Friday link dump: On teasing panthers

• Here is a chart of what to fight for in the Financial Regulation conference committee.
• NYPD wins terrible court ruling with the old we can do anything we want because of terror! defense.
• A very good McClatchy piece on where Obama went wrong in approving the expansion of offshore drilling.
• "New York politician has insane stance on Israel" is not news, but here's Chuck Schumer being a little more honest than he meant to me while speaking to the Orthodox Union. Turns out the Gaza siege is mostly about collective punishment of a million people!
• Yes, someone at Media Matters actually had to read the Glenn Beck book.
• Here is $1 trillion we could cut from the Pentagon budget. Let's make it happen!
• Joshua Green is sorry he made Rush hate Rand Paul.
• What does a creationist biology "lab" do all day?
• Are you scared of Turkey yet? Haven't you heard that they're Muslims? Just like al-Qaeda!
• Yep, regional Tea Parties are protesting mandatory trash pickup.
• Rand Paul had a lovely interview with Sean Hannity.
• Mitch McConnell is still shutting down the government, for fun.
• Lamar(!) Alexander will solve global warming with magic.

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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