To the end, I will grapple with him, the virus said!

Which is to say I don’t seem quite as up to snuff as I should be today. But I got my work done today and yesterday and I’m making a writing group meeting tonight. Couldn’t have managed that at the end of last week.
But since I’m wiped, just a few links:
•Digby says the response of some conservatives to the news abstinence only education doesn’t work is that it doesn’t matter: “The other spin I think is very important is not [program] effectiveness, but rather the values that are being taught,” Rector said. Whether or not these programs work is a “bogus issue,” Rector continued.”
•In a similar vein, a religious conservative argues that even if a woman can fight better than the man she’s with, letting her handle the fighting is wrong.
•Glenn Greenwald looks at Obama’s policy of assassinating accused (but not convicted) members of al Qaeda or related groups. Among other points, the codified policy would allow the White House to assassinate American citizens; there’s still no due process; the memo talks about using assassination to stop “imminent” attacks but doesn’t require an imminent attack; and it doesn’t limit Obama’s authority to the situations described, just uses them as examples of clearly legal authority.
And David Brin wonders why I’m suspicious of authority …
•An Arkansas right-to-life senator announces that “We’re going to take this country back for the Lord. We’re going to try to take this country back for conservatism. And we’re not going to allow minorities to run roughshod over what you people believe in!”
•A school insists that just because it bans swearing for girls (boys only have restrictions when around women), it isn’t applying a double standard. Um, yes, that’s what a double standard is.