The New Moral Majority (UPDATED)

This frightening piece on the plans of conservative protestants to "prepare demands for the White House is grounded in interviews with figures including Richard Land. Note the part about changing the rules governing filibuster so that anti-abortion judges will be certain to get confirmed. From the Orlando Sentinal UPDATE: Wall Street Journal piece on evangelists' thought-out agenda.

Implantable Chip to Store Health Records

The New York Times announced a new implantable 'Identity Badge' chip for health care that goes under the skin. It is about the size of a grain of rice and can hold your health care records. Interestingly, it is not only the usual objections of surveillance and privacy that the paper writes about, but also the fundamentalist Christian worry that it could be the "mark fo the beast" warned about in the Book of Revelation.