Daily Blend: Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow

Hold onto your butts, I sense a big news day a-comin’ …

• Montana state legislature plans to stop state cities from covering sexual orientation in local anti-discrimination laws.

• Oklahoma woman [pictured] loses her children, job and gets 10 years in prison for a whopping $31 in marijuana sales.
  (via The Agitator)

• Fantastic: Orac reports on Oregon lawmakers’ push to strike down legal protections for parents who let their kids die from curable illnesses in favor of hocus-pocus.

• Good: Lawrence, Mass. Mayor William Lantigua decides to stop paying cops’ legal bills. More like this, please.
  (via The Agitator)

• Third federal judge rules in favor of healthcare reform law (after two rulings against it), again showing how single rulings are not the final word.

• Um, typically dishonest Rightists – the crux of the Wisconsin protests isn’t to fight against budget cuts (which leading protestors have said they’d accept), but rather Gov. Walker’s (R) attempts to disable unions from ever bargaining ever again.
  (via The Agitator)

• Stunning: Republican Rep. Jim Durkin proposes bill to end Illinois’ recently implemented “Moment of Silence and Prayer” in schools.

• Neat-o German job site ad campaign.
  (via The Agitator)

• If you’ve ever wanted to feel Jesus inside you ^[NSFW] …
  (via Gene Burmington)

• NASA Completes 52-Year Mission To Find, Kill God.

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

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