Info from Unauthorized Bio of Palin Censored.

Remember Joe McGinniss, who lived next door to Sarah Palin whilst gathering information to write her unauthorized biography? His book has been published and choice tidbits have been released in the form of Doonesbury strips, censored by newspapers who usually carry Garry Trudeau's biting syndicated political caricatures.

Here's filmmaker Nick Broomfield at the Toronto International Film Festival, speaking about the subject of his new documentary. The money shot? Around the 5 minute mark, Palin blathers incoherently about "death panels".

The pix above are from a location to which I won't link, given its racist tone on the topic of Palin's alleged frolics with pro athletes when she worked as a sports reporter in Anchorage.

Darwin biopic "Creation" will not be shown in the US?

Creation, the movie that opened the Toronto International Film Festival was originally developed by the BBC and UK films council. So far, not even one US film distribution company has shown an interest in showing the production in that country. From here:

Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin's "struggle between faith and reason" as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts him as a man who loses faith in God following the death of his beloved 10-year-old daughter, Annie. ...

It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia. However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution. ...

The film has sparked fierce debate on US Christian websites, with a typical comment dismissing evolution as "a silly theory with a serious lack of evidence to support it despite over a century of trying".

Jeremy Thomas, the Oscar-winning producer of Creation, said he was astonished that such attitudes exist 150 years after 'On The Origin of Species' was published. "That's what we're up against. In 2009. It's amazing," he said.

Aren't those quaint 'Murricans and their "free speech for me but not for you" notions just too amusing?