The AFP photoservice ran an image taken from Tina Fey’s SNL performance last weekend as an actual picture of Governor Palin. Hey, I mean, they do look alike. But Amy Poehler ain’t no Katie Couric.

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1. Oops! Some Photo Editor is Busted

John McCain needs to work on his mic placement. We’re not above making obvious penis jokes.

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What does the U.S. have in common with Liberia and Burma? This makes me almost as proud as when that Michael Phelps guy wins.

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Greyhound wisely pulls their recent ad campaign after last week’s decapitation. It could have been worse, right? “Don’t lose your head in traffic. Go Greyhound.” Or: “Greyhound. You probably won’t be decapitated by a lone maniac while the other passengers helplessly stand by.”

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1. Greyhound Pulls “Bus Rage” Ads

TECH BUZZ: A site devoted to documenting when professionally made cakes go bad. What you’ll see: Cakes with misspelled words, cakes with unnecessary quotes, ugly cakes and cakes in the spirit of 2 Girls 1 Cup Cake and our favorite Wal-Mart cake ever.

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1. Cake Wrecks
2. Favorite #1: “Congraniate Nicole and Mark”
3. Favorite #2: This is Wrong in Every Conceivable Way
4. Favorite #3: Bad Chuck Norris Caricature Plus Typo Equals Happy Birthday

Fox News refers to the candidate’s wife in a new, offensive way. Because Michelle Malkin calling Michelle Obama her husband’s “bitter half” wasn’t quite spiteful enough, the Fox News team went that extra mile with blithe racism and misogyny in the lower third of the screen.

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1. Fox News Calls Michelle Obama a “Baby Mama”

The story behind Chumazik, the Eastern Bloc internet phenomenon. After appearing in the background of a Russian news report, covered in soot and making a silly face, miner Yury Tatarenkov was given the nickname Chumazik (or “Smudge Boy”) and became a cultural phenom. And then, after a little research, reporters learned Tatarenkov suffered from cerebral palsy. Whoops! *Cue clown whistle* While this story might normally make you taste your own bile, it’s nice to know that the original photog jokers are now raising money for Tatarenkov, who lives alone with his mother. See? Memes may come and go, but kindness lasts forever.

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1. The Story Behind Chumazik
2. A Series of Chumazik Memes [Yikes]
3. Chumazik On MySpace

CULTURE BUZZ: A rash of factual errors and misspellings plague America’s angriest signage. It turns out blog comments do have a precursor: Protest signs, usually angry, often wrong. Though there is something far sadder about someone laboring over their angry sign with paint or markers and still spelling ‘john’ incorrectly.

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1. Yes, English is a Good Language!
2. Parentheses Cannot Save You
3. Who Actually Needs The Brains Here, Guy?
4. History Can Be Tough
5. Toyota Has Done Something With the Law
6. The Three R’s No Longer Include Spelling

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Jamie Lynn Spears and Lily Allen announce their future motherhoods. Celebrities aren’t just like us - they apparently don’t have access to basic contraceptives.

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1. World Exclusive: Jamie Lynn Spears - “I’m Pregnant”
2. Huckabee’s Happy Spears Is Keeping Her Baby
3. Nickelodeon Plans Jamie Spears’ Pregnancy Special
4. Lynne Spears Still Moving Forward with Parenting Book
5. Casey Aldridge is NOT the father of Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby
6. Editorial Director of Star Magazine Blasts Lynne Spears
7. Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge Split?
8. Should Casey Aldridge Face Statutory Rape?
9. Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant: They’re Just Country Y’all! Yee Haw!
10. Is Jamie Lynn Spears’ Boyfriend Guilty of Statutory Rape?
11. Says The Baby-Daddy’s Mama: “Everything is fine”
12. Lily Allen Makes A Baby With A Chemical Brother
13. Jamie-Lynn and a Study in Statutory Rape
14. Jamie-Lynn Continues The Proud Spears Family Tradition
15. Who is This Casey Aldridge?
16. Lily Allen Pregnant Too!
17. Note to Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears: Washing vagina after unprotected sex does not prevent pregnancy
18. Andy Borowitz: How to Talk to Your Child about Jamie Lynn Spears
19. Illustration of Jamie Lynn Spears Birth Control Method