Links: Stating The Obvious And Such

Whee! Links list, since I can’t seem to get long posts out of any of these.

• Group of people likes piece of media geared at them; film at 11. [Inquirer]

• A bunch of years ago Pope Paul 6 was told Catholics they can’t use condoms in order to prevent a lessening of morals; now that morals are “lessened” — whatever that means — this somehow means the pope was right even though he banned condoms, even for married couples where one partner has AIDS. (Sorry, dying people!) Truly, Pope Paul was a genius in one respect: He wrote an encyclical that made it impossible for him to be wrong. [The Bulletin]

• PATCO is thinking of re-opening the creepy Franklin Square station due to a carousel and a mini-golf course. They’re going to need to call in the Ghostbusters to rid the station of Slimer and Co. [AP/CBS 3]

• Ed Rendell told the media nobody warned him Congress was attempting to gut SEPTA’s funding — public transit doesn’t really have lobbyists like car and oil companies — even though Bob Brady called him 16 times about it. Let’s settle this with a boxing match at the Blue Horizon, please. [Daily News]

• Some idiot on TV said Michael Vick’s dogfighting charges are worse than Kobe’s rape charges and motherfucking Nancy Grace (another noted idiot) had to correct him. Somehow what the dude said was offensive, but a U.S. senator calling for Vick’s execution is a-okay. I understand how these things work. [CBS News Public Eye]

• And a 16-year-old was allegedly killed for his new dirtbike. [NBC 10]