Daily Blend: Thursday, June 02, 2011

Mayor Sam Adams

• Thought so. Phil Plait and PZ Myers both debunk the latest World Health Organization report about a “possible” link between cellphones and brain cancer.

• Portland, Oregon Mayor Sam Adams [pictured] proposes increased transgender healthcare benefits.
  (via @jakiking)

• Republicans scoff and deride the fact that taxes actually are lower now than they were under President Reagan.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Several former world leaders calling for an overhaul of international drug policy. Incumbents unlikely to give a crap, of course.
  (via The Agitator)

• Aside from the obvious and typical church/state issue, why the hell is this Giles County, TN school giving a prayer at a kindergarten graduation?

• I, for one, am shocked to learn that Islamophobic whackjob Pam Geller hadn’t already been hired by the WND.
  (via Right Wing Watch)

• Awesome: Guy has MacBook stolen, uses secret tracking software to photograph the thief. Then blogs about it.
  (via The Agitator)

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Supplemental tags: Kooks/Cranks • Computers • Cool