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Budget fantasy won't help us cope with coming fiscal disaster
Independent voices from the TWT Communities

Bristol Palin was the victim last week of verbal abuse by a 47-year-old heckler who called her "white trash" and her mother, Sarah Palin, a "whore."
Levi Johnston writes in his upcoming book that his ex-girlfriend Bristol Palin was so angry about her mother's pregnancy with son Trig that she wanted to get pregnant, too.

Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's son, will not be running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, anytime soon, according to RadarOnline.
Levi Johnston won't be mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, anytime soon.

Elizabeth Olsen may love the HBO series "Sex and the City," but that doesn't mean the "Silent House" actress feels she could fit in with show's four single New York City women.

Lady Gaga's bizarre antics don't seem so funny to the Life Rolls On Foundation. The advocacy group for people with disabilities recently condemned Lady Gaga for rolling out onstage in a wheelchair during one of her concerts.
Bristol Palin writes in her new book of losing her virginity to boyfriend Levi Johnston on a camping trip after getting drunk for the first time on too many wine coolers.

The Associated Press? Skewing a poll? Uh-oh.
Levi Johnston is promising to set the record straight about the Palin family.

Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's pursuit of the Episcopal priesthood has been put on hold indefinitely.
Lawyer: Bruno Mars court date postponed in Vegas
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has had his Las Vegas court appearance for a cocaine charge postponed. Attorney David Chesnoff told The Associated Press the 25-year-old "Just the Way You Are" singer did not have to appear in person Thursday in a Las Vegas courtroom.

Sarah Palin isn't done with Levi Johnston. And she isn't crazy about "American Idol," either.

Brace for it. Julian Assange has stepped back in the news.
Enough already. Among news organizations that have examined facts and rejected White House claims that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce used foreign money to fund political ads: the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, The Washington Post, Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, the Hill, Powerline, the Daily Caller and Real Clear Politics.
"And make a few bucks while you're at it, right?"
Daily Caller: Bristol Palin heckled while out in Los Angeles →
The tongue-tied Mr. Johnston replied, "I tell everything in that book ... I kind of got tired of people talking about my family. ... It was time for me to ... lay it all out there for everybody."
Daily Caller: Bristol Palin heckled while out in Los Angeles →

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