New in the quirky single topic blog department: a blog that runs away with the observation that a lot of the people in photographs from local newspapers are scowling. Welcome to Angry People In Local Newspapers.

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Salon’s excellent 3-part series on Glenn Beck‘s Zoo Crew roots has restored a lot of focus to the impact that Glenn Beck’s instincts as an entertainer have on his political stances.
It has also had a hand in making a viral phenomenon out of this zany 1986 TV ad for Beck’s radio show, which involves balloons, cuckoo clocks, and a chimp named Zippy. Observe:

The New York Times has pulled down a photo slide show from its website after some zealous bloggers over at Metafilter lobbed charges of Photoshopping at the paper. However! In the age of the air-brushed cover, where Photoshop is available to all and sundry, what constitutes as altering is questionable.