“Republican U.S. Representatives are 36 percent more likely to incorporate the American flag on campaign websites than Democrats; Congressmen are 64 percent more likely to do so than Congresswomen.” [University of Minnesota, via Political Wire]

“Conan O’Brien is moving to TBS. In a surprise announcement, TBS revealed this morning that the former ‘Tonight Show’ host would join the cabler in the 11 p.m. time slot this November.” [Variety]

Just when we thought we were done with all the amusing unintended consequences of Census paranoia, another one turns up: When it asks whether you’re married, it doesn’t make sure you’re opposite-married…

Some conservatives have complained that the eventual count of same-sex unions will be legally inaccurate while serving as ammunition for homosexual-marriage advocates. Gary Randall, president of the Bellevue, Wash.-based Faith and Freedom Network, complained in a blog posting last month that the census “is leaving it to responders to characterize their own relationships, regardless of legal status.”

“Will homosexual numbers be inflated by this ‘you decide what you are’ policy? Probably,” Randall wrote.

Then again, they’ll probably also be inflated by wingnut boycotts and Erick Erickson pulling a shotgun on government workers.

Conservatives fear census will inflate ‘gay’ numbers [AP/OneNewsNow]

Kos splooges over his new iPad. First comment after the post: “Hard to understand how liberals can be in favor of a draconian company that restricts freedom.” Geeks are sillier than wingnuts.

Title: “Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, & Religion”

Author: David Barton

Rank: 10

Blurb: “David Barton is founder and president of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization which distributes historical, legal, and statistical information, and helps citizens become active in their local schools and communities. He was appointed by the Texas State Board of Education and the California Academic Standards Commission to review their History/Social Studies standards.”

Review: “The first clue that Mr. Barton is telling the truth is the torrent of scathing reviews from the Secularists.”

Customers Also Bought: “The Question of Freemasonry and the Founding Fathers,” by David Barton

Footnote: 103 reviews, only three mentions of deism.

Original Intent [Amazon]

Buy or Die [Stinque@Amazon kickback link]

The short one. On the left. Holding the death certificate. That one.

Raabe “was also a wartime aviator and the first Little Oscar, the mascot of the Oscar Mayer meat company.” He toured almost thirty years in the Wienermobile.

Your inner child is crying. Let it out.

Meinhardt Raabe, Famous Munchkin, Is Dead at 94 [NYT]

NYT:

A plane carrying the Polish president and dozens of the country’s top political and military leaders to the site of the Soviet massacre of Polish officers in World War II crashed in western Russia on Saturday, killing everyone on board…

The crash came as a stunning blow to Poland, wiping out a large portion of the country’s leadership in one fiery explosion. at the moment that Russia and Poland were beginning to come to terms with the killing of more than 20,000 members of Poland’s elite officer corps in the same place 70 years ago.

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