After the dream I had the other night, stories like this tend to leap out at me. Alternet: 16 Dumb Things Americans are often misinformed, occasionally downright dumb, and easily misled by juicy-sounding rumors. But while the right wing is taking full advantage of this reality, the Left worries that calling out lies is “rude.”
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year London Drum ~~ Big City Guide to London Cenotaph war memorial in London — for the Remembrance Day Parade Remembrance Sunday – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Slow Travel United Kingdom – London in November, visiting in the off season, theatre tickets Prim Perfect Opting Out of Full Body Image Scanning at the Airport – UCSF Faculty Concerned Over X-Rays – 100x Stronger Than Assumed? « San Francisco Citizen
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Welcoming and Open Congregations St.Martin in the Fields – pageTitle 13NOV concert Poll: Large percentage of Utahns think same-sex attractions can be changed | The Salt Lake Tribune Episcopal Life Online – NEWS London exhibit brings Egyptian Book of the Dead to life – USATODAY.com We can see this in London! CSS Trick: Turning a background image into a clickable link – Xavisys
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Not much detail yet. Could be nothing, could be troubling, need more information.
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Abortion. It’s always been on the table, but now we can expect a little more… push. http://www.americans4life.org/AFL_survey.html?pid=3b&emx=Brain@ihazone.com&fn=Everywoman&ln=American&z=60007&mid=5 I was reading Talking Points Memo the other day and saw an ad for this anti-abortion outfit in the sidebar. Knowing that TPM gets paid for clicks, I took their survey, answering NO to every heavily biased question. The response was the long screed about the sanctity of life, with no acknowledgment of my answers. Obviously, not a survey, but a preachable moment and more importantly, a fundraising gimmick. Well, he’s NOT preaching to the choir here, and I’m certainly NOT a member…
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Via NPR
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Har de Har, Mr Ex-President, thanks for leaving office feet down but the economy feet up. Via The Guardian
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So where it really counted – the Senate races featuring female religious fanatics like Angle and O’Donnell, Palin’s endorsement wasn’t enough. And in O’Donnell’s case, not even a Bumpit and a bunch of rabid teabaggers shouting slogans outside polling places were enough, thanks be to God. Via Palin A Loser | Talking Points Memo.
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ABC News made the wrong choice in tapping Breitbart to have ANY role in their election coverage, but they corrected themselves in time, and won’t make that mistake again. I’ve bolded the most delicious, schadenfreudlich tidbits to savor after the polls close, as it’s likely to be one of the few pieces of good news to come out of today’s Election Day coverage. We have spent the past several days trying to make clear to you your limited role as a participant in our digital town hall to be streamed on ABCNews.com and Facebook. The post on your blog last…
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… of the Christian Anti-Scientists taking us all into involuntary theocratude. If some of the more extreme Republican candidates get elected, their views – far outside the mainstream – suddenly have credibility. This is particularly troubling in the Senate, where one member can yield tremendous power. These candidates have railed on the evils of unemployment insurance, want to eliminate minimum wage laws, and would do away with Social Security and Medicare. Some aim to remove most basic government regulations, gut consumer protection laws, and cut federal aid to education. Republicans that are even more radical would seek to position Christianity…