HorsesAss: French aerospace enthusiast, John McCain.

Daily Howler: During the 2004 Republican convention in New York, a certain saint threw himself a birthday bash. Check out the guest list.

Beat the Press: Can't the media find any economists who don't think that handing hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to the big banks and the incredibly rich people who own and manage them is a good idea?

Lance Mannion: The war that will never be lost as long as we stay there until the sun dies.

HOLY CRAP: Bad Moon Rising: A true story of Washington gone mad...Unless he's going to actually govern, Jesus is not relevant to the presidential race, but religious pandering has always worked...Souled Out...Theocracy Rejected...Southern Baptist Ethics...Interfaith Alliance Media Roundup...Randy Forbes and Military Chaplains...Seven sensationalist sins...Sam Harris on religion and modernity...Pot pourri