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1. The state of the US economy, like many things, is relative. In this case relative to whichever party is holding the presidency at the time (1996 versus 200 .

2. The good Reverend Wright, Obama’s spiritual advisor for 20 years, was originally a Muslim?

After many lectures like this, Obama decided to take a second look at Wright’s church. Older pastors warned him that Trinity was for “Buppies”–black urban professionals–and didn’t have enough street cred. But Wright was a former Muslim and black nationalist who had studied at Howard and Chicago, and Trinity’s guiding principles–what the church calls the “Black Value System”–included a “Disavowal of the Pursuit of ‘Middleclassness.’”

Not that there’s anything wrong with being a Muslim. The racist “black nationalist” thing kinda bugs me though. Just another one of those things that is going to make it hard for him in the general election.

3. I found this site called Mom Logic which describes itself as a site for “thinking moms who don’t have time to think.” Nothing special that I haven’t seen on a dozen other mommy blogs out there, but I did find this “guess which celebrity mom is wearing that shoe” game a little weird. Who knew moms harbored “foot in show” fetishes?

4. Katie Couric is leaving CBS News early? I never watched her. Along with a lot of other people I hear.

5. The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time.

6. Zombie Strippers.

Now that’s high-quality theatre.