Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Why right-wing domestic terrorists are our big blind spot: Let’s start with the media – The media’s sloppiness here in the report is because (a) they have to say SOMETHING or else they get (gasp) SCOOPED!; (b) in some cases they have an ideological axes to grind (coughFOXcough) in the speculation; (c) they have to say SOMETHING or else they might be accused of being buddy-buddy with the speculated-about terrorist faction; (d) if you speculate that the perps might be white, right-wing Christians, then you’ll be accused of being a HATER and BIGOTED and the target of who knows what sort of investigations, whereas if you speculate that it might have brown, Western-hating Muslims then you will get the cheers and acclamation of white, right-wing Christians; (e) see (a) again.
- Book Stores – DORK TOWER, Tuesday, July 19, 2011
- NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
- Gay Rights and Religious Liberty : Dispatches from the Culture Wars – Ed Brayton’s take on the latest doltitude from Bryan Fischer.
- Dildos for Justice : Dispatches from the Culture Wars – It sounds funny, but, really, it’s not. It’s intimidation, plain and simple — “I’m a cop, I can make fun of you, take your stuff, and make the idea of going to trial a lot less attractive to you. And if you resist, I can shoot you.” Not exactly protection and service.
- Alexandra Robbins | Human development: From high school outcast to adult whiz – Los Angeles Times – Ginger forwarded this to Katherine.
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