Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman is four days away from launching his official Republican presidential bid, and he has been teasing his announcement (set to occur, for some reason, in New Jersey) with avant-garde mini-films of a man riding a motorcycle through a desert. The first installment let the audience in on the secret of his old band. His new ad, released today, highlights the international nature of his family.

Regardless of whether or not you support Sarah Palin, it’s wildly apparent that the former governor of Alaska has contributed to pop culture in a way few other politicians ever have (save, perhaps, for Bill “I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman” Clinton and Rick “Santorum” Santorum). Palin’s influence is such that, with a single sound bite, she can send the entire nation into a tizzy over whether or not bells were involved in Paul Revere‘s famed ride, with the debate spilling over onto Wikipedia.

Now, Palin has managed to alter the definition of a commonly used online slang term.

In what could develop into one of the most bizarre media stories in recent memory, Big Government is reporting that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) attempted to send a close-up photo — that’s extreme in more ways than one — to a user via Twitter. But the method by which this story evolved, late at night with no official comment and few leads, creates a web of questions through which the career of any participant could fall. Update: Politico is reporting that Rep. Weiner claims that his Twitter account had been hacked.

Say what you will about bizarre-coiffed Irish confectionery pop trinket “Jedward,” but the kids sure have their priorities straight! While the Eurovision stars were thrilled about meeting and performing for the leader of the free world on President Obama’s trip to the British Isles this week, they made it very clear– on paper and spoken word– that they’re only using him as a stepping stone towards meeting the actual most important citizen of the United States: Britney Spears.

Monday nights of The Daily Show often serve as a recap of stories that broke later in the previous week, that sometimes have a “clearinghouse” effect that makes the episode feel less newsworthy. Occasionally however, there are great news moments — combined with very clever and insightful writing — that create comedy magic. Like tonight, when Jon Stewart took Sarah Palin’s “WTF” assessment of Obama’s State of the Union speech and came up with the only logical conclusion: Sarah Palin is a Russian Agent!

During Wednesday night’s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin delivered a nonsensical rebuttal to President Obama‘s State of the Union address that has been a topic of conversation on cable news all week. While there are legitimate reasons to mock Palin’s response, the claim that she said the Soviet Union “won the space race,” repeated again on Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, just isn’t true.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin offered her thoughts on President Obama‘s State of the Union address to Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren Wednesday night, and while she cleverly zeroed in on the unfortunate abbreviation of the speech’s “Win The Future” theme, Palin’s analysis quickly went rogue with reality. Despite her proximity to its launch site, Palin displayed ignorance of Sputnik 1‘s significance (both in the speech, and in Soviet history), and offered a bizarre non-prescription for America involving something called “Spudnuts.”

Well its nice to know that U.S. intelligence leaders appear to have a sense of humor (or are at least familiar with Internet culture.) The Washington Post is reporting today that the Central Intelligence Agency has launched a special task force designed to assess the impact of WikiLeaks . The task force is reportedly referred to as W.T.F. Ha!

This morning, the Fox & Friends gang invited journalism veteran Geraldo Rivera to talk about his impressive 40th anniversary in journalism and famous love of hurricane coverage.

What they didn’t expect, was Rivera presenting what is the weirdest counter-terrorism proposal ever made: Hurricanes.

The good people at NMA News, the Taiwanese news service that made a name for itself with its bizarre computer animated coverage of, among other things, the Al Gore scandal and January’s Late Night Wars, is back with a vengeance, and this time they’ve set their eyes on Sarah Palin‘s 2012 prospects.

CNBC anchor Dennis Kneale‘s contract is up soon with the business network, and he’s found an odd way to make a pitch to stay around Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

He’s gone public about the contract status, taking a shot at execs in the process, in a Business Insider profile sure to ruffle what are likely the last feathers of his stay at the network.

So who at NBC thought it would be a good idea for the special today to be, among other things, fried chicken, “in honor of Black History Month”?

Because, spoiler alert – it wasn’t a good idea at all. And now NBCU employee Questlove is bringing it to the attention of his 1 million plus Twitter followers.

Did you ever wonder how many Americans want to replace Uncle Sam with an older version of New York Yankees star and former steroid-user Alex Rodriguez? I mean, of course you did, because you smoke marijuana.

Anyway, CBS News decided to take the best ideas you probably thought up while you were high and ask a bunch of Americans in the latest 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. Click through for the results to that question and more!