5 Gists You Ain't Know About Sarah Palin

The Insider spoke to Palin's closest friends and found out, uncovering these five (more) things you may not know about her:

• She's frugal. "Sarah gave me a thank-you card after I helped her with her lieutenant-governor race," said her friend, Kristen Cole, who has known the Alaska governor since childhood. "She liked the card so much that she didn't sign it so I could give it to someone else."
  
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  She's a techie. Palin prefers texting to phone calls.


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  She's a rock fan. She named her son Trig Paxton Van Palin because it sounds like the band Van Halen. Says friend Judy Patrick, a former city council member who has known Palin for 12 years, "How cool was that to have a kid named Van Palin?"
  
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  She's adaptable. Palin used to wear Mary Kay lipstick, but she now prefers MAC.


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  She's a traditionalist. Palin is against waxing. Cole recalls: "I remember that one of her girls wanted to get her legs waxed, and Sarah said, 'Are you kidding me? What's wrong with a razor?' "

Madonna Has Things for Black Men

Madonna seen here performing over the weekend for her 'Sticky and Sweet Tour' held at The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and UK. And according to NY Daily News She is leaving concertgoers with a crystal-clear impression of her less than favorable opinion of the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee.

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The News said: During the four-act show in Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, a video interlude showed images of destruction, global warming, Adolf Hitler,Zimbabwe's authoritarian President Robert Mugabe and - you guessed it - McCain. In another sequence that was shown later, the images were meant to be positive. Madonna showed pix of late Beatle John Lennon, former Vice President Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi and presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
Her action got a prompt response from McCain's campaign. In a statement, Tucker Bounds, McCain's spokesman, slammed Madonna and labeled Obama as a kindred celebrity. "The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time," he said. "It clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off-limits."

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It appears this Madonna' drama is another of her many affinities for dark skin men.

Barack Obama Can’t Solve Black Problem, Jesse

For those who think presumably President Barack Obama would translate into African Americans' problem being solved need to think twice. I once expressed similar concern, few months ago, in my other blog. This past weekend, Obama bluntly expressed what he expects from the black community. Obama wants black communities especially the fathers to be more responsible in caring for their families; and Reverend Jesse Jackson ain’t happy about it: he thinks Obama is disrespecting black folks. According to Fox News, Jesse Jackson said: "I want to cut his nuts out for talking down to black folks - by giving moral lectures to African-Americans." Well, it remains to be seen how this would affect Obama’s campaign moving forward.