* Slate asks: Why didn't Columbus get smote by God struck by lightning when crossing the Atlantic?
* Via Feminist Daily News: New Oklahoma lawsuit challenges mandatory ultrasound before abortion.
* Sarah Palin goes on offensive abortion offensive [via Time].
* Barack Obama is to Osama Bin Laden as Chairman of the Virginia Republican Party is to a [...]

* Jezebel debunks the debunkers of the rumors facts of Palin's rape kit debacle.
* Meghan McCain at McCain Blogette has posted another election playlist. McCain writes that she creates "playlists for almost every interesting experience," but doesn't identify exactly what that interesting experience is this time. What could the combination of David Bowie's "Golden Years," [...]