A small bit of Brain before dinner, sir?

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Hilzoy on Obama's Veterans Speech

Hilzoy does a good job of defending Obama from the charge that he's going to "battle McCain by throwing boomers under the bus." Instead, she points out that Obama's real intent here is show that McCain is opposed to raising veterans benefits because that might encourage people to leave the service. When McCain writes, "a cause greater than yourself is the most ennobling of all avocations," what he really means is war.

Will male mouth cancer sway the religious right?

Saneblog asks the important question: would the Evangelicals approve the HPV vaccine if they knew their young men were also at risk? Or would preaching against cunnilingus be sufficient?

Abandoned library in Russia

An ineffably sad photographic essay. (via Bookslut)