More RNC shenanigans in Twin Cities

From the Associated Press, whose photographer Matt Rourke was arrested and held without charge earlier in the week:

• Warehouse set to process convention arrests August 15, 2008
• Police target protesters at GOP convention August 30, 2008
• Anti-war protest may be hampered by arrests August 31, 2008
• 9 arrested at Xcel in antiwar march September 1, 2008
• 5 arrested in protests at GOP convention site September 2, 2008
• GOP convention protest arrests tally nearly 300 September 3, 2008
• Police hope to avoid more GOP convention violence September 4, 2008
• Arrests mark last anti-war march of convention September 5, 2008

From the ACLU newsroom:

• ACLU Calls For Investigation Into Raids And Mass Arrests At RNC September 2, 2008
• Kentucky Photojournalists Released From Jail After Being Held For 36 Hours Without Charges September 3, 2008
• At RNC, Arraignments Begin And Arrests Continue September 4, 2008
• ACLU Sues St. Paul And Minneapolis For Release Of Educational Materials Seized During Raids September 4, 2008
• ACLU Renews Its Call For Investigation Into Civil Liberties Violations At RNC September 4, 2008

Jon Stewart demolishes Republican pundits

Pharyngula is carrying a hilarious exposee of Republican two-facedness on candidate selection issues.  I can only agree with PZ Myers: Jon Stewart is brilliant.

Religious decline in United States following Western European pattern

America seems to be following the same trajectory as Western Europe, but forty years later.