H/t to Tina N.
In Iran, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 42-year-old mother of two, was convicted of adultery in 2006. Her confession came after 99 lashes with a whip and she later withdrew it.
Now, she is scheduled to be stoned to death:

CNN reports:
A veteran Iranian human rights activist has warned that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, could be stoned to death at any moment under the terms of a death sentence handed down by Iranian authorities.

Today we celebrate our nation’s 234th birthday. Like many countries, our collective past serves to bind us together through thick and thin, and some of the stories are as familiar to us as that Grimm fairy tales or Mother Goose. Some other stories, however, are not so familiar to us. We all know of George Washington’s victories, Thomas Jefferson’s gorgeous articulation of our common values, and John Adam’s prudence in defiance and in governance. The list of names we know from our founding is long–consider Patrick Henry, Ben Franklin, James …

Skip to 5:00 to hear Amy Siskind defend Sarah Palin and Meg Whitman.

The Huffington Post article which Amy refers to, written by Keli Goff, claims that Whitman’s children are fair game.

The following op-ed is featured on the front page of The Huffington Post.
There must have been some major high-fiving when CNN announced that Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker would be taking over Campbell Brown’s 8 p.m. slot. High-fives between Bill O’Reilly and his producers, and Keith Olbermann and his producers.
By featuring these two individuals, CNN appears to be a network that has lost track of the sensitivities and sensibilities of its female audience. And, on the back of the bevy of female departures …

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Heading toward the close of Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination hearings, it is becoming more and more inevitable that she will be joining the Supreme Court when hearings resume this fall. If Kagan is confirmed, the shifting demographics of the Court will be a groundbreaking …