Daily Blend: Friday, August 27, 2010

Ken Mehlman [source: Anti-Fascist Encyclopedia]

Pfft. Uzza’s finally back to commenting and she hasn’t even taken the time to remind me how much IntenseDebate sucked bawls and how much of a cretin I was for installing it to begin with. She must be she must be losing her touch, man. losing her touch.

• The Top 5 Ways the Universe Could Wipe Out Humankind, courtesy of Phil Plait at Popular Mechanics.
  (via Bad Astronomy)

• Win for free speech: President Obama signs into law a bill ensuring that US libel laws can’t be enforced in the horrible, free-speech-restricting manner of the UK and puts the burden on the accuser, not the accused.

• The Top Ten right-wing conspiracy theories. Seems a little outdated; none of the modern ones (circa 2008) made it on the list.
  (via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)

• Revenge of the Cat. I tink I saw a really big puddy-cat.

• A graceful reveal (for once): Former RNC chairman and former 2004 Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman finally comes out of the closet, asserts he’ll push for same-sex marriage rights.

• The Exorcist, featuring … Ray Comfort?

• Family Research Council releases ad proclaiming that “our military is for protection, not politics” … in order to oppose Harry Reid’s re-election. They don’t even know the definition of “hypocrisy”, do they?

• Glenn Beck’s egomania continues to skyrocket.

• How to react to a controversial judicial ruling (if you’re in the religious-Right).
  (via @hemantmehta)

• Okay, the fire, itself, wasn’t a funny thing (and thankfully, nobody was hurt) … but what mischievously cackling editor titled that article “Burning bush ignites Woodburn church”?
  (via Friendly Atheist)

• “Tick-Tock Muhammad”, “Brainwashin’ Brian”, “Pedo Pope” and “Hole E Christ”: New Zealand’s new flamboyantly anti-religious ad campaign certainly won’t win anyone over, but then again, I suspect that wasn’t their goal.
  (via Pharyngula)

• Typically thoughtful meandering by Roger Ebert on the subject of same-sex marriage.

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