Daily Blend: Saturday, May 01, 2010 – DEM LINKS edition

Hey … my Net connection hasn’t yet died this morning, as per its usual routine for, oh, over a month now. Is it teasing me?

• See medium (ie. fraud) James Van Praagh fail miserably at cold reading. Gee, that spooky speaking-to-the-dead stuff really is harder to do without the magic of editing, isn’t it?
  (via Friendly Atheist)

• At least he left a courtesy warning.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• More bad news for abortion rights: Florida passes two pointless and ridiculously harsh anti-abortion bills, though Democrats are trying to stall them. What is it with this flurry of states passing horrible legislation these days?
  (via Uzza)

• Also, more on the new Florida abortion restrictions: the “prove you were raped to get an abortion!” bill. Fucking hell.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Amusing, though it strikes me more as an informative pamphlet of sorts than a warning or anything. (Also, I didn’t fall for it. I love the FDR model.)
  (via friend Chris)

• Amusing, too, in a childish, “you-can-dress-him-in-a-NAMBLA-shirt” sort of way.
  (via friend Chris)

• Today’s lesson in jurisprudence: what to do if you drive drunk, get into a crash and kill someone? Just flee the scene and sober up to have that pesky 50-year sentence cut down to … 5 years.
  (via Fark)

• Seven incredible scientific discoveries and innovations held back by feuding and hair-pulling.
  (via Fark)

• My condolences. As compensation, I’m sure he’ll win a fabulous trophy.
  (via Fark)

• Example #62442 showing how the justice system is broken.
  (via Fark)

• So this means the world’s about to end, then.
  (via Fark)

• Okay, this is disturbing even for me.
  (via Fark)

• Once again, Arizona shows its knack for passing pressing, vital, much-needed legislation that isn’t a 1½ tons of bullshit.
  (via @todayspolitics)

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