Daily Blend: Monday, October 10, 2011

Hank Skinner

This evening’s (Canadian) Thanksgiving dinner: Whole family at the table, indulging in turkey and potatoes, talking about farts. Oh, family.

• Radley Balko on the Lone Star State’s soon-to-be 476^th executionee: “I have no idea if Hank Skinner ^[pictured] is guilty. Neither does the state of Texas.”

• Shocking: UN report reveals Drug War countries are the most violent. Of course, the solution for this is harsher drug laws.
  (via @radleybalko)

• It turns out the U.S.’s top enemy nations really aren’t all that scary (for the U.S., anyway).

• The Patriarchy has you. (Seriously, awesome.)
  (via Quasar)

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