Grabbag of links

Bush and company are at it again. What happened to the separation of Church and State?! This kind of thing just enrages me. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. (NYTimes article)
Sick of holier-than-thou vegetarians lording it over you? Here’s proof that they’re not quite so death-free as they’d like you to believe. Go read and stock up on some ammo for the next time a militant vegetarian guilts you up.
Aww, poor little fundies aren’t so popular anymore. What a surprise. “…somehow we are being perceived by non-Christians in America as a group of people who are not particularly loving [and] not particularly generous, kind, or understanding.” *snerk*
Ever wonder what, exactly, a geek is? Check this out. Nifty page.
This is a fantastic article about the importance of free speech. Read the whole thing, it’s worth it. (Washington Post)
An amazing article about war photographer Catherine Leroy. She sounds amazingly cool. Be sure to follow the link to a gallery of her work.
Man opts for jail over ‘faith-based’ treatment. Interesting article from a freedom-of-religion standpoint. Check it out.
Men, says this study, tolerate pain better than women. I don’t want to argue (ok, I do, but anyway…), but I don’t know many men who aren’t a bit of a wuss at heart when it comes to pain, particularly pain not meted out in the course of something macho.
This fossil just sounds too cool. Apparently Lovecraftian creatures walked the earth once. Who knew? Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn! Ph’nglui mglw’nfah Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fthagn!