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The Tyson plant in Shelbyville has reversed its decision about offering Eid-al-Fitr as a paid holiday to its Muslim employees...sort of:

Michael Silence warns bloggers to try and avoid the urge to see media bias lurking around every corner:

A blogger I would describe as one of the more “moderate” in the ’sphere struck an intriguing pose over the weekend taking issue with this quote from John McCain:

“Government should take care of those in America who cannot take care of themselves.”

It’s that time of the month again…yep, to pick out some shining stars of the previous month from the blog-o-sphere. Going into this I didn’t think I starred too many but boy was I wrong. I actually had a whole bunch of good stuff that ya’ll wrote. Here are just a few of the good ones:

A couple of years ago (in our single days) we were fortunate enough to get to travel to Maui and sta

The news-o-sphere is all abuzz about a report that high school graduation rates in urban areas stink, especially when compared to suburban areas. Really? I had no idea. Somehow, I’m sure, this is George Bush’s fault.

Saw this up at Theo Spark's and had to put it in here.

A strange sort of fantastic movie, Heavy Metal, released in 1981. Wiki remarks dryly "the film has an unusual amount of bloody violence, nudity and sexuality for an animated film."

From the screenplay...An ominous note is struck as the girl notices the glowing
ball, and is drawn to it. Picking the sphere up, she looks

On February 13 at 8pm CST, I'm going to be participating in a series of 6-way video conversations with Dave Made That readers, Two Boobs and a Baby listeners, and folks who dig what I do, using ooVoo.

On February 13 at 8pm CST, I’m going to be participating in a series of 6-way video conversations with Dave Made That readers, Two Boobs and a Baby listeners, and folks who dig what I do, using ooVoo.