Daily Blend: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Glenn McConnell (R-SC) as Confederate General with two Blacks dressed as slaves [source: Think Progress]

• The Evil Microsoft Corp.: Defending your rights from federal copyright raids. … Wait, what?
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Democrats are screwed come November. Yes, I weep.

• On the grim irony of United States’s knack for prosecuting foreign torturers – just not their own.

• How animals made us human. Sorta.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• 25 things chefs never tell you.
  (via The Agitator)

• Republicans attack healthcare reform in 20-state lawsuit. God, how I wish these parasites would just vanish.

• Michele Bachmann apparently doesn’t think much of following campaign rules.

• Media Matters apparently thought wasting money on a reasonable, factual and measured ad to air on Fox News was gonna help make Fox viewers think for themselves. Are they really that naive?

• Oh, dear: S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell (R) poses as a Confederate General with a pair of Black Americans dressed as slaves [pictured]. Really, do Republicans just have a common defective gene or something when it comes to this sort of thing?
  (via @todayspolitics)

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

Tags: Microsoft • NGOs • Russia • copyrights • Democrats • USA • humans • anthropology • chefs • Republicans • healthcare reform • ObamaCare • Michele Bachmann • elections • Media Matters • Media Matters for America • Fox News • News Corp • racism • slavery • Civil War • Glenn McConnell