Daily Blend: Monday, April 02, 2012

Trayvon Martin

Congress considering bill to strip Constitutional rights from individuals the federal government doesn’t like, including children, ACLU members and Cat Stevens.

Lying Coral Springs, Florida cops become latest example why recording on-duty officers is a must.
(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)

U.S. Supreme Court rules that jails may strip-search anyone they like, regardless of the trivialness – or even existence – of actual crimes.
(via Joe. My. God.)

Four 8- and 9-year-olds handcuffed, arrested and put in holding cells for 12 hours for fighting at school.
(via @radleybalko)

Salon’s Alex Pareene takes a look at the Right’s smear-job of Trayvon Martin ^[pictured] and defense of George Zimmerman.
(via @ggreenwald)

Oops goes the Catholic priest’s PowerPoint presentation. (To be fair, it is possible he was sabotaged … but I’ll bet the only saboteur was his half-competent self.)
(via Pharyngula)

“The show ended up screening in more than 90 countries, its mild family-friendly humour helping to de-mystify the idea of Christians and Muslims living side by side. Only the U.S. failed to embrace the series.”

My new to-do list. I’m officially adding #2 to my bucket list.

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