Potpourri from Faerie

Catching up from a bit …

The Good

1. Scientific daydream – DOF waxes at length on what scientific education should be, and how to bring it about.
2. Notes from the Field | Robert X. Cringely® | InfoWorld… – Even the RIAA can’t stand before a few good mothers banding together.
3. What’s For Lunch? – I knew there was a reason I had my Mom make me PB&Js every day for lunch when was in school.
4. Star Wars photoshopping contest – Classic (and some not-so-classic) art given a Star Wars theme. Some delightful bits here.
5. Wherein your host removes all dobut of his royal geekiness… – What other former Companions could the Doctor turn to in times of need?

The Bad

1. Washington Wire – WSJ.com : Nevada GOP Cancels Convention,… – It’s a bad sign when the delegates just, um, phone it in.
2. Study finds AMBER Alerts are great drama, but have… – Have lives been saved? Very few. Has the general level of fear in the general populace been ratcheted up a notch? Yup. What’s the trade-off?
3. DRM Deja Vu: Yahoo! Music shutting down. Any music… – Once again, unless you actually own it, it can be taken away.
4. Michigan women must pay out of pocket for birth control… – … while Michigan men can get insurance coverage for Viagra. Bzzzzzt!

The Ugly

1. Ben Stein goes off the deep end. Suggests Obama is… – Ben Stein was fun on Win Ben Stein’s Money. Ben Stein as political commentator the last few years has been a rhetorical train wreck.
2. Tom Delay says: God made America to spread the Gospel! – It says so right in the Constitution, right?
3. WSJ op-ed claims “The Dark Night” is actually a homage… – … to George W. Bush? As is, evidently, Lord of the Rings. Riiiiiiight.
4. CIA memos say ’specific intent’ of ‘pain and suffering’… – Remember, if you weep as you torture them, not only is it not torture, but you get a full remission of your sins.
5. CNN reporter says bad things about the TSA, gets hassled… – I feel much safer!
6. Police Infiltrating, Spying on Leftist Groups – Didn’t they learn back in the, oh, 60s? It’s not about the actual useful intel or danger, it’s about justifying a big budget and feeling like J. Edgar Hoover (with or without dress).
7. An Interactive Guide to Bush Administration Lawbreaking – Can’t tell your players without a program.