Big Duck/Beard Day here at the Dish – but I have to give the prize of this culture war explosion to Rush Limbaugh. It really is a quote of the year:
Well, I just found out what a butt plug was. I didn’t even know.
Yeah, right. You want to know what I think? Leave. Phil. Robertson. Alone. Or stop using rednecks for ratings.
Three posts worth revisiting: a haunting avian Face of the Day; the (misleading) stats on teen pot use; and why that Obamacare “death spiral” is largely hype. Bonus late-night link: Pareene’s genius Mike Allen parody.
The most popular post? A&E Cannot Bear Very Much Reality. Second? My Deep Dish essay on the meaning of Pope Francis: Untier of Knots.
See you in the morning.
(Photo: California Academy of Sciences diver George Bell wears a Santa Claus suit as he dives in the Academy’s Philippine Coral Reef tank on December 19, 2013 in San Francisco, California. By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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