“I’d Love to, but Chinese Food Gives Me Gas”

In Closing: Let them eat chard; Christian Taliban are a scary bunch; the failure of progressive organizations; when did the term “centrist” get hijacked?; more sobering facts about what a crappy year 2009 was; NBC the Barbarian (Conan the Classy); Gin and Tacos offers an idea; Haiti follow-up includes the importance of building codes and Satan replies to Pat Robertson; and if there’s a silver lining to our crappy economy, it’s that people are trying to live within their means.