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Today's blog discoveries are all over the lot, so let's get to it, shall we?

Durbin Day: Conservative bloggers are ganging up on Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (today's burstiest person) for comments he made on the senate floor about an FBI agent's observation of immoral treatment of Guantanamo Bay prisoners by the U.S. military. Just Barking Mad uses the Jane Fonda comparison to take Durbin to task for comparing U.S. detention practices to those of the Nazis, while Daily Kos uses equally strong words (some from conservative Republicans themselves) to come to Durbin's defense.

How do bloggers interpret torture? A BlogPulse trend graph compares the word "torture" with two different sets of adjectives:



Paring the Patriot Act: Renewal of the Patriot Act is also getting attention, especially with Thursday's House vote that gets the government's nose out of bookstore and library patron's records. MaxSpeak blog calls it a meeting of the right and left.

LiveJournal adopts tags:The tagging phenomenon is moving to LiveJournal. Many LiveJournalers are happy.

Tiger meets Dell?: Can it be true? Michael Dell is interested in selling Macintosh operating systems in Dell computers? Fortune magazine says so. Maclife blog says it won't happen (and uses a wonderful analogy in explanation), Hole in the Box blogger is conflicted, and Have Browser, Will Travel is excited about the possibilities. Read Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement speech to find out how Apple's design came about.

Conspiracy Theory of the Day: Was the collapse of the World Trade Centers a controlled demolition (or an inside job?). A former Bush administration member raises the possibility, and one blogger calls it the "wackjob theory of the day."

Not In My Cubicle, Thanks: Today's grin comes from the No. 27 link, "Office Pranks on the Increase." Click through to the photos to see sprouts growing in keyboards, foam peanuts galore and the full-cubicle version of the alien-deflecting tin-foil hat.

BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Who's winning the search wars? Google continues its domination.