Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Maddow takes full-page ad in Boston to say she’s still not running
- U.S., Russia agree to new nuclear arms treaty – I will be curious to see how much “bipartisan” support they actually end up with. Given the shenanigans in the Senate the past week (month, year), I think Obama could propose renaming the country “The United Corporate States of Jesus” and would still get a filibuster from the GOP.
- Christian Coalition: Bart Stupak Is a Traitor Just Like Benedict Arnold and Julius & Ethel Rosenberg – The hyperbole machine cranks on …
- Poll: Tea partiers afraid of ‘big government’ want the government to create jobs and rein in Wall Street. – Of course the VA isn’t socialized medicine! It’s all-American doctors taking care of our beloved troops!
- Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee. – Well, you know, anything is justified when you’re dealing with a Disciple of the Antichrist, right?
- Well, That’s Finally Sorted Out – Nerd for the win!
- Watch Now: ‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer – Not a whole lot new vs the previous trailer — but we get to see the glider, and we get to hear Aang. I’m a bit more impressed by the former than the latter, to be honest …
- Apollo 13 astronauts set for 40th anniversary gathering at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex – I now officially feel OLD.
- Topless Robot – 13 Great Nerd Movie Scores by People Other than John Williams – An interesting list, though with two (Horner and Poledouris) glaring gaps.
- When even a hack manages to embarrass himself – So we should pay any attention to what you have to say now, Sen. Hatch, because …?
- BBC News – Vatican attacks media on ‘Pope role’ in sex abuse cases – It’s actually true that, since becoming Pope, Benedict as taken a much more active and public role regarding the sins of the Church, though mostly in comparison to his predecessors. That doesn’t give him a bye on what happened during his earlier positions in the Church, and, frankly, the overdefensiveness and conspiracy-theorizing of the Vatican in this matter is not helping matters much.
- : This is what Andrew Breitbart calls “journalism”… – Summary: “Obama is Hitler! He’s also Neville Chamberlain! He’s a Crypto-Muslim-Fascist-Jew-Hater! And Israel is the only hope Jews in America have to avoid being rounded up and exterminated!”
- The other reform breakthrough – It’s worth noting that the reform of the student loan program — removing banks as high-margin middle-men for government loans — got slipped into all the health care reform mix. I’m not a big fan of that sort of legislative jiggery-pokery, but given (a) it’s such a long-overdue and welcome reform, and (b) trying to pass it outright through the Minority of NO would be impossible, I’m willing to turn a blind eye to it this time.
- The finishing touch: Steve Benen
- It’s Done: House Passes Reconciliation Bill – Prescriptions Blog – NYTimes.com – Not just done, but done-done. Except, of course, for the court challenges and demogoguery. And, of course, for using it as a stepping stone to even more effective health coverage reform.
- a Brief Guide To Boogers
- Spectacular Animal Portraits by Steve Hoskins (20 pics) – Very fun. Must share these with Kay.
- Abbott and Costello Get an AIDS Test
- Facebook: what social networking site ‘is blamed for’ amid syphilis claims – Telegraph – It’s worse than “Avatar” and “Obamacare” combined! It’s the Facebookgeddon! The Facebookaclypse! Facebooknarok! Yeesh. I dislike Facebook for a variety of reasons, but none of these wild claims are among them.
- Confusing familiar with simple – Certainly something to think about in user interface design. And for public policy, for that matter.
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