Daily Blend: Sunday, August 19, 2012 – I’m back!

I haz returned! Sadly, I do not come bearing gifts, if only because of pesky laws of physics making it astonishingly difficult to transmit physical objects through computer screens. But I do have a few links I was able to save up over the last week, along with a few individual posts I’m saving up for a little later, so enjoy:

I know insurance companies are assholes, but it takes a special kind of soullessness to defend in court a man who killed a woman after running a red light to try and avoid paying her full insurance policy. Fuck you forever indeed, Progressive. ^[pictured]
(via @pattonoswalt; RT: @ebertchicago)

Fitting: Christian revisionist David Barton will re-release his bullshit-ridden and recently yanked book The Jefferson Lies through Glenn Beck’s publishing company.

Former Michigan assistant AG Andrew Shirvell finally ordered to pay damages for his ludicrously bigoted campaign against gay U-M student body president Chris Armstrong.
(via Wonkette)

In which top geek John Scalzi encounters the bottomless pit of charm and entertainment that is Vox Day.

Awesomeness: A brand-new (ie. less-than-three-year-old) Martian impact crater.

And finally, those sounds you just heard were Bill Donohue, Pam Geller and other Islamophobes popping a few aneurysms:

If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.

Tags: Progressive • insurance companies • Matt Fisher • Katie Fisher • David Barton • The Jefferson Lies • Mercury Ink • Christian dominionism • Christian nationalism • U.S. Founding Fathers • Thomas Jefferson • Thomas Nelson • Andrew Shirvell • Chris Armstrong • University of Michigan • homophobia • Chris Armstrong • Chris Armstrong Watch • Vox Day • Theodore Beale • John Scalzi • misogyny • Mars • impact events • Ramadan • Islam • Muslims • Empire State Building