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Saw this on a T-shirt at lunch:
Gods Don’t Kill People,
People With Gods Kill People.

Katies Holmes will be making her Broadway debut this month in Arthur Miller’s drama “All My Sons.” Her appearance last night at a preview performance drew nearly 30 anti-scientography protesters. What I find interesting is AP’s interview with a disinterested patron standing in line:
Meanwhile, 27-year-old Alistair Savides, visiting from St. Louis, said he [...]

Finally, a voice of reason amidst the swirling storm concerning the bad call in this past weekend’s San Diego - Denver game. Michael Wilbon:
Let’s get something straight right off the bat: Ed Hochuli didn’t fail the NFL when he blew that call Sunday; the league failed him.
Of course, that didn’t stop folks from bombarding [...]

We’ve all about how impressive Microsoft’s new $300 million advertising campaign was going to be and we’ve all seen the two ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates.  Now we’ve read that they’re dropping Jerry Seinfeld and we’ve read the spin that this was the plan all along.
As usual, John Gruber has insightful analysis of the situation. [...]

Not really what the main article is about, but this quote is right on the money:
Management is telling people what to do, which is a vital part of any industrial economy. Leadership is figuring out what ought to be done then getting people to do it, which is very different. It is a vital part [...]

Christopher Hitchens, writing in Slate, Pakistan Is the Problem: And Barack Obama Seems to Be the Only Candidate Willing to Face It:
We were all warned of this many years ago. When the Clinton administration sent cruise missiles into Afghanistan in reprisal for the attacks on our embassies in East Africa, the missiles missed Osama Bin [...]

The Onion:
Goodell also cautioned Jones to be mindful of rule 14b of the on-field uniform code, which states that one may shoot an opposing quarterback once and only once as long as the throwing arm is not targeted.

Atheist Revolution is starting a new series called The 30 Minute Activist:
I think I am going to use my recent post, “Be an Atheist Activist in 30 Minutes a Week,” to inspire a new series of posts on atheist activism. I am calling the series “The 30 Minute Activist” to emphasize the point that one [...]

Sarah Palin, was interviewed today by Fox News’ Sean Hannity:
Palin told FOX News’ Sean Hannity that it was “unfair” for Barack Obama to criticize McCain earlier in the week for saying “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.” She said McCain was clearly talking about the workforce.
“It was an unfair attack on the verbiage that [...]

Monday:
“Officials are held accountable for their calls. They are graded on every play of every game,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Monday. “Ed has been an outstanding official for many years, but he will be marked down for this call. Under our evaluation system, an official’s grades impact his status for potentially working the playoffs [...]