Daily Blend: Saturday, August 21, 2010

Julian Assange [source: CBC News]

Where else can you read about racists, penile gummies, human magnets and a zombie apocalypse, in one place?

• Media Standards: Associated Press issues guidelines instructing journalists not to call Park51 the “Ground Zero Mosque” anymore. Respect for the AP restored; what about the rest?
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Post-Racialism: Ted Nugent at a music show in Dubuque, Iowa: “There's a lot of white people in this crowd -- I like that! [Dubuque] is a white town.”

• Oh, Dear: Gummy fail.
  (via Diaphanitas)

• Be Skeptic: Meet Brenda Allison, the human magnet. Or so the Daily Mail claims.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• “Ground Zero Mosque”: Cracked.com addresses the manufactroversy surrounding the Park51 Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan. As good as you would expect from our favorite no-punches-pulled website.
  (via Gene Burmington)

• Z0MBIES!!!11!: 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly). A bit too pedantic, really, considering we’re talking about walking corpses.

• Here We Go: WikiLeaks were told to expect “cheap trips”. Claiming founder Julian Assange was arrested for rape in the Swedish tabloid Expressen is apparently the first. Gee, Pentagon, that’s just lazy.
  (via @wikileaks)

• Update: Shockingly, the charges proved false and the arrest warrant (Assange had not been arrested – again, shocker) has been withdrawn. What’s next, Pentagon?
  (via @BreakingNews)

• Islamic Justice: Saudi Arabian judge asks hospitals to punitively damage a convicted man’s spinal cord to punish him for paralyzing another man two years previously.
  (via @religionnews)

If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.

Tags: Associated Press • AP • Ground Zero Mosque • Park51 • Ted Nugent • racism • Dubuque, Iowa • candy • food • Brenda Allison • Daily Mail • human magnetism • Cracked.com • Cracked • zombies • zombie apocalypse • zombie outbreak • WikiLeaks • Julian Assange • rape • Expressen • false charges • Saudi Arabia • eye for an eye • Islam • Sharia law • Sharia