[Editor's Note: Sometimes a story so wholly surreal comes along that just cannot be ignored; last night's political earthquake in Massachusetts was just such an event and brought Dillon out of his self-imposed blogging repose to relay the story in his own way.]

While crawling along the Freeway of Public Discontent, a year-old infant last night was struck and critically injured by a fast-moving truck in a team of ambulance chasers that had just left a tea party and were following reports of a crash farther up the road.

In what has become a satirical sensation, Saturday Night Live viewers expecting to be entertained once again by the show’s characterization of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin were not disappointed last night. Tina Fey returned for the third time as Gov. Palin — this time facing off against Jason Sudeikis as U.S. Sen. Joe Biden in a spoof of Thursday’s vice-presidential debate. Queen Latifah more than held her own as debate moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS.

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