Daily Blend: Friday, June 11, 2010

Pre-paid cellphone That’s right, he’s a terrorist now

I settle down to read a story I’ve been waiting for, so naturally, the bathroom ventilation duct unleashes a torrent of water into the apartment. Oh, the joys of living in a cheap-ass building.
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• PZ Myers explains how new research into the possible genetic components of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, because there is no one global type of autism, nor one global cause or treatment) both yields a great number of possibilities and plenty of new insight, and once again crushes the notion that anything as simple as vaccines could possibly be the cause, or even a cause amongst others.

• People, please, please don’t judge 18-year-olds by this twit. … Then again, there aren’t many 18-year-olds that define my age-group in a particularly good way, it seems. *le sigh*

• Hannity and the fake “ass” controversy. Such a bleep-hole.
  (via @mmfa)

• The ever-knowing Bryan Fischer from the American Family Association: gay sex is a form of domestic terrorism intended to infect soldiers with HIV. … Yes, he seriously said that. Read it. Or not. Either way.

• More Congressional brilliance: Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and John Cornyn (R-TX) want to ban pre-paid cellphones [pictured]. Because, you know, a failed terrorist used one once. But, hey, Jack Bauer constantly uses pre-paid cellphones to contact his aids in fighting terrorism. Why do you want to cripple Jack Bauer, Schumer and Cornyn? WHY DO YOU WANNA HELP THE TERRORISTS???
  (via The Agitator)

• Glenn Beck crops a video to make it sound like Green for All CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins brazenly admitted to a Leftist plan to “take over the country” – hiding the fact that she was actually talking about bringing equality for all to America, not a government takeover. Quote-mining douchebag.
  (via @mmfa)

• New York Times editorial in opposition to Proposition 8 and explaining how gay marriage is a basic civil right.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Um … is this really the best time to be letting red tape restrict the help offered by foreign countries to clean up the Gulf oil spill?!
  (via @todayspolitics)

As always, if you have any story suggestions, feel free to send them in.