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One of the best blogs I've read for keeping up with the latest facts about Sarah Palin is an Alaskan one called Mudflats.

Today I’m driving home in my new car. It’s the newest car I’ve ever owned at the time of purchase (out of three!), and it’s definitely the nicest.

Angelia is quite upset that Republican candidate for the 4th District state Senate seat of Mike Williams, Mike Faulk, beat her to the punch by revealing his daughter’s role in his campaign:

That's the purpose of Professor Schpinkee's Greenhouse Calculator -- an Australian website designed by global warming wackos for kids. Because of my consumption, which is fairly average, I am told "You should die at age 5." I am a greenhouse pig in the eyes of the left!

So, I made the mistake of typing my numbers into the CNN “How Much House Can I Afford” calculator and it turns out that, the conservative estimate of how much house I can afford is -41,990.21 dollars and the aggressive estimate is -30,871.65 dollars.

Billboard's Ed Christman got out his calculator and tried to figure out just how much money Apple makes from iTunes. A 30% margin and music (a Billboard estimate) gives a gross margin of $570 million. For expenses, Christman used Amazon.com as a benchmark.

Freddie O’Connell still thinks that we might be looking at a Obama/Clinton ‘08 ticket:

Jonathan Alter of Newsweek has an illuminating piece up about the thing that will matter more at the Democratic National Convention than media cycles or momentum: delegates–specifically pledged delegates. Alter’s conclusion, based on very generous delegate math (including Michigan and Florida), leaves Hillary as little better than a Huckabee with the benefit of proportional representation.

I need to check some blogs. Where is my calculator?

A mathematical formula to detect the most useful blogs. What a timesaver :)

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"...Given a budget of 100 blogs, the biggest bang for the buck belonged to the popular Instapundit blog"