Pharyngula: Major funder of atheist groups cuts off cash to those who criticize his orthodoxy. Eschaton: It was not a gay old time in New York for Andrew Yang. Off the Charts Blog: Louisiana is just the latest state to show that expanding Medicaid reduces hospitals’ costs for uncompensated care. Zandar Versus the Stupid: Now that a Democrat is back in the White House, the GOP debt ceiling hostage takers are back. Speaking of which, your quote of the day: "Let me tell you what's involved if we don't lift the debt ceiling: financial collapse and calamity throughout the world.” (Senator Lindsay Graham, (R-SC), January 7, 2011) Guest blogging Mike's Blog Round Up this week is Jon Perr from Perrspectives.