Blog sprinkles

Hoots at Hootsbuddy's Place has complied an excellent list of sites about Obama's background as a professor.

David at Twenty One Times Two discusses (after the major rumpus caused by Google's spambot shutting out people from their blogs) how to back up your blog's content.

Mustang Bobby at Bark Bark Woof Woof notes the Republican huffiness on being called over playing the racism card:

Mr. Tapper would seem to prefer that Sen. Obama, like all Democratic Party nominees before him, not respond to the attacks from the McCain campaign. But Mr. Obama insists on standing up to them. It's like he doesn't know his place.

Oh, and if Mr. Obama and his campaign is too politically savvy to come out and say outright that the McCain campaign and his minions are doing the racist/xenophobic dog-whistles, a lot of other people are.

Steve Benen of The Carpetbagger Report: Keeping track of the amazing flips and counterflips of flipflopping John McCain.

Blue Girl of Blue Girl, Red State talks about the ugliness exposed with the undocumented worker raids and the harsh treatment following.

Morse of Media Needle observes that Obama is too fat.

Tengrain of Mock, Paper, Scissors has a comparison picture for you to puzzle out.

And finally, from Think Progress, the best ever response by a judge:

Last Friday, police in Des Moines, Iowa arrested four people who attempted to make a citizens’ arrest of former top White House aide Karl Rove, who was in town to speak at a GOP fundraiser. A retired minister and three members of the Des Moines Catholic Workers community were cited for trespassing. However, according to a press release, the judge presiding over the case praised their efforts:

[Mona] Shaw was the first called before Polk County Fifth Judicial District Associate Judge William Price.

After entering her plea, the judge asked Shaw, “Mamn, what were you doing at the Wakonda Country Club?”

“I was attempting to make a citizen’s arrest of Karl Rove, your honor,” Shaw answered.

“Well,” the judge looked up and said, “it’s about time.”