First, in case you missed the news, Obama's statement on ABC news.

Poll Changing Minds?

Edit To Add: If you guys feel like spreading this link around, I'd be interested to see how a wider pool votes.

I'll be checking when I get home tonight, and getting rid of anything we have from Purina.

Originally posted by boosette at WARNING: Purina pet food has started making pets ill
Originally posted by issendai at WARNING: Purina pet food has started making pets ill

My coworker John told me that his cat was seriously ill--throwing up, lethargic, refusing food, dropping ( Read more... )

It's a little spendy, but for a good cause. Anybody up for Japanese next Monday (April 18th)?

Koto hosting fundraiser for Japan

I've been waiting to post about this until I saw a "just the facts" news story, but that doesn't seem to be happening. Rather than linking to a news story with any particular slant, I decided to just link directly to the bill.This bill, under consideration in the Georgia General Assembly, would re-define abortion as "prenatal murder" and therefore ( Read more... )

Did anyone else (localish) feel the whole world shaking a few minutes ago?

Added: Here's a news story about the quake.

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Not All Socialist Countries are Alike

A wonderfully snarky article by Nate Silver explaining the differences between a "single payer" system (like they have in Canada) and National Health Care (like they have in Great Britain.)

The words of God do not justify cruelty to women | The EldersCarter talks how the Southern Baptist Convention's treatment of women led to his decision to leave the denomination, and also how many modern religious groups abuse women and ignore their human rights ( Read more... )

They're putting politics ahead of governance to an unheard of degree.

As a citizen of the State of New York, I have decided to never vote for any of these men and women again, for any office.

The official list of senators on the state government website ( Read more... )

There have been some "horror" stories floating around the internet about how "those scary Muslims are out-breeding us white folks, and pretty soon Europe won't be European any more."

The World's New Numbers

This article explains how people came to that incorrect conclusion, and makes other predictions based on newer and better demographic

Robert Reich's Blog: A Short Citizen's Guide to Kooks, Demagogues, and Right-Wingers On Tax Day

Robert Reich points out some common misconceptions about taxes.