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  1. See. Hang out with birthers and it's bound to come back and bite you.
  2. Mitt Romney has never provided provided proof that he is not a unicorn. mittromneyisaunicorn­.com
  3. Oldest Musical Instruments Are Even Older Than First Thought is.gd/2fXfLq Radiocarbon dating ancient bone flute older than thought
  4. Were America's Founders Christian, secular, or both? Ans: it's complicated. is.gd/zyPvvT
  5. NYT: Politics of religion nytimes.com/2012/05/28/opi… "1st amend. is not a license for religious entities to impose dogma on society through law."
  6. is.gd/zyutnK After Facebook fails "totally personalized advertising is icky and oxymoronic."
  7. ' Birtherism' requires 3 factors: (1) racism, (2) low IQ, (3) willingness to pander or lie. Prevalent in AZ?
  8. washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-ar… In AZ, more birther buffoonery. AZ Secy of State Ken Bennet demands Obama's birth cert. I demand Ken Bennet's IQ test
  9. washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-go… Full list of orgs suing HHS over birth control rule. Heartwarming to see such a humanitarian mission.
  10. is.gd/Ch5SOO NYT: Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses Beyond cool.
  11. nytimes.com/2012/05/19/art… Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, famous German baritone dead at 86. His "Die schöne Müllerin" interp. was amazing.
  12. washingtonpost.com/national/on-fa… Author to sue Georgetown U. in Catholic court Hey, doesn't Sharia Law have its own courts, too?
  13. “I’m not familiar, precisely, with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was,” Mr. Romney said. Right.
  14. nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opi… Capitalists&other psychopaths. "indifferent to others, incapable of guilt, exclusively devoted to their own interests.
  15. washingtonpost.com/politics/obama… Obama marriage endorsement mobilizes Christian conservatives. Lemme guess - sudden epiphany?
  16. via @jape nytimes.com/2012/05/06/mag… Comment "[he] loses sight of simple fact that all wealth is created by workers."
  17. On a positive note: if you are so inclined to thank the President, sign the card: thinkprogress.org/take-action/th…