Excellent analysis and response to the Wal-Mart employee benefits fiasco.  That company needs to get dragged into court and sued until every Walton family member is broke.

Have a Hummer H2?  Ever seen a Hummer H2?  Ever heard of a Hummer H2?  Then I point you to this site so you know how I feel about them.

The voice of the Jolly Green Giant has died (in addition to the person attached to that voice).  Very sad. [via Running for the Right]

Carnival of the Godless #26 is now available at A Rational Being.  These are always good.

The 20th edition of the Skeptics Circle is now available over at The Uncredible Hallq.  Again, these are always good.

If intelligent design (more aptly named un-intelligent design) is to be considered a viable scientific theory, then astrology should be as well.  Since that's true, now what say you about intelligent design?  [via Anne's Anti-Quackery & Science Blog]

The UN is stepping up pressure on Syria regarding the ongoing investigation into Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's death.  Unlike Saddam Hussein, can we not allow this one to fly under the radar please?

Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court and the GOP's threat to ram it through Congress have me cringing.  The Christian fundamentalist movement sure must be pleased with itself — unlike the rest of the country.  And who said America wasn't an exclusionary Christian nation where only the radical churches get to control everything…  No link; just despair.