Weekend Update - May 31st

• California, the unswerving bastion of progressive liberalthink, the frothing epicenter of just about every wild/weird/wonderful sociocultural movement and civil right in America. But boy did they ever screw up that gay marriage thing. Mark Morford apologizes.


• We love conspiracy theories more than most (Uncle Bob and I could spend hours arguing the finer points of some of them), and here's the top ten conspiracy theories of all time.


• The revelation this month in GQ Magazine that Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary embellished top-secret wartime memos with quotations from the Bible prompts a question. Why did he believe he could influence President Bush by that means? Well, maybe it has something to do with Bush's belief in Bible monsters named Gog and Magog. Better sit while you're reading this one.


• "President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is a proud and accomplished Latina. This fact apparently drives some prominent Republicans to a state resembling incoherent, sputtering rage. " Eugene Robinson comments.


• Somebody get Mike Huckabee's cell number and tell him the election is over. Seems the Huckster is still campaigning.


• This is getting even uglier. The commander of Fort Campbell army base in Kentucky has ordered a three-day suspension of regular duties to focus on a spike in suicides among his troops amid concern over a wider trend across the armed services. What's going on?


• And for what it's worth, here's the video that Shell doesn't want you to see.