We're really starting this already, huh? We've heard plenty about Mrs. Sarah Palin's plans three years from now -- not to mention her potential running mates, from Glenn Beck to Liz Cheney. Now, Newsweek chief and Mediaite Power Grid #1 magazine editor Jon Meacham is utilizing his pot-stirring big spoon to serve up a new name: Dick Cheney in 2012. Is he serious or seriously "trolling for traffic," as suggested by Salon's Glenn Greenwald. (more...)

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The joke may have been obvious, but the execution was flawless -- which is more than you can usually say for Saturday Night Live. Last night, the show got off to a shaky start with a plodding President Obama and China press conference that dithered with gay jokes, followed by a musical theatre-type monologue from host Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in which he sounded like Kermit the Frog and committed acts of physical comedy. But then, a digital short! That means tons of editing and high-quality footage and no line flubs and celebrity cameos and... voilà. Laughs. A topical movie parody paired with the author of the biggest book in the land: Sarah Palin, 2012, Glenn Beck, Going Rogue -- just watch: (more...)