Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- GOP Rep. Introduces Bill To Deny U.S. Funding For Nobel Winning IPCC Because Of Its ‘Junk Science’ – Anti-UN and anti-science, all in one neat, GOP package.
- Microbiology and Abortion [erv] – Yeah, if you’re going to blame the Wrath of God, it’s a good idea to get your facts straight first.
- Dave Carroll Says No To Guitar Hush Money From United [Follow Ups]: Chris Walters
- Hampton: Religious Buddies Drove Ensign To FedEx To Mail Letter To Cindy – Wow. Presidential material indeed.
- Katharine Zaleski: I Was Treated to a Foreign First World Public Health Care System – I had a similarly positive experience with the NHS two decades ago while on vacation there.
- FactCheck.org: Is it true that persons older than 59 can’t get heart surgery in England? – Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie. Partial — no, that’s a lie, too. Lie. Lie. Gosh, there must be a pony in there somewhere!
- That Flushing Sound You Hear Is America’s Moral Authority Going Down the Toilet – Not that these places would be models of human rights if the US had been a moral paragon, nor would they suddenly catch a sense of conscience if we hadn’t made ourselves such easy targets of hypocritical moralizing. But we’d be in a much more persuasive and useful position if we hadn’t handed these countries a gold-plated diamond-encrusted bacon-wrapped way to put off any criticisms of indefinite detention or torture — by pointing at where we’ve done it. Thank you for making the world safer, guys.
- Oldest Known Bible Goes Online – Very cool. Too many people think the Bible was mimeographed (in King James English) by the four apostles in AD 50. Whereas the “final” list and order of books wasn’t set (Protestant/Catholic disagreement over the Apocrypha asdie) until, ultimately, Trent in the 16th Century AD. And let’s not get into differing translations and edits ….
- The “Sexual Orthodoxy” Conference – IT’S ALL ABOUT TEH EVIL SEXXXXX!!!! AND TEH GIRLZZZ!!! AND TEH GAYZZZ!
- PetMD Supplies Pet Health Information in a Pinch [Pets] – Flagging for potential future need …
- O, What A Tangled Web We Weave – Ah, the party of Family Values … and generous Family Values to boot!
- Happy Hour Discurso – It does seem, some days, that’s it just not worth chewing through the leather straps …
- Obama Is Like Hitler, and U.S. Is Like Nazi Germany, Which Is Like Venezuela Under Chavez – As blithering as the initial statement, the responses to it are definitely worth reading. All of them.
- Ain’t gonna study war no more… – Wouldn’t it be loverly?
- Right winger’s argument against a right to health care: ‘Should food be a basic human right?’ – I don’t see it as a “right,” but as a societal obligation.
- Bill O’Reilly Caught in Another Lie – To many Christians, Christianity is the presumed background. “No specific religion” usually means “inter-denominational.” Which makes a sort of sense, when you consider how bitter were the Christian inter-denominational wars (literal and figurative) around the founding of this country.
- Upcoming free Slurpee from 7-Eleven – Those who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like.
- Treat Your Pet’s Arthritis With Lead [Pets] – Yeesh. Why it’s a good idea to look at supplements specifically recommended by your vet … assuming your vet knows this info any better.
- Wonk Room » Right Wing Concocts False Claim That Obama Is Steering Stimulus Money To Areas That Backed Him – Not only is correlation not causation in this point, it’s actually reverse causation. Not that the nuance would occur (or be noted) by Fox News.
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Damn- who paid for the stent for my dad when he was in his late 60s then?