Daily Blend: Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Osama bin Laden

Apologies for the lack of posting. Blame Minecraft.

• President Obama decides not to release Osama bin Laden [pictured] death photos, citing risks of “creat[ing] a national security risk”. I’m feeling ambivalent about this.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• AlterNet has a very handy list of the top 12 most influential Christian-Right groups in America.
  (via Right Wing Watch)

• “I swear if Obama turned water into wine his critics would accuse him of being an alcoholic.”
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Google does “It Gets Better” for Chrome. I wonder how many LGBT youths were reached, or moved to tears.

• Donald Trump opposes gay marriage because he’s a golfing traditionalist who doesn’t like those “weird” longer putters.
  (via Joe. My. God.)

• To quote Jen McCreight: “Are you fucking kidding me?”
  (via @jennifurret)

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Supplemental tags: Harry Potter • al-Qaeda • Gregg Kilday • Jen McCreight