The Conservative Cat

Lisa of Cross Blogging talks about The Love Won Out conference in Boston. Love Won Out preaches that homosexuality is not an incurable condition. If true, this means that homosexuality is a choice and not a characteristic of birth, which means the homosexual lobby would lose its protected minority status.

Aaron of Free Will has an in-depth look at the Paris riots, including quotes from a blogger on the scene and the reaction of the Iranian government.

Bloggo Chicago has a report on the much-anticipated video game Star Wars Battlefront II.

Bruno Behrend of Extreme Wisdom has his own take on the Paris situation: it's not about cultural values, but the values of a culture. Rick Moran of Right Wing Nuthouse takes a look from a slightly different perspective, and sees the bill coming due for a whole lot of arrogance.

Mark of Liberty Just in Case looks at the other big story brewing this week and has some useful links to articles about the lies of Joe Wilson.

Over at Renew Illinois they have a scary story for a state that's desperately short of cash: Blagojevich's distortion of state's financial picture reminiscent of 'Enron' style accounting.

Chicago is home to a lot of unused rooftop water tanks. Red Chicago reports on an idea to turn them into something useful and fun.

Rossputin.com has the story of an unusual-- but highly welcome-- event in the tort arena: Finally, a Jury Gets a Pharmaceutical Case Right.

From Eyes on the Ball we have a more satirical take on the Paris riots: French Police on hunt for soiled Koran.

Finally, The Hungry Writer regales us with the subtext of another difficult emotion: It Starts With Life and Moves to Memories.

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Ferdinand T. Cat