- Professor PZ Myers takes a look at those Alabama state senators who voted for the abortion ban, along with what must be the most embarrassing argument for their restrictive law. Here in Missouri, a lawmaker seems determined to provide rhetorical competition. He later backs away from his reference to “consensual rape.”
- The Onion carries the harrowing story of a young woman walking alone at night and becoming aware she is followed by a slow moving pickup truck full of Alabama legislators.
- North Carolina pastor John Pavlovitz asks white conservative Christians why they stop loving embryos once they are born.
- Infidel753 has a few thoughts on Trump, trade, Democratic candidates, Christo-fascists, abortion rights, and potential war with Iran. Worthy of consideration. As a committed Christian, I suppose I could be offended by the “Christo-fascist” reference. Problem is what infidel says is impervious to refutation, at least by me. Hard to argue with truth as I see it.
- At News Corpse my President orders complete resistance to congressional investigations that are illegitimate because they haven’t been authorized, presumably by him and his appointees.
- Jonathan Bernstein asks the question provoked by what is in plain sight. If President Trump has been exonerated, and he wants to shut down bad publicity, why doesn’t he welcome public testimony by Mueller and the witnesses his colleagues interviewed? After all, they would all testify to his innocent purity.
- Jack Jodell at The Saturday Afternoon Post urges religious and legal action. He is no fan of Steve Bannon.
- Max’s Dad loves Cher and wishes he had before he heard her sing in person.
- At Whatever, recently deceased comedian Tim Conway is not forgotten by John Scalzi.
- M. Bouffant at Web of Evil is really REALLY annoyed by his internet provider.
- The Journal of Improbable Research finds a study into whether physically attractive people are more likely to think the world is fair.
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