Daily Blend: Monday, January 24, 2011

Republican stance on … everything

• Workers for all things cultural and scientific progress, beware: The Republicans [pictured] are coming.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Artist and former stripper charged with recording on-duty Chicago cops, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in jail. Radley Balko has more details.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Anti-Defamation League, which has notably opposed the Park51 Islamic cultural center (“Ground Zero Mosque”), now quietly advocating for other opposed mosque projects across the country.
  (via @religionnews)

• UK government plans to force ISPs to (futilely) block all porn websites by default, requiring that users phone in to request unblocking – all “for the children”, of course.
  (via Gene Burmington)

• I think there might be a square millimeter of King James Bible this article doesn’t slobber over. (I’m all for the recognition of great religious works, but this is just shameless idolatry.)
  (via @religionnews)

• Time marches on: 17 Images That Will Ruin Your Childhood.

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Supplemental tags: Bible • Robert McCrum • Cracked.com • History • Sad