Pretty brutal analysis of ludicrous showman hack Piers Morgan, current CNN bot, former News of the World honcho—though to be fair, it sounds like Morgan was genuinely moved by the celebrity voicemails he was forced to listen to! (Poor Paul McCartney, begging Heather Mills to come back.) The point being: "In a series of typically show-off statements, he made it clear that (a) hacking was no big deal, (b) he knew how to do it, and (c) lots of journalists were at it." Warning: analysis contains the quote "Piers loves the old rumpy-pumpy."

The Capitol in Madison has become Kafkaesque. On Sunday, an order that the building be cleared by 4 p.m. brought hundreds (maybe thousands) flooding into the dome in the afternoon. A good many of these protesters had taken the measure that identified them as prepared to be arrested: ACLU's phone number written on a body part, in ink. READ MORE

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I don't know. Really?

Oh boy. None of the above?

I kind of take back everything bad I've ever said about Anderson Cooper (except why does he keep wearing what look to be winter-weight suits while he is on assignment in July, in Santa Barbara?) after this interview, conducted after Sarah Palin's surprising, crazy and transparent resignation as Alaska's government. Oh it is wonderful, and only gets more hilarious and maddening as it goes on. The only people crazier than Sarah Palin are the people who are willing to work for her.

Someone wanna check in with all the CNN.com readers, see if everything's okay? Because, wow, dark.

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