Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- CPSIA – Comments & Observations: CPSIA – Dents in the Education Market – Just to show that crazy-ass zero tolerance laws can affect more than just students — they can affect (in the case of these new consumer protection regulations) students’ education, too. Craziness.
- Mind Control – Answers in Genesis – Eek! Evolutionary Mind Control Rays! Get your aluminium foil helmets on tight!
- lulz – HA!
- Captain Jacks Special scene on “Tonights the Night” – Fan Boy Glee!
- Fan-made Green Lantern Trailer with Nathan Fillion. – Very cool, very well done.
- Homophobes in Maine claim gay marriage will cause straight people to commit adultery – Money quote: “It really is fascinating, however, how quickly the religious right has pivoted from arguing that gays don’t deserve civil rights because we’re all sexbots, to now arguing that if gays are given incentives to be monogamous, straights will become sexbots.”
- Remember, Republicans are viscerally opposed to filibustering judicial nominees – “Unconstitutional for thee, but not for me.”
- Manga collector faces 15 years in jail because some of his comics included sexual images of children – I wondered when this would happen.
- California is Safe – Heh. Of course, no doubt some conservatives are appalled that Clark and Lois got married — I mean, he’s not even human fergoshsakes! No wonder Metropolis has so many problems.
- Wingnuts spin madly over Sotomayor [Thoughts from Kansas] – More GOP “It’s okay when we do it, but don’t you dare do it, too, Democrats!” hypocrisy.
- Is the original Alien the latest movie to get the reboot? – Saw a few clips of this recently — and it’s still a weird-spooky-scary flick. I really don’t think it needs a remake. Really.
- The Werewolf, Vampire and Ghost Flatmates Are Moving To America [Being Human] – Sounds worth giving a try!
- Onset of the “Great Dying” extinctions linked to volcanism – Ars Technica – See, folks? This is science — where we keep examining and reviewing and finding new evidence and refining our theories to go with it. We go from looking at reality to understanding it. What a concept!
- Flashback: Alito Knows A Thing Or Two About Empathy Also – Amazing how “empathy” and “life experiences” used to be a strength when it was conservative justices being nominated.
- Documents show Chrysler dealership closings were not politically motivated – The Macomb Daily News: Breaking news coverage for Macomb County, Michigan – Yeesh. Persecution complex much?
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