Linkage

• Good Grief and Great Tits (The Stranger) Dan Savage's takedown of Sarah Palin's is epic.
• Crushing Christmas: How to Win Every Argument (The Daily Beast) How to deal with that crazy uncle at family get togethers by out crazying them all.
• But I'd like, just once, for someone to have the balls to admit their bigotry without trying to blame it on Jesus (Squatlo Rant) Not bishop Shelby Spong, but pretty good
• Scientists Link Spike in Thyroid Disease to Fukushima Disaster (Real News Media) Be afraid, be very, very, afraid.
• Stanford Researcher Proves NSA Can Probably Identify Individuals From Phone Records (TechCrunch) Seriously, this sh%$ is data mining 101. Your phone records reveal who you are.

H/T Distractify