Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- mental_floss Blog » Where Are These Thousand Islands? The Origins of 7 Condiments & Sauces
- mental_floss Blog » The Surprisingly Interesting History of Margarine – My mom tells stories putting the color packet into margarine.
- Murfreesboro is still an AMERICAN city, thank you very much – Encouraging.
- When a party goes mad – “whatever the rationale, it’s hard to get over the fact that Obama Derangement Syndrome has become so pervasive on the right, literally most of the nation’s rank-and-file Republicans appear to have gone stark raving mad.” I do want to hear an ansewr on the Lrrr question.
- Chutzpah Watch — Koch Edition – Because for Cheap-Labor Conservatives like the Kochs, it’s not about ideology, it’s about profit and loss. And if it nets them more money in the short-term, damn straight they’ll take it.
- Planning ahead for a government shutdown – How you “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States” by shutting down the government the Constitution mandates is … beyond me.
- On Faith Panelists Blog: Voters may apply “religious test” – Jordan Sekulow – I see. Because Obama isn’t at the pulpit proclaiming his Christian beliefs and passing pro-Christian legislation and pretending that there are only Christians in this nation or that only Christian interests are of value … he’s a Very Bad Man, Very Possibly Muslim, and voters should reject him. Got it.
- Bauer: Obama, The Left, and Islamic Terrorists All Share The Same Agenda – More crazy here than I have time to dissect. Yeesh. Executive summary: All these people I hate? They all hate me back, so they must be the same thing.
- 9/11 Victims’ Families Group: Sept. 11 Mosque Protests ‘Disrespect The Memories Of Our Loved Ones’ – Why do the anti-mosque protesters hate the 9/11 victims so?
- This is how I feel about buying apps – The Oatmeal – Yeah, just about.
- Student who shocked himself suing school, teacher – See, this is why we can’t have nice (or educational) things.
- Man Charged With Hate Crime For Allegedly Punching Turban-Wearing Store Clerk | TPMMuckraker – On the one hand, the guy clearly needs help. On the other hand, it’s just that sort who are going to be most easily influenced by people accusing “Muslims” of being traitorous foreigners who are out to eat our children and cut our throats at night.
- FRC Defends Use of the “Southern Strategy” by Completely Redefining It – Those who “forget” the past are covering up for those still banking on it.
- Election 2010: Now With More Praying, More Fasting, More Humbling and Turning From Our Wicked Way – Praying … fasting … humility … how perfect for the month of Ramadan! Who’d have thought these folks were so ecumenical?
- Land Calls Mormonism “The Fourth Abrahamic Faith” While The SBC Calls It a “Cult” – It’s not remarkable that Mormonism is being considered by the SBC both “the Fourth Abrahamic Faith” and a cult at the same time, given that Islam is traditionally considered the Third Abrahamic Faith but now also a “cult” and “violent political ideology.”
- Southern Baptist Leader Calls Beck Rally a “Scandal” Driven by the Spirit of the Antichrist – I post this not so much because I support Moore’s comments, but because I’m always amused by More Righteous Than Thou internecine debates on the Right.
- Sharron Angle’s Plan For Education: Eliminate All Of It – The race for the bottom amongst the loony-tunes running on the GOP ticket continues …
- Scarborough’s Crew Mocks The ‘Young Guns’: ‘Worst Idea Ever’ – It certainly seems an ill-advised move during the election period.
- Palin’s Speaking Demands Confirmed: $75K, SUVs, Deluxe Hotel Suites, Bendable Straws, And No Public Access – On the one hand, much of this isn’t surprising for major figures and speakers of this sort — the honorarium, the jet, the hotel rooms, etc. The restrictions on access are, um, an interesting twist for someone portrays herself as just plain folk.
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