Daily Blend: Thursday, July 29, 2010

Shirley Sherrod [source: National Community Land Trust Network]

• BREAKING: Falsely ousted USDA official Shirley Sherrod ^[pictured] plans to sue Andrew Breitbart. Kick his ass hard.
  (via @BreakingNews)

• “I Was Wrong About the War in Iraq” Nearly everybody was early on.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Federal judge issues an injunction blocking key parts of the controversial Arizona immigration law. Now go on and strike it down altogether.

• Iowa Republican Party’s new tactic to try and discredit Obama: Adopt the “original” 13^th Amendment of the US Constitution, which would’ve made it illegal for anyone holding a title of nobility or honor (such as “esquire”, which includes lawyers and bankers, or a Nobel Prize) to hold a public office.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Listen and weep. (And cringe, hard.)

• Law blog post about the serious subject of age discrimination with an image that’s oh, dear. (Cached screenshot ^{[taken 07/29/10 11:40 AM]}.)
  (via Fark)

• Planting kiddie porn on a disliked colleague’s computer to try and get him fired is no way to seek a promotion, son.
  (via Fark)

• I’m not sure what about The Drudge Report is more offensive to me: Its perpetually dishonesty or that early-90s eyesore that passes for a website design.
  (via @mmfa)

• There is a critical difference between conservatives and conservatards. Conservatives are generally decent, honest and good-hearted people who simply adhere to social and/or economic conservatism and tradition. Conservatards are what you’ll find at Fox “News”.
  (via @todayspolitics)

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