Bloodless Coup

A couple of things nicked from Sully

First, he links to a piece suggesting that if people turn to atheism, they'll become more superstitious than Christians. Without more detail on the stats, what it looks like the stats really show is that there are a lot of idiots, both Christian and atheists, who believe in a lot of nonsense. They cite a figure that says that 10% of atheists pray every week, which makes me think what on earth was their sampling pool?

Second, more on the issue of showing deference to the Palins:

He did step in when KTUU-TV, the dominant broadcast station in Alaska, aired a segment describing the many personnel complaints the Palins had brought against Wooten. Todd Palin called to complain. The segment's producer, John Herbst, later resigned after he was reprimanded for failing to treat elected officials with "respect."

In Soviet Alaska, government votes you out!