Welcome to new blogger Leona at Comfortador Central. So far, she’s writing about politics, GLBT issues, cats — but most importantly, about the comforts of staying home (my personal favorite pastime).

Now that Obama and Biden won the presidential election,C’thulhu and Shoggoth have closed down their campaign headquarters and returned to R’lyeh to sleep, dreaming, until it’s time to start another campaign. Campaign workers tried to convince them to eat Sarah Palin before they left, but they said they preferred to let her continue to gibber in Alaska because it reminded them of themselves (though not as much as Ted Stevens reminds them of themselves).

Women Against Sarah Palin is a blog with posts from women about how Sarah Palin is not a feminist, and does not represent equality for women. Thanks, Abs!

…according to the BBC. Surprise, surprise — we fight their oil war in Iraq for them and they make off with all the profits. Oops, my cynicism is showing, strike that last sentence.

The latest New York Times/ CBS poll has some interesting things buried down deep in the full report. On page 29, we see that only 22% of those polled consider themselves politically liberal; 38% call themselves moderate; 33% conservative; and 7% didn’t give an answer. On page 27, we discover that 38% of those polled claim they attend religious services every week or almost every week, while 23% never attend. According to page 9 George W. Bush gets a lowly 22% approval rating, while page 17 reveals that Congress gets a dismal 15% approval rating.

One thing I love about the Web is that you don’t have to rely on the dumbed-down “stories” in which journalists “interpret” polls for us — you can look at the actual questions and responses — geek heaven! Link to the report.

If you live in southeastern Massachusetts, Terry Tempest Williams is coming to UMass Dartmouth on October 23. (Thanks, Jean!)

A warm welcome to the liberal religious blogosphere to blogger Elizabeth, who is both a certified Anusara Yoga teacher and a Quaker. I liked her recent post on Vivka and the carbon fund — simple living and ecojustice from a yoga perspective.