Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case – If you tell a lie often enough, people assume it’s the truth.
- Cheney endorses effort to repeal DADT: ‘It strikes me that it’s time to reconsider the policy.’ – Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
- All are responsible – Wow. Great essay on responsibility and blame and guilt and … responsibility. “Few are guilty; all are responsible.” Excellent. (The debate discussion also reminds me of an infamous line from when I taught second grade, and asked a kid if he’d hit another one. “I didn’t! And he hit me first!”)
- Vice President Biden: “Dick Cheney’s A Fine Fellow, But He Is Not Entitled To Rewrite History.” – Go, Joe, Go!
- Best. Shuttle Image. Ever | Universe Today – Very, very pretty. And sad.
- Dumbass Quote of the Day [Dispatches from the Culture Wars] – But isn't the destruction of Israel necessary to bring on the End Times? So if we're supporting Israel, we're holding off the Last Judgment, which one would think a devout Christian (devout enough to support Israel based on Biblical prophesy of some sort) would be uncomfortable with. Of course, making foreign policy based on interpretive Biblical prophesy is generally a lunatic idea anyway (yes, I'm looking at you, George "Gog & Magog" Bush).
- Another Cop Gets Off [Dispatches from the Culture Wars] – Well, I’m gratified to know that there’s an “internal investigation” going on — but these sorts of shenanigans only “help” (enable) one officer at the cost of public trust in all of them.
- Crazy Goats – Fun goat pix.
- Far-Right Radio Host Savages Palin: It’s ‘Suicide’ For Republicans To Choose Palin As Our 2012 Nominee – Good Lord. When you find yourself agreeing with Michael Savage, clearly something is profoundly wrong with the universe.
- 8 Romantic Songs You Didn’t Know Were About Rape | Cracked.com – I guess there’s a reason I don’t listen to much pop music. Though I recognize a disturbing number of these.
- mental_floss Blog » The Post-Olympic Lives of 15 Great Athletes – I had no idea that Patton was an Olympic athlete.
- Shenanigans on Desiree Jennings! – Yeah, this looks to have gone from “bizarre anomalous reaction that might cause the risk-averse to worry” to “bizarre desire to become famous on the internet at the cost of causing folks to avoid life-preserving vaccines.”
- Official Gmail Blog: A new Buzz start-up experience based on your feedback – Whether you think Google blew it with its initial roll-out or not, this level of response in return shows that they are actually interested in what people want.
- OOH! HE’S SO BUTCH – I find it inconceivable that Paul’s (not God’s, but Paul’s) advice (as a single man) on marital relations should still be taken as Gospel over a dozen centuries later.
- The Folly of Locking Up Non-Violent Offenders [Dispatches from the Culture Wars] – The idea that it makes sense to spend thousands of dollars to lock up someone arrested with pot, thus having to lay off teachers (and custodians) at the local school, is crazy.
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