Right Wing Watch: ENDA: The religious right dusts off its hate crimes playbook

TPMMuckraker: Rent-A Front: New group wages stealth battle against Wall Street reform

TheZoo: The McVeigh tapes

BagNews: Nina Berman looking at the tea party

James Wolcott: Jewel of the Niles

ArmsControlWonk: Iranian ICBM: New estimate, same as the old estimate

Attytood: Oath Keepers "urgent" plea for thousands of gun enthusiasts to descend on DC on April 19

Just An Earth-Bound Misfit: A day when some bad sh*t happened

digby: This man still won't take responsibility for what he helped cause

James Wolcott: The Rubes and the Ruse

Blog Against Theocracy: A plethora of posts from the 2010 participants

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: The Girl Can't Help It Vintage Blog, Isebrand.com, Border Explorer

Attackerman: Who’s a stronger force in American politics– AIPAC or the U.S. military?

Marginal Revolution: The economics of managed care

James Wolcott: The Militant Ignoranti

Prometheus 6: I hope they pay up faster than the Department of Agriculture paid black farmers

PERRspectives: The irreplaceable Ulysses S. Grant

Mercury Rising: Another reason Smilin' Tim couldn't get re-elected in Minnesota (h/t Norwegianity)

darkblack: 5 Is The Magic Number

Faithful Progressive : George Lakoff on Obama, Tea Parties, and the battle for our brains

The Rude Pundit: What is enhanced interrogation tecnique number 12?

MAL Contends: Gates calls Europe's anti-war mood a danger to peace

James Wolcott: The lunatics have taken over the salon

Newshoggers: Joseph Stack, frustrated American

Booman Tribune: Lend a Hand

Attytood: When your nation's only accountability is a comedian

Welcome Back to Pottersville: FOX News at its finest

Raw Story: Obama received $20 million from healthcare industry in 2008 campaign

James Wolcott: The Daily Caller: Where the laughter goes to die

Mad Kane’s Political Madness: Al Qaeda talking points

Raw Story: 135,000 uninsured Americans will die before health reform takes effect, analysis finds. Some useless Dems will declare ‘victory’ but Dean says “kill it.”

Consortiumblog:: How banks fleece the unemployed

The Agonist: Hoyer: Bring back Glass-Steagall

Balloon Juice: Somebody hose off Vitter

Climate Progress: Gore derangement syndrome

James Wolcott is deadly...

Connecting.the.Dots: What is as close as we're going to get to a calling-to-account for the former Decider, and his puppet Tony Blair, for thousands of deaths in Iraq is unfolding, largely out of American media sight, before a panel of British nobles.

Informed Comment: IAEA condemnation of Iran: An omen of new sanctions or a symbolic slap on the wrist?

Seeing the Forest: Name it "The Bush Death Tax"

TheCunning Realist: Fear Factor

Ed Cone: Corn hole

James Wolcott: America Burps and Goes Shopping

Amygdala: Changing attitudes toward mental illness.

Lance Mannion: Stupak and the bishops, the bishops and me.

Sadly, No: Nothing will make them happy.

TBogg: Atlas begs.

Pam's House Blend: Tradishinul marridge is what brings us together today.

Thump and Whip: Glenn Beck doesn't identify as white, or speak for "white America" – except when he does.

James Wolcott: It takes more than a market rally to pull the wool over Bolton's mustache.

Guest post by Batocchio. Mike is back tomorrow. Send tips to Finnsagain AT aol DOT com.

Sensen No Sen: The health care crisis oligopoly and the real weight of the AMA

The Stranger: A classic example of the Gay Panic Defense

Jack & Jill Politics: New video from @WeekInBlackness - BET doesn't care about black people

D-Day: The Maze of Food Policy

NotionsCapital: American Milestone - 2.75 ton of fudge!

James Wolcott: Sarah Palin taunts John McCain with her runaway caboose

SNL: Natalie Portman Digital Short

Natalie's rapper imitation rocked the house on Saturday Night Live. The first time I saw her perform was in Luc Besson's "The Professional." She's starring in the new Wachowski movie, "V for Vendetta." (Wolcott reviewed the movie)

Download | play -WMP Download | play -QT

Q: What's the day in the life of Natalie Portman like?

Portman: Do you really want to know?

Q: Please, tell us.

Then the fun begins. It gets better the more times you see it.