Daily Blend: Friday, June 03, 2011

VS Naipaul

• US Health and Human Services Department rejects Indiana GOP’s attempt at axing Planned Parenthood funding with proposed Medicaid changes.
  (via ThinkProgress)

• … So, naturally, Indiana officials proclaim their bold intention to enforce the illegal law anyway, putting all critical state Medicaid funding at risk. Brilliant tacticians, aren’t they. | Update: (06/16/11) – Justice Department now joins the battle against these idiots.
  

• Orthodox Jewish leaders apparently think the way the Catholic Church deals with clerical child abuse cases is the right approach to take.

• You know the report that the ACLU is supposedly suing to give prisoners access to porn? Rightist-spread bullshit, as usual.

• VS Naipaul [pictured]: No woman author past or present writes as good as I do! Me: At least people have actually actually heard of Stephanie Meyer.
  (via @ebertchicago)

• The Courtier’s Reply … in sausages.
  (via Pharyngula)

• Headline of the day.
  (via @radleybalko)

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Tags: US Dept. of Health and Human Services • Indiana • GOP • Republicans • Planned Parenthood • Medicaid • Orthodox Jews • Catholic Church • ACLU • The Drudge Report • VS Naipaul • The Courtier's Reply • Answers in Genes