Monday Links: Saturday Night's Alright for Biden

* Ain't no party like a Joe Biden party.

* The Onion's timeline of women in combat.

* Pie charts can be misleading, from McSweeney's.

* The Rude Pundit examines Sarah Palin's Fox farewell.

* From Videogum, your complete guide to the Puppy Bowl.

* Meanwhile, The Complete Guide to Everything covers the Super Bowl.

* Whoa: Fox News pundits look exactly like Kids in the Hall characters.

* The Bugle podcast discusses the European Union, second terms and the other kind of football.

* What the hell is Lance Armstrong doing here? He doesn't belong here.

* Beat-boxing with a metronome and no performance enhancers.

* Five places to see America's human fossil record before you become part of it.

Tags: America, Daily Links, Fox News, Joe Biden, Kids in the Hall, Lance Armstrong, Military, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin, Saturday Night Live, Sports, Super Bowl, The Onion, vice president, Women's Rights

Sarah Palin Made $15.85 Per Word for Saying These Things

Sarah Palin lasted longer as a Fox News contributor than she did as governor of Alaska, but that doesn't make her departure any any less painful for those of us who savored every mangled word that traveled from her lungs to her lips, without making so much as a pit stop near her brain.

At least we know that she was well-compensated for all the schadenfreude-y joy she brought to our lives.

According to the Smart Politics blog, Palin spoke 189,221 words on air during the course of her million dollar contract with Fox News, for an average pay rate of $15.85 per word. In other words, when Palin said:

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Tags: Fox News, Media, Sarah Palin

Tweet Untweet: Hillary Clinton's Macbeth

Every time John McCain questions anyone’s judgement, Sarah Palin appears before him like Banquo’s ghost.

— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) January 23, 2013

Tags: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Libya, Sarah Palin, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Sarah Palin's Worst Moments of 2012

If you thought Sarah Palin peaked in 2008, you haven't been paying attention to her in 2012 (not that we blame you). So we're pleased to present an exclusive analysis we're calling The Worst Sarah Palin Moments of 2012 (So Far).

8. Palin calls Time magazine irrelevant for naming President Obama its Person of the Year, when really it's irrelevant for still trying to be in the print media.

7. In response to the mass shooting in Newtown, Palin sums up this horrific tragedy with a Cee Lo song and a crappy joke about the president.

6. Palin's son Trog (or something) gets a divorce after 18 months of marriage, and his family-values-having mom has no comment, because… family values.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Chick-fil-A, Conservatives, Mitt Romney, Money, Sarah Palin

Tweet Untweet: Palin Comparison

What's the difference between Susan Rice and a pitbull with lipstick? A 5.0 Stanford GPA, a Rhodes scholarship and an Oxford education.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 14, 2012

Tags: Sarah Palin, Susan Rice, Tweet Untweet, Twitter