Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Occupy Oakland: Iraq war veteran in critical condition after police clashes | World news | guardian.co.uk
- Taxpayer-Funded ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Tell Jewish Woman To Convert To Christianity Or Go To Hell | ThinkProgress – Ah, it’s always charming to see church and state intermingled …
- Instead Of Unnecessary Cuts To Benefits, Democrats On Super Committee Should Modernize The System | ThinkProgress – It certainly seems like a great opportunity to do this, rather than just offering up benefit and payment cuts.
- King: Marriage Equality Is “An Active Effort To Desecrate A Sacrament Of The Church” | Right Wing Watch – With all due respect, Steve (and I mean by that very little), even if we posit your point as true (which I don’t), what the hell business is that of anyone in a House Judiciary subcommittee? Is it your suggestion (probably) that it is the business of Congress to protect the Catholic Eucharist from desecration, and thus to prevent the morally equivalent horror of same-sex marriage? Dolt.
- GOP rejects Dems offer in ‘super committee,’ negotiations ‘deadlocked’ over taxes – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs – (1) So cuts to Medicare and Medicaid are part of what the Dems are leading with. Swell. (2) I love the “GOP aide” lambasting the Dems for leaking information about the proposal by … leaking commentary about it anonymously.
- TSA fires agent who left “Inappropriate Note” in woman’s luggage – Boing Boing – If you look at the source TSA post, though, the screener wasn’t fire, but “removed from screening operations” and “appropriate disciplinary action has been initiated”. Which could mean practically anything — the agent is working in the back office, the agent has to go to some sort of training and then will be back on the inspection line, whatever. So, business as usual.
- Joe. My. God.: Ten Years Of Changing Attitudes – Slow but steady increase in support of same-sex marriage. Good.
- Making Public Policy Work for All Households – Bottom line: there are a lot of gay families raising children, across the US, but they suffer significantly from state and federal laws that don’t recognize the relationships.
- Bush Had Generated More Regulations At This Point In His Presidency Than Obama | ThinkProgress – Don’t get your facts in the way of our talking points!
- EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role In ‘Occupy’ Movement | Fox News – Eek! Source! Lots of sources! Lots of anonymous sources! And … ACORN! Eeeeek!
- Kurt Piersol – Google+ – Folks, Watching events unfold in Oakland, I have a few… – Occupy the Ballot Box. Yes.
- Daily Kos: A Voice From the 1% – Yup, yup, yup.
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