Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Who Benefits from the Mortgage Interest Program? – People who deduct their mortgage interest? Yup, that’s a “government benefit” and “social engineering”. It’s just a “general welfare” program that benefits the middle and upper classes more, and thus is seen as an “entitlement” by the movers and shakers. (One I’m happy to take advantage of, to be sure.)
- Liberty Counsel: Abuses By Obama “Exceed Those Of The King Of Great Britain” Causing American Revolution – King George III is the new Hitler.
- Is Marriage Equality Scarier Than War? – Mr Richey seems to think that recognizing gay marriages means he has to be gay, or marry gays, or be pro-gay. None of which, in fact, is true, but it makes for some great, scary sermons.
- Hagee: U.S. Can’t Win Wars Because Of Satan Worship – Hagee demonstrates that his knowledge of military history is just as goofy as his knowledge of the Constitution and comparative religions.
- Borders to liquidate remaining stores – Jul. 18, 2011
- Harry Potter Still Harmful
- REPORT: Murdoch Considering Stepping Down As News Corp. CEO: Travis Waldron
- Kids’ lemonade stand shuttered by police chief – This is why we can’t have nice things.
- From Google’s “in-house philosopher,” a beautiful credo in defense of studying the humanities « The Teeming Brain – Huzzah for the humanities!
- First Openly Gay Federal Judge Confirmed | ThinkProgress – Wow. Must have caught the Senate GOP on a mellow day.
- That Wonder Woman Pilot: No wonder this didn’t get picked up – Wow. I have a morbid desire to see the finished product — but sounds like it’s just as well we didn’t see it broadcast.
- mental_floss Blog » Plus: Grading Systems
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12) I heard a statistic the other day. Something like A account for something like 40% of the grades in college.