Insert a Trite Metaphor for a Corral #97

Posted on May 15, 2011 in Roundup

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

The Republicans can no longer hide in the afterglow of bin Laden’s death. They seem determined to weed out “the halt and the lame” through their cuts in Medicare which led a coterie of Catholic scholars to ask of Boehner what made him think he was a “good Catholic” if he followed the ways of Rand. I think it is important to challenge Christians who support candidates who hate the poor — which means the elderly, the mentally ill, widows, and orphans. Many liberal and progressive Christians are doing just that.

• Catholic Academics Challenge Boehner — They declare his voting record to be “at variance with the Church’s most ancient moral teachings”. It’s about time they realized this was more important than abortion.
• The cost of bin Laden: $3 trillion over 15 years — Mostly in the things we did (like wars), extra security, and disruptions to our economy. Revenge is not cheap.
• Angry Colonel On MSNBC: Let Me Waterboard Rumsfeld And ‘We’ll See If He Says It’s Torture’ — When are they going to admit the truth? Also see this article about the Detainee Abuse Task Force.
• America’s Achilles’ heel: the Mississippi River’s Old River Control Structure — And Republican “thrift” has done nothing to correct the problem.
• The Geography of Hate — California looks terrible if you count the number of hate groups overall, but if you boil it down to the number per capita, we’re actually quite low.
• EU Should Ban Trade Of Death Penalty Drugs To US — Yes, England, you are complicit in what happens in Texas
• Roger Ailes Continues to Ruin His Adopted Home — With Fox News at his command, what is Roger Ailes doing obsessing over small town politics?
• Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google — File this under attacks that don’t make any sense.
• Hillary Clinton Photoshopped Out of Situation Room Photo — This is one reason why I would never be a Hasid — this gynophobia is just not healthy. They later apologized.
• T&A? The LA Weekly Has Got it Covered! — This seems to be a common pattern among “alternative” papers. Are they just the same thing in more politically incorrect format?
• Bottles for 55% Beer Created Using Recycled Roadkill
• Antarctic Icebergs Help Ocean Take Up Carbon Dioxide — So if you melt the icebergs, you screw up the atmosphere and add even more to global warming.
• Guilt, Cooperation Linked by Neural Network: Why People Choose to Cooperate Rather Than Act Selfishly — Showing that Rand is unnatural.
• The Spoon Theory — How chronic illness changes your life