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Old Line Elephant Link Roundup 4/26/11

Happy Tuesday. After the joys of Easter / Holy Week - it's back to the regular grind. And with that...here's some interesting links:

• First - Happy Birthday to the Sundries Shack. They're celebrating their 7th birthday on the blogosphere. Check out Jimmie's site and his link roundup.
• In Maryland, Tea Party activists are getting ready to fight against the MD DREAM Act. You can join in too, if you're interested, here.
• Late term abortionist LeRoy Carhart is being investigated by Maryland regulators. According to a complaint by Operation Rescue, Carhart did not list that he would be performing late term abortions on his application to the state of Maryland. Carhart left Nebraska for Maryland after Nebraska passed a law prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks.
• Am I the only one still morbidly curious about Jimmy McMillan? No? Good. Well, the 2001 and 2005 Rent is too Damn High candidate for Mayor of NY and 2006 / 2010 candidate for Gov is now a Republican and running for President. He stopped by Quinnipiac University and gave a talk to a group of students. You can check out some of the highlight videos / pictures here.
• Speaking of 2012, libertarian-leaning former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson answered a number of questions on Twitter the other day. Josiah Schmidt of Race42012 compiled all his responses with links. Check them out - Johnson's an interesting candidate and has stated on a few occasions that a) he supports repeal of Roe v. Wade and b) he'd support any efforts to remove federal funding of abortions, even though he's a more pro-choice leaning politician. Check out the post.
• RightKlik reports that there's a storm a brewing in Europe. What kind of storm? Their own kind of "Tea Party."
• R.S. McCain has an interesting take on Barbour deciding not to run for President - it helps Herman Cain. Read the whole post, it's an interesting point and Cain, as you know, is an interesting candidate.
• Troy Stouffer wrote a very heart-felt post on his faith entitled, "What Will Wake You Up" that I recommend for any person of faith to read.
• It's official - at E3 Nintendo will be unveiling their next console, following up on their highly successful Wii. The console is slated for a 2012 release date.
• Ever wondered how they filmed the opening crawl in Star Wars? Here's a quick picture taken from the film set that pretty much says it all.
• Did you read the excellent Star Wars novel Heir to the Empire? I only did recently and I love it. With its 20th anniversary coming up, they've been revealing some behind the scenes comments from author Timothy Zahn. The most recent comment is posted at Lightsaber Rattling.

Have other links to recommend? Post them in the comments section!