Terri Schiavo's Death...and the Death of NPR?

The term "persistent vegetative state" returned to the lexicon with the release of Terri Schiavo's autopsy on Wednesday. The news that Mrs. Schiavo's brain was half its normal size and that she was blind vindicated her husband , Michael Schiavo, who jumped to the No. 2 spot among BlogPulse's bursty people, while Terri jumped to No. 5 among key people. Medical Examiner Jon Thogmartin tops the bursty people list. The Thought Mechanics blog hopes it puts "she was abused" conspiracy theories to rest, the My Brain in 10 Words or Less blog hopes the finding brings some solace to her parents, while the Jaws Blog continues to debate the issue...without having read the report. Sigh....

The issue that's mobilizing the online community is a Moveon.org petition to save the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which operates Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio, from Congressional budget cuts and political influence. Blogger Adam Fields, for one, would rather seen money spent on good programming than more bombs, while the Volokh Conspiracy blog takes issue with MoveOn's campaign. According to the BlogPulse graphing capabilities, the last time PBS got a big spike in attention (late January) was when the Education Secretary issued PBS a slapdown for airing of a program featuring lesbian parents.



Celebrity sightings
Steve Jobs' commencement speech to Stanford's graduates is today's No. 8 link. The Eight Face blogger's four-word review borrows from Jobs' mention of the Whole Earth Catalog: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.

And if you consider various politicians celebrities, today's No. 2 link is curious: a short, Republican-sponsored House Resolution offering to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution -- the one that limits sitting presidents to two terms. Damn the Man blogger says it's not a sign that the sky is falling...just a sign that the sky is worth watching.

Batman is back. So is Teddy Ruxpin. So is LA Lakers Coach Phil Jackson.

Today's laugh comes from The Onion.

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