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Conservatives Map Strategies on Court – NYTimes.com

Preparing to oppose the confirmation of Mr. Obama’s eventual choice to succeed Justice David H. Souter, who is retiring, conservative groups are working together to stockpile ammunition. Ten memorandums summarizing their research, obtained by The New York Times, provide a window onto how they hope to frame the coming debate.

And of course, conservatives are also stockpiling actual ammunition in case they lose. Note to self: Don’t be in D.C. next spring.

Top pageant official steps down, says ‘I no longer believe in it’ – CNN.com.

Prejean said the most revealing of the topless photos, which were published just hours after the Trump announcement, were made without her knowledge during a modeling photo shoot. She said wind must have accidentally blown her unbuttoned top open.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Have you seen the latest pictures? There is not enough shirt in that shirt to catch a gust of wind in a tornado – and I don’t think it would actually cover her chest if she pulled it at both ends. This excuse is absolute bullshit and I’m amazed that Donald Trump let her get away with it when he had the opportunity to say, “You’re fired.”

Bottom line: She did at LEAST two topless photoshoots. God knows if there are more that she didn’t disclose; every time a picture comes out she says there are no more, and then new ones come out, so she’s obviously a liar. The girl is unreliable, stupid, and trashy. She deserved to lose her crown, and the former Miss USA did right by excusing herself from this farce.

Going to extremes for school reunions – CNN.com.

I have to agree with one of the commenters that to at least some degree, high school reunions are redundant nowadays, since Facebook and other sites keep us connected in ways that weren’t possible in earlier days.

However, I think reunions will keep going strong for a few reasons (not all of them listed below, of course). Admittedly these are cynical reasons for the high school reunion to survive… but honestly, how many people really go to their high school reunions because they LOVED high school? Curiosity, I think, is what draws most people. So here goes:

1) Obviously, not everybody is on Facebook, and sometimes the missing folks are the people you most want to see again.

2) Facebook is the primer for the reunion, not its substitute! (You do with this one what you will.)

3) Poking people and “Liking” their status updates is not the same as really talking to people, catching up, and putting yourself back into the social structures that made your high school your high school, for better or for worse. For people seeking to “undo” what they lived through in high school, the reunion itself is necessary. And for people seeking to “relive” their glory days of high school, where they reigned supreme as Evil Bitchmonster of Death, sometimes the reunion is necessary to take them down a notch. And of course some things never change – but how will you know until you get there?

4) While becoming the Great American Pastime, Facebook-stalking people you aren’t really friends with on or off Facebook does not a reunion make.

5) Finally, people present a polished and carefully constructed image of themselves online – sometimes so carefully it cannot be reconstructed off the computer screen. Don’t you want to see what that annoying girl with the glamour shot profile pic REALLY looks like today?

Donald Trump to get last word on Miss California USA – CNN.com.

The girl breached her contract, lied to the public she allegedly represents, and isn’t showing up for work – and yet if she’s dethroned I’m sure she’ll still run around blaming teh gayz for persecuting her out of a job.

N.E.’s identity bolsters gay marriage tolerance – The Boston Globe.

Fun trivia about deodorant – CNN.com.

Another racy Prejean photo emerges; site promises more – CNN.com.

Great. So not only did she pose semi-nude, but she did it while she was a minor. Now THAT’S morals for ya.

Cafferty File: Tell Jack how you really feel Blog Archive – How can GOP attract more women? « – Blogs from CNN.com.

I am loving the comments in this article.

Group Renews Fight for Same-Sex Marriage in California – NYTimes.com.

Opponents of same-sex marriage said a second campaign would be a mistake. “The fact is that the people of California have already spoken,” said Brian S. Brown, the executive director in National Organization for Marriage, in Princeton, N.J. “And they don’t like being told they were wrong the first time.”

Uh, sorry, could you repeat that? I was distracted by Propositions 4, 73, and 85.

White House Memo – With Gay Issues in View, Obama Is Pressed to Engage – NYTimes.com.

