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Fundie feels the need to create ‘Christian’ alternative to kosher salt
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Pam Spaulding Is this what it has come to? Is there some sort of taste difference here, or is is all about a bit of religious bigotry married to plain old ignorance? Retired barber Joe Godlewski says he was inspired by television chefs who repeatedly recommended kosher salt in recipes. “I said, ’What the heck’s the matter with Christian salt?’” Godlewski said, sipping a beer in the living room of his home in unincorporated Cresaptown, a western Maryland mountain community. By next week, his trademarked Blessed Christians Salt will be available at http://www.memphi.net, ...

Around the Web in 80 Seconds, 03.05.09
The Latest on Air America — The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that folks can sue pharmaceutical companies even if the FDA ok'd particular drug as safe because everyone by now knows you simply have to pay a little extra to get your drug approved.  Speaking of buying things, CBS reported that Wall Street spent $5 billion to keep Washington off its back , $1.7 billion in political contributions and $3.4 billion on lobbyists between 1998 and 2008. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) has introduced legislation to defund Planned Parenthood. Vitter's amendment states that "none of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be made available to Planned Parenthood for any purpose ...

Another Spoonful of Stupid
Shakesville — I've avoided writing about this for a while because A) I am lazy, and 2) I was waiting for this story to be debunked as a hoax. Clearly, this idea is so asinine, no one could be so stupid as to actually try this. Right? Because you'd have to be a right real fuckin' moron to get so pissed off about kosher salt that you'd try to market an alternative "Christian salt." But that's exactly what some douchebag is attempting. ...