Grist: Swine Flu outbreak linked to Smithfield Factory Farms

Lawyers, Guns and Money: I'm really sick and tired of the Villagers and their pro-torture buffoonery.  Just a few years ago, they were leading the mob in this political witchhunt.  But today, they, and the old "Rule of Law" crowd, are entirely ready to ignore this, even though torture has probably killed more Americans than 9/11.

naked capitalism: On Pelosi's duplicity and apparent sandbagging of Elizabeth Warren

The Impolitic: Smart on drugs

MN Progressive Project: Voters want Coleman to concede, Pawlenty to sign certificate

Sisyphus Shrugged: Columnist fails to recognize mouldering corpse of undead irony, which then eats her brain