Femmostroppo Reader – November 27, 2009

Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me

– Approving bail for a known bail-jumper – what could go wrong?

• Black Lawn Jockeys in 2009

– I still see “tastefully decorative concrete aboriginal” statues around sometimes too. WTF are these people thinking?

• The “myth of thanksgiving” linkspam

– A ton of stuff that I definitely didn’t know about the true origin of Thanksgiving in the US.

• Ethics classes to be trialed as an alternative to "Scripture"

– “It’s about time there was something better for the non-scripture kids to do than go to the library and twiddle their thumbs.”

• Competitive Enterprise Institute intends to sue blogger over moderation policy

– “Yes they’re planning to sue Schmidt for the “inappropriate behavior” of moderating comments at RealClimate. Of course, the point of this vexatious suit isn’t to win — it’s to harass and distract Schmidt because he is being effective.”