sunday short stack

"I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty." - George Burns

• Watch the RNC in a minute.
• This looks like a damn fun party.
• Even Ben Kingsley does karaoke.
• Harold Augenbraum looks at the metaphysics of the American literary industry.
• The Onion looks inside Obama's emails.
• Know your stuff, Obama supporters.
• Researchers prove that especially among conservatives, factual proof that a belief was false seemed only to reinforce that belief’s sway over reality.
• Tim Wise: "This Is Your Nation on White Privilege"
• Do you think this guy got regular manicures?
• Let your party guests build their own jukebox.
• For my next party, I want to store the ice I made in this brilliant contraption in this awesome refrigerator.
• The Straight Dope considers the very pressing question: "How would the U.S. military fight a zombie army?"