Daily Blend: Sunday, March 06, 2011

Tony Hall [source]

And so, at (surprisingly less long than expected) last, I have configured my (new) computer into something adequately suitable for my needs. You can now feel pleased that your beloved blogger is now running on a vastly superior system … or, at least, that he won’t be chucking it out of his window in the foreseeable future. (Lord knows I wanted to.) Still got a few little kinks to iron out – work, stupid Photoshop! – but for now, here be your links.

• Beacon, New York court court unanimously dismisses all charges against couple accused of assaulting cops who brutalized them.
  (via The Agitator)

• Florida Turnpike authority apparently has a semi-secret, utterly illegal policy of detaining motorists who pay toll fees with large bills.
  (via The Agitator)

• Man [pictured] spends 15 years in jail under a false conviction of child molestation, only for his last remaining family and friends to pass away just as he’s finally exonerated.
  (via The Agitator)

• From gubernatorial candidates denying any belief in evolution to school board candidates denying any belief in Creationism. Progress …?

• Wisconsin Republicans now legislating against the evil that are prank calls. Gee, wonder what triggered this latest bit of right-wing fascism.
  (via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)

• See? The Republicans’ budget plan works! It’ll save the U.S. $2 billion a year!
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Overall cool guy Dr. David Suzuki lays it out: Politicians who reject science are not fit to lead.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Premiere Radio Networks – which employs Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity – caught using actors to make fake calls to its radio shows. Shocking.
  (via @todayspolitics)

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

Supplemental tags: Republicans • Politics • Free Speech/Censorship • Economics • Class warfare • David Suzuki • AGW/CC • Science • Premiere Radio Networks • Dishonesty