Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- June Nearly Sets An All-Time Moisture Record [1]
- Stay on Target…Stay on Target: Eric Martin [2]
- CIA Report Release Delayed Again: The Huffington Post News Team [3]
- Masses Yearn To Huddle In Liberty’s Reopened Crown: The Huffington Post News Team [4]
- Karl Malden Never Left Home Without It: bbulik@adage.com(Beth Snyder Bulik) [5]
- Pressure Mounts On Sanford To Resign: Versha Sharma [6]
- Registration is live – go register now! …: Sheana [7]
- Self-Esteem : The Frontal Cortex [8] – It seems to me that the penchant for improving kids’ self-esteem came out of the observation that underachieving kids had poor self-esteem, and someone swung the causational arrow around. Of course, some of that poor self-esteem may have come from discrimination, too — being told the color of your skin, or your gender, makes you unable to learn to be as smart as white boys probably hurts your self-esteem. But the solution is not to try to fix the self-esteem, but what’s lowering it. Duh.
- Beck Falsely States The U.S. Bought Alaska In The ‘1950s’ So We Could Drill [9] – Because buying Alaska was really all about the oooooiiillll, right? Well, maybe fish oil …
- Bachmann Lies About Census’ American Community Survey, Claims It Doesn’t Ask About Citizenship [10] – Does anyone expect anything other than sheer goofiness from Rep. Bachmann?
- Ala. closes in on Miss. as most obese state – USATODAY.com [11] – And kudos to Colorado …
- “The Optics Are Bad” [12] – I can understand banks not being thrilled, even if they were as virtuous and pure as the driven snow, over increased regulation. But their inability to police themselves, to the detriment of millions of people, demonstrates that, yes, the best way to protect consumers is with some toothful consumer protection.
- A new Alien Nation series develops at SCI FI Channel [13] – While not generally a fan of remakes, I think there’s a lot of potential in this series … and hearing Minear, of all folks, is involved makes me even more interested.
- Clear: What Gives? [14] – I find it amazing that the TSA can work hand-in-glove with Clear, but as soon as the company goes belly-up, can claim it’s none of their responsibility or concern how the data or future programs are handled. Of course, I find it mildly outrageous that these background-check easy-entry services aren’t managed by TSA themselves.
- 2005 Uri Geller: Michael Jackson’s career comeback to be “most dramatic ever seen in showbiz” [15] – I’m sure Uri will point out the tremendous outpouring of love and admiration for Jacko since his death and claim this was the ultimate (truly) career comeback …
- Jim Hilll : Hollywood bets big on “Beast,” considers remake of “My Fair Lady” [16] – Making a note that I want to rewatch the current 2D-animated BatB sometime soon …
- Is a NO GODS License Plate Offensive? [17] – He certainly has a case. If folks can create theistic license plates (background design or text), certainly the First Amendment requires folks be allowed to create atheistic ones.
- Monticello, Minnesota Wins Right To Run Fiber – TDS Telecom loses a series of appeals to kill the project…. [18] – What? Competition against a public option can actually improve service and lower prices? Inconceivable!
- Does The Future Hold Infinite Bandwidth? – Or a litany of roadblocks, restrictions and fees? [19] – As with so many things, there is no “free market” when all you have locally is a monopoly or duopoly. Companies, localities, and nations that continue to embrace that model will ultimately fall behind and become uneconomical to do business with.
- Grandmas Tell AT&T: We Don’t Want Metered Billing Either – ‘We grandmothers know a rip off when we seen one…’ [20] – AT&T's patronizing attitudes that grandmothers would only be interested in (or technologically capable of) sending text emails to their kids isn't going to earn them many points.
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6 Comments To "Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 01 July 2009"
#1 Comment By Randal On Wed 1-Jul-09 7:36pm @ 7:36pm
2005 Uri Geller: Michael Jackson’s career comeback to be “most dramatic ever seen in showbiz”
No, Dave, it WILL be the biggest thing to ever happen showbiz because it hasn’t happened yet — but it will!
True, Zombie Jacko won’t look much different from Live Jacko but you can’t have everything.
And, unlike other zombies, people will line up to volunteer their brains for consumption!
#2 Comment By Randal On Wed 1-Jul-09 7:39pm @ 7:39pm
Is a NO GODS License Plate Offensive? – He certainly has a case. If folks can create theistic license plates (background design or text), certainly the First Amendment requires folks be allowed to create atheistic ones.
An obvious insurance scam. The car won’t last a week.
#3 Comment By Avocet On Thu 2-Jul-09 12:41am @ 12:41am
Here in Washington, we had one of the warmest, dryest Junes on record.
#4 Comment By ***Dave On Thu 2-Jul-09 6:00am @ 6:00am
I guess we took all your moisture.
#5 Comment By Scott Randel On Thu 2-Jul-09 1:19pm @ 1:19pm
And my ability to spell “driest.” :p
#6 Comment By ***Dave On Thu 2-Jul-09 11:00pm @ 11:00pm
It’s an accepted alternative spelling.