama on his presidential win.

It is the first official message of goodwill presented to an American leader by the Islamic Republic.

In a key change to US foreign policy, Mr Obama has offered to open unconditional dialogue with Iran about its nuclear programme.

Mr Ahmadinejad called for the new US president to implement a foreign policy of “non-interference”.

In a message carried on official news agency Irna, Mr Ahmadinejad said: “I congratulate you on being able to attract the majority of votes of the participants of the election.”

The great nation of Iran welcomes basic and fair changes in US policies and conducts, especially in the region
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian President

“As you know the opportunities provided by the Almighty God, which can be used for elevation of nations, or God forbid, for their collapse, are transient,” the message continued.

“I hope you will prefer real public interests and justice to the never-ending demands of a selfish minority and seize the opportunity to serve people so that you will be remembered with high esteem,” it said, according to the English language website of Irna.

Justice and respect

Mr Ahmadinejad said Americans expected the government to “rectify the critical situation facing the US, restore lost reputation as well as their hope and spirit, fully respect human rights and strengthen family foundations”.

He continued: “Other nations also expect war-oriented policies, occupation, bullying, contempt of nations and imposing discriminatory policies on them to be replaced by the ones advocating justice, respect for human rights, friendship and non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs.

“They also want US intervention to be limited to its [own] borders, especially in the Middle East. It is highly expected to reverse the unfair attitude towards restoring the rights of the Palestinians, Iraqis and Afghans.

“The great nation of Iran welcomes basic and fair changes in US policies and conducts, especially in the region,” President Ahmadinejad said.

Diplomatic stand-off

Formal contacts between the US and Iran are very rare, though the two countries held three rounds of talks in 2007 on the subject of security in Iraq.

The two nations have not had diplomatic relations since shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the taking of hostages at the US embassy in Tehran for 444 days.

The country was a member of what President George W Bush called the “axis of evil”, while the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini described the US as the “Great Satan”.

Dialogue with Iran has been criticised by US ally Israel, with Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni calling on Mr Obama not to talk to Iran. She said such dialogue could project weakness.

Mr Ahmadinejad has made a series of blistering verbal attacks against Israel, calling for an end to the Israeli state, and he has described the holocaust as a “myth”.

Because you deserve it… Okay, fine, Canada, you can get in on this too.

You know what? To all those in palaces and parliaments, to the forgotten corners of the globe huddled around radios, this is for you too. You’re simply the best.

One of our favorite bloggers / record label promo gals, Angie, is in need of a new employer.

It’s a tough job market, and seeing as we just hired our next President, that’s one less possibility for her.  We like her and her social networking skills (hell, I’m writing a blog about it aren’t I? See? Skills.) so if you’re in need of such a person, hit her up.

(thanks for the art Natalie Dee, always an inspiration)

The sad tale of 15 year old Brandon Crisp, who ran away from home after his parents took away his XBOX gaming system, believing he had become addicted to the game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, has apparently ended today with the discovery of a body police believe to be Crisp’s:

The nearly month-long search for a teen who went missing after arguing with his parents over a video game ended in apparent tragedy Wednesday.

Hunters in an area northeast of Barrie found a body “pretty well believed” to be that of Crisp on Wednesday morning, within kilometres of his central Ontario home, police said.

No word if Crisp was An Hero, but the internet has already of course made that assumption. Either way, shit sucks for his folks, especially now that the internet hate machine is all over this story. On a semi-related note though, it kind of makes me want to try out Call of Duty 4. Must be a pretty badass game.