Gawker had to refudiate its position of publishing excerpts from Sarah Palin's upcoming book after a court issued an injunction, forcing the gossip blog to take down the post (here's the "Page not found"). Still, as MediaDecoder points out, there's still Google Cache. more ›

Last week McCain/Palin supporters outed themselves in Park Slope, and it resulted in a friendly, neighborly discussion internet bashing over at the Brooklynian message board. One republican poster claims, "I think there are more of us out there than you think, we just know to keep our opinions to ourselves around Park Slope and NYC in general. Y'all can be pretty intolerant of dissenting viewpoints." Another righty delcares, "Sorry to burst your defeatocratist bubble but a lot of us Republicans have been here a long time..pre-Reagan. Long before entitled liberals started showing up and buying their million dollar brownstones and whining for free health care. So if anyone should leave it's you." The gloves are really comin' off now! Luckily, one local served up this solution when the thread got a little heavy on the abortion topic: "Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others." Hear, hear. Have you seen any campaign signs up lately? [via NYMag] more ›

The McCain/Palin campaign is having zero luck with their song choices. Following Heart, Survivor, the Foo Fighters, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne speaking out against the two-some using their songs, Bon Jovi has now spoken up after their tune "Home" was used at a rally or two. They released the following statement today: "We wrote this song as a thank you to those who have supported us over the past twenty-five years. The song has since become a banner for our home state of New Jersey and the defacto theme song for our partnerships around the country to build homes and rebuild communities. Although we were not asked, we do not approve of their use of 'Home.'" Still, probably didn't sting as badly as when Van Halen protested the use of one of their songs being used by the campaign (Palin's son's middle name is Van, as an homage to the band). more ›

The Zaro's in Grand Central Terminal has whipped up a political pastry whose sales are turning into an unscientific (but delicious) poll; their black & white cookies can now be purchased with the faces of the four candidates on them. That's right, all you Joe Six-packs out there can now sink your teeth into the former Miss Alaska hopeful, gosh darnit. more ›