“Despite expected losses this fall, Senate Democrats are not backing down on their commitment to filibuster reform.” (Fun detail: Ben Nelson is described as a “centrist”.) [The Hill]

We have this running game: If you read a given piece of news as coming from the Bush Administration instead of the Obama Administration, what would you think?

Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.

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“The continued search for extraterrestrial communication, by several entities, sustains the hope that some day humankind will receive signals from extraterrestrials. When we do, we should have in place a coordinated response that takes into account all the sensitivities related to the subject.”
—Mazlan Othman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs

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Title: “Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race”

Authors: Jon Stewart; many others not named Jon Stewart

Rank: 1

Blurb: “Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race… After two weeks of hard work, they had their book.”

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We weren’t sure it was worth mentioning Christine O’Donnell’s latest Politically Incorrect Blast from the Past…

O’DONNELL: You know what, evolution is a myth. And even Darwin himself—

MAHER: Evolution is a myth? Have you ever looked at a monkey?

O’DONNELL: Well then, why they — why aren’t monkeys still evolving into humans?

…but then, we hadn’t considered the movie tie-in.

Bill Maher’s New Clip Of O’Donnell: ‘Why Aren’t Monkeys Still Evolving Into Humans?’ [ThinkProgress]

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What: Museum Day

Where: Creation & Earth History Museum, Santee, California

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., today only!!!

Presentations:

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