Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review.

Highlights
Andrew Hinton – Christianophobia
On the War on Christmas – that “perennial bonanza of bollocks” – and the separation of Church and State

The Whiskey Priest – Forty Two Days
Gavin Whenman believes the government’s pretence at compromise (re. the plans for 42-day detention without charge) is a “fairly transparent and deceitful tactic”

Nick Robinson’s Newslog – Change of command
BBC’s Nick explains why changes at Murdoch’s NewsCorp are not good for the PM

Karen Greenberg/CiF – The way forward on Guantánamo
Time is up, the SCOTUS must make a decision and enemy combatants must charged or released

Mike Barker – British Gas Electric! You’re ‘aving a laugh!
Barker’s frustrating anecdote deals with hulking bureaucracy, outsourcing, corporate arrogance and plain old incompetence

Ideas & Issues – Are you sufficiently inconvenienced yet?
A book review of An Inconvenient Book, the latest polemic by rightwing commentator Glenn Beck

Vino S – A few comments on Sino-Japanese relations
China and Japan may be important economic partners, but in politics and history huge rifts still exist

Elsewhere
Liberal Burblings – Abrahams episode – has Gordon Brown actually done something right?
Jo’s Jottings – Racist residents? Or guilty gypsies?
Parburypolitica – Unhappy families
Freemania – Cack-handed Maggie, and other stories
Could have been a contender – Why the left loves the war
Chris Paul – Abrahams and Ashcroft: Time For Openness and Honesty

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