Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- How to Raise Racist Kids – Interesting, and counter-intuitive. I have to wonder what the reason is (shame? natural instincts about the Other?), but it’s some interesting reading I need to ponder seriously.
- Netanyahu: Ezekiel 37 fulfilled (OneNewsNow.com) – Ruh-roh! The Tribulation Period Is Upon Us! Or (depending on which commenter you believe) not.
- Doocy: ‘All The People Who Tried To Blow Airliners Out Of The Sky Pretty Much Look Alike’ – Doocy’s an idjit (though, in a parallel note, I lend any particular sympathy toward Muslims who feel full-body scanners at airports violate Islamic rules on modesty — um, they violate a lot of folks’ rules on modesty, religious or not. Muslims don’t get a pass for that, Doocy’s idjicy notwithstanding.
- Democrats Go After Stimulus Critics – WSJ.com – Apparently, principle only applies in front of the camera.
- Conservatives suggest cutting Utah’s budget deficit by eliminating mandatory 12th grade. – Wow. The disassembly of the social network by the Right is becoming more and more blatant.
- Huckabee: My Love Of Jesus Has Not Been Tainted By The Obama Girl – It’s actually a very nice statement by Huckabee — what’s appalling is that he actually has to say it to his followers.
- The Right Wing’s Meaningless Manifesto – Money quote, from one of its supporters: “It’s written so most conservatives can say, ‘Yeah, this is just what I think.’ ” Long on generality, short on policy detail, designed to suck in maximum conservative buy-in before getting to the nitty-gritty.
- The Tea Party and The GOP – And that’s when they “began listening to Glenn Beck.” Anyone who starts with Beck as their political mentor is going to end up in a very strange and dark place.
- U.S. kills civilians with GPS guided missile – Granted that my experience is not with military-grade GPS, but it doesn’t seem to me that GPS is reliable enough to avoid this sort of thing from happening. An investigation is certainly in order, if only to understand the operating limitations of the HiMARS system. That said, any time artillery is being slapped around, even “precision” stuff, civilians are going to be killed.
- Articulate and Confident – Yeah, that’s about right.
- ***Comics: Three-Star Dave
- Jeremy Holden: Beck attacks Michelle Obama for trying to raise awareness of and combat childhood obesity – So encouraging kids to eat right and promoting better food labeling is “taking away my freedom”? Thank you for that moronic analysis, Glenn.
- Eric Boehlert: Behold the liberal media – Not that I think there’s anything wrong with what they’re doing — but the point made is a valuable one.
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