Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Michele Bachmann Links Swine Flu To Democrats, Gets History Wrong (VIDEO) – Say you were Michelle Bachmann. And say you were stark, raving bonkers. But I repeat myself.
- Dork Tower April 21, 2009 – App-ter the Goldrush – Heh. Facebook = AOL does Blogs + Twitter with Extra Helpings of MEMES! (That said, it’s got a lot of folks on it that aren’t anywhere else, so it’s not like I’m dumping it.)
- GRB 090423: The Farthest Explosion Yet Measured – Amazing.
- Right Wing Reaction to Souter’s Retirement – EEK! OBAMA WILL APPOINT TEH EVIL ACTIVIST EXTREMISTS! TEH LIBERALZ! TEH NANNY STATEZ! TEH GAYZ! EXTREEEEEME! TEH ABORTIONISTS! TEH TRANSNATIONALISTS! EXTREEEEEEME!
- Jindal spares money for New Orleans Saints while slashing health care and education funding. – Remember — the GOP is the party of Fiscal Conservatism!
- Mental Exhaustion [The Frontal Cortex] – Hey, gimme some of that Placebo drink! You got it in diet?
- The words in the mental cupboard – BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine – A million words in the English language? Cool.
- Souter Said to Be Leaving Court in June – Just when you thought the political frenzy in Washington couldn’t get any more frenzied …
- At least he is realistic – You have been warned.
- When Memes Attack – Bwah-ha-ha!
- The Writer’s Type – I agree the new logo looks very nice, but as obscure as the old one was it simply reeked of “tradition” (in a good way), rather than “design.” It’s a shame to lose it.
- Monsters LLC, A Subsidiary Of Newscorp – This explains so much …
- Salad or fries? How the ‘healthy option’ can outwit us – Interesting. Just considering eating healthy makes us think we’re doing so, giving us permission to choose less healthy food.
- NOM Board Member Advocates Criminalization of Homosexuality, Overthrow of Government – People For the American Way – Orson Scott Card has long had a rep for being a bit looney. This … confirms it.
- The Likely Effect of Proposition 8 (and… | Gather – I don’t think this is particularly likely — but it’s quite plausible.
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Dave? Yeah, I figured out that Orson Scott Card was a loon about halfway through Ender’s Game….when I tossed the book in the trash.
“Biological imperatives trump laws”? So… we need to legalize rape? And robbery committed in the furtherance of a biological addiction to a drug?
But wait… If homosexuals have a biological imperative to mate with members of their own sex, that trumps laws against homosexuality!
I’m so confused.
Well, obviously you’ve mistaken “biological imperative” with “disgusting and unnatural and destructive behavior that willingly and sinfully entered into on a whim.” Which says, perhaps, more about the people who make the charge and their own sexuality than anything else.
But it’s an example why I continue to maintain that arguing over whether homosexuality is genetic/congenital or aesthetic — because even if one posits that it is “how folks are born” (something many anti-gay people will never accept), then anti-gays will make the same argument you do, Avo in your first paragraph.
The point is not whether it’s “natural” or not. The point is “So people are gay — so what? Why does it make a difference?”