Sep. 28th, 2010

40 degree temperature drops and fibro do not play nicely together. Ow.

Texans: cat in need of a home

Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Related: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
Related: American atheists and agnostics know more about religion than professed believers

In the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression, in which the only things that seem poised for growth are budget cuts, layoffs, and achievement gaps, who could have imagined that the most controversial issue to hit our school district would be the acceptance of free funding and books to expand a Chinese language class?

This is a news website article about a scientific paper -- Ha! Frighteningly true.

Discussions About Muslim Women Should Include Them

LA teacher suicide sparks test-score pushback

Recession rips at US marriages, expands income gap

Birth control breakthroughs on the horizon

Links from AJollyPyruvate

Cool Tools and Boing Boing team up

FactChecking ‘The Pledge’
Republicans' 'Pledge to America' falls short on some of its facts.


Rahm Emanuel Likely to Leave the White House this Week

Vatican Bank Probe Threatens New Scandal for Beleaguered Pope

Cuyahoga County's corruption scandal affects our collective psyche

Men are changing, and that's a plus: Connie Schultz

Canada: 'Emancipation day' for sex-trade workers

Anti-Choice Blogger Cruelly Mocks Women's Experiences

Thanks to Medication Abortion, An Increasing Share of Abortions Take Place By or Before Nine Weeks

My Morning As a Clinic Escort

The United States of Inequality
Trying to understand income inequality, the most profound change in American society in your lifetime.


Little Sand Cat Kittens Start to Explore

Hares Can Get Pregnant while Pregnant

Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' could draw tens of thousands

NASA scientists say they may have discovered a new force of nature, after research showed two of their deep space probes were being inexplicably pulled off course.

"Fetal Age" Filing to Begin In Nebraska

Men allege sexual coercion by prominent Atlanta pastor

Bank of America forecloses on a man who has no mortgage

Welcome to the 40 Days for Choice website!
This site will help connect you with clinics and areas that will see an increase in harassment efforts from Sept. 22nd to Oct. 31st.


Mammograms’ Value in Cancer Fight at Issue

The insect highways in the sky

Bedbug Outbreak: Grim Summit on How to Fight Infestation

North Dakota lake swallows land and buildings

Are You a Mosquito Magnet? -- a topic that always interests me, because I am a magnet par excellence. *itchitch*

The Other City: The Reality of HIV Among Our Most Vulnerable Populations

My Little Pony Anatomical Sculpture by Jason Freeny

FDA: Motrin maker played us over recall

Top economic adviser to leave White House

Education Dept. grants $442M for teacher merit pay

Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?

The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks.

[Photos] Bisexuals in same-sex love: Yes they exist; no they’re not enigmas

Celebrating Bisexuality: Our Thoughts

Crazy Ibex defying gravity.

Skepchick Quickies, 9.27

Links from RM
Including one that upsets me so much it's worth a separate link: Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries

Links from Shadesong

Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail

Retraction Watch: A place to see science in action

Handy Google tool for determining when countries block access to Google

Touring the Large Hadron Collider

Bart Nagel's a/symmetry photos

It's finally summertime, on Titan

Where Wookies come from

Iran sentences blogger to 19 years in prison

Feministing: What We Missed

UN Report: American Citizen Executed By Israelis During Mavi Marmara Raid

Stuxnet, a virus affecting Iran's nuclear facilities, appears to be a case of sabotage. If the United States is behind it, then Obama is already at war with Iran.

How 19th Century Prostitutes Were Among the Freest, Wealthiest, Most Educated Women of Their Time

Right-Wing Religious United Front Against Women, Gays and Freedom From Religion

What's not to love about baby seahorses?

US faces growing problems in regulating fortune tellers

Why won’t Nature/Nurture just die already?

Stockholm hotel slammed for sex toys (initial image is of a collection of toys, may not be SFW)

Man freed in landmark S&M case

More excellent links from RM

UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens

The Empowerment Mystique

The Dancing Auroras of Saturn

Equinox and the Iron Sun

Aurora Over Norway

The WCS's New York Aquarium has just released a new video of everybody's favorite feisty pup - Tazo the orphan Sea Otter!

San Fran's Francois' Langur Babies say, "Hi!"

New OK Go Video

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