Down with Stripper Heels: A Candy-Corn-and-Bile-Flavored Halloween Pep Talk : Input Junkie - A subtle oddity in a conspicuous story : Three reasons to stop freaking out about socialism | Wise Bread :

Making Light: The religious right, gone barking mad : -- Oy.  VotersUnite! : -- Check to see if you're registered ahead of time. Bento Lunches - new artificial sweetener on market : -- Just in case you have reactions to such things. 

The Pulitzer Prizes | Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas : -- Terrifying.  Why don't we hear about these things?

FYI: Passive Electioneering in IL « Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose : -- Important bits about voting--I didn't know this. 

Heretic Spire, a Damn Lie - sanctity and tradition my ass : -- Yikes.

Woman: 'They wanted to destroy my body and spirit' - CNN.com : Commentary: Stop the 'vampires' in the Congo - CNN.com : -- Appalling. 

Superior Court Rules Against GOP In NW Indiana (UPDATED) | Progress Illinois : -- Whoa.  How much of this is going on? 

Making Light: What kind of "Election Day unrest" are we talking about? : -- Um, not good. 

HAL Ate My Vote: How Hackable Are the Voting Machines in Your State? : Business Of Books: Should SF Writers Boycott Borders? :

naamah_darling: On Cynicism and Hope : -- Definitely worth a read.