NATION IN BRIEF/24,000 childrun injured in shopping carts childfree people have been saying for years ‘jeez, parents who let their kids stand up in shopping cards are dumb.’ Now, we are validated by pediatricians, no less. (tags: childfreedom)

U.K. census finally online — 921 years later Domesday Book is online (tags: Domesday) ‘Baby, Give Me a Kiss’ – Los Angeles Times “Girls Gone Wild” impresario: creepy playa, or serial rapist who gets signed consent forms? (tags: girlsgonewild) Saint Nicholas Episcopal Church (tags: Episcopal Chicago) Canyon Creek Bed and Breakfast History (tags: B&B Montrose)

VANITY FAIR : FEATURES : GENERAL The 911 transcripts (tags: 911) Father Jake Stops the World: Teresa Mathes: Don’t Call Them Conservatives I met Teresa’s husband the Bishop of San Diego when he was still Canon Mathes of Chicago, meeting with us at Holy Moly. (tags: Episcopal ACN AAC) The Association of Religion Data Archives (tags: NeatNewStuff Religion) Home Remodeling Center – Home Remodeling Plans (tags: NeatNewStuff DIY Remodeling homeimprovement)

Senate Democrats block wage, tax bill | Top News | Reuters.com Durbin calling out the fat cats is kind of funny, but he’s definitely been talking tougher this year. I think he and Obama work well together. (tags: Democrats) KXAN.com – Bush Arrives For His Shortest Texas Summer Vacation Yet Oh, boo-hoo, President Hardly Working. (tags: Bush HardWork HardlyWorking vacation) Episcopal News Service: Network churches haven’t inked the Faith Contract yet Episcopalians don’t go in for statements of faith other than the Nicene and Apostles Creeds. To be a traditionalist, though, you may have to sign on the dotted line…

Minimum Wage, Maximum Gall (tags: MinimumWage Republican DoNothingCongress)

The Moderate Voice – – (tags: Moderate Blogs) The Raw Story | MoveOn’s clout divides Democrats (tags: Democrats MoveOn) The Raw Story | Experts: Not a single Army Combat team left ready to deploy Army unready to deploy: let’s not commit ourselves to more wars (tags: Army) GOP purging voter rolls | IndyStar.com (tags: VoteSuppression Republican) Gibson Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Remarks | Chicago Tribune In Vino Veritas, Mel (tags: Gibson Anti-semitism DUI) Fashion week: Your nagging questions answered. By Josh Patner (tags: ProjectRunway Model)

Breaking: Lieberman tries the smear | TPMCafe (tags: DINO Lieberman Lamont Politics) Playing politics on public television Mayor William Shaw and brother Robert use Dolton’s cable station to harass rivals without rebuttal | Chicago Tribune Badly written, worse edited, but still interesting reading about how a cable access show is used to play dirty politics in South Chicago (tags: Chicago Politics CorruptDemocrats) TIME.com: A Mixture of Regret and Resolve in Israel — Page 1 (tags: Israel MiddleEast) CNN.com – Blair, Arnie ‘global warming pact’ – Jul 31, 2006 End run around Bush (tags: GlobalWarming ClimateChange SwelterAge) AP Wire | 07/31/2006…

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow and West | Airport handling more US flights (tags: Bombs WarByProxy War MiddleEast) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Dozens killed in Lebanon air raid Women and children killed in raid on Qana (tags: Lebanon Israel War Bombs) Many wave off heat warnings | Chicago Tribune We saw the signs on the tollway that said “drink water” and “check on your neighbors.” Still, we saw plenty of people out in the parks and attending a big car show festival. (tags: Chicago HeatWave) Deadly Israeli Airstrike Sparks Fury | Chicago Tribune (tags: Lebanon…

Seeing the Forest: Republican Says We Need A Dem Congress Pete McCloskey speaks out – the Revolt of the Elders, he calls it. I’m sure the Repugs call it something else. (tags: Republican CorruptRepublicans DeLay Abramoff) Bush Sees a Chance for Change to Sweep Mideast – New York Times “This is a moment of intense conflict in the Middle East,” Mr. Bush said. “Yet our aim is to turn it into a moment of opportunity and a chance for broader change in the region.” Shit, does he think we’re fools? Doesn’t he know we don’t see Regi (tags: MiddleEast Israel…

Well, let’s see what we have here: Azithromycin TAKE AS DIRECTED Each tablet contains azithromycin monohydrate equivalent to 250mg azithromycin. A full course of antibiotic therapy in Just 5 Doses. Azithromycin tablets keep on working* days 6 to 10 *Data on file, Pfizer Inc. New York, NY Lovely. Just lovely. Yesterday David was telling me he had a doctor’s appointment for today and then stopped and said “You know, you should see the doctor. What you have might be whooping cough, there was something on National Public Radio about it recently.” Sure enough, there was, and based on what I…