How very sad that the pictured couple’s marriage will be forever tainted by the circumstances under which it occurred. How very sad for their children.

Maybe We Should Take Their Guns.

I realize it was probably intended to be humorous, but this sign is not even a little funny. Not even the tiniest bit. That some people actually feel this is appropriate makes me absolutely sick. And it makes me think this whole 2010 gun march should be shut down before they fucking take D.C. hostage.

Are Your Gadgets Making You Sick?.

Ammo hard to find as gun owners stock up – CNN.com.

Great. A million gun owners are planning to march on Washington D.C. next spring, and suddenly gun owners are hoarding ammo like there’s no tomorrow? Does anybody else think something smells really wrong here?

I’m thinking that would be a good week for Obama to be far, far away from Washington, D.C.

Burma tops list of worst places to be a blogger – CNN.com.

(CNN) — Bloggers in Burma, Iran and Syria work under some of the most repressive conditions in the world, facing tactics such as regulation, intimidation and even imprisonment, according to a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Commentary: Break the mold for Supreme Court picks – CNN.com.

Great commentary!

Some satisfied, others outraged with verdict for immigrant’s death – CNN.com.

Absolutely appalling. What the hell kind of country do we live in when this sort of circus passes for justice? Has nothing changed in the 21st century? I guess the jury foreman will he know was right when these kids get arrested for their second hate-filled murder, which I am sure is forthcoming. The jury foreman said:

“I believe strongly that some of the people on the jury were racist. I believe strongly that some of the people on the jury had their minds made up maybe before the first day of trial,” said Maclin. “And I believe the four boys that were involved the most are racist. I absolutely do. Derrick Donchak wore a US Border Patrol t-shirt to a Halloween party after Luis died. That is racist. That is beyond in bad taste. That is horrible.”

I think one of the people who commented on my last entry regarding this issue said it best. Elvin Rivera wrote:

If the players roles were reversed and Luis Ramirez was on trial for killing one of the boys you can be sure that the verdict would have been guilty. “Of course he’s guilty. He’s an illegal Mexican immigrant.” How could those “boys” forget that they come from immigrant roots with names like Piekarsky and Donchak?

They probably didn’t have to suffer the taunts and prejudice their grandparents and parents did when young but I’m sure they heard the stories from them. Maybe they came away with the wrong lesson. Maybe they were taught intolerance instead of tolerance. I don’t know. But the results are very obvious. They learned to hate.

It’s time for the US Attorney’s office to step in and arrest those murderers and charge them with violating Ramirez’s civil rights. Regardless of his legal status in this country he had the God given right to live. The US Constitution guarantees it. Not just for us but for everyone.

Today is Sunday and I’m sure many of the citizens of Shenandoah Pa will be in church this morning. I hope some of them pray for the family of Luis Ramirez. I hope all of them pray for forgiveness and mercy for themselves because they’ll need it.

‘Nuff said.

Hysteria over swine flu is the real danger, some say – CNN.com.

Mmmmm, gotta love some nice mass hysteria.

100 days of Barack Obama’s Facebook news feed. – By Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine.

*snickers* I do love Facebook parodies!

Students can’t be part of main graduation because of Mexico trip – CNN.com.

WTF, man?

Teens acquitted of murder in immigrant’s fatal beating – CNN.com.

So let me get this straight – they acknowledged that the teens beat the guy, the guy died, and yet they were acquitted?

I don’t care who delivered the kick that killed him. They all contributed, and should all bear the consequences.

Justice David Souter to retire from Supreme Court, source says – CNN.com.

annnnnd things just got really interesting.

Um, hey, Republican Party? You’re calling your initiative “National Council for a New America” and you expect it to garner MORE credibility with the public? Really?

New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter (Updated).

Big Sunday.

This is awesome. Did you know it started out as a Jewish “mitzvah day” event? I remember the early ones being huge among the various synagogue youth groups. I love that it’sexpanded to the entire city.

YouTube – Republican Congresswoman calls Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder “a hoax.”.

Yeah. And Emmett Till just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.