Daily Blend: Monday, April 09, 2012

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ^[pictured] (R) quietly enacts three anti-abortion, pro-abstinence-only bills and repeals the Equal Pay Enforcement Act to hold employers accountable for workplace discrimination. Has he been recalled yet?
(via @todayspolitics)

Newly released legal memo reveals how the Bush administration ignored the State Department’s legal counsel’s opposition to blatantly illegal “enhanced interrogation techniques” (aka torture).

Meanwhile, former CIA interrogator reveals the inner workings of secret prisons and the torture of detainees therein.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) presents an alternative to workplace non-discrimination rules: gays should just hide their gayness à la “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.

Greta Christina destroys the claims that prostitution is always and inevitably akin to sexual slavery.

Survey: Most Canadians are nonreligious theists and religious figures are more distrusted, especially in Québec. Nothing new … though still awesome.
(via Friendly Atheist)

National Review Online fires racist asshat John Derbyshire; Vox Day instructs his fellow racists to boycott. I’m sure editor Rich Lowry weeps at the loss.

xkcd infographic on lakes and oceans. Pretty nifty. Still can’t believe how fracking deep those oil wells go.

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