Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Progress in Saudi Arabia! [Pharyngula] – But … but … AREN’T THERE SOME FATES WORSE THAN DEATH?
- The entertaining political ads I watched while in Alabama – Wow. Some great reasons right here to never, ever live in Alabama.
- 13 Components That Defined a Great Website in 1998 – A remarkable number of sites still utilize some of these components.
- What Did The Original Script For The Empire Strikes Back Look Like? [Star Wars] – I’m not sure that the original vs the actual is any better, but it’s kind of interesting seeing some of the early differences.
- What’s Really Going On This Year On Doctor Who? [TV Review] – I found Amy marginally better in “Flesh and Stone,” but I felt there were perhaps 1-1/2 too many layers of plot and counterplot going on this ep — the Angels story, the Crack in Time, oddities around Amy (which may be related), River Song … and this article points to several more. The thing I most agree with is that I’d like this to be the swan song of the Angels.
- Nun Demoted from Job After Saving Patient’s Life – The idea of religious orders/organizations running hospitals was that it was an extension of their mission to help others. Here’s clearly a case where the religious rules stood in the way of that care (and, when someone made the compassionate, hard decision, she was slapped down for it, hard).
- Feature: Glenn Beck’s war on the FCC (and Satan worshippers) – Glenn’s off his meds again.
- Gingrich: “The Secular Socialist Machine Represents As Great A Threat To America As Nazi Germany” – Hyperbolic much, Newt? And all because Obama has criticized the salaries of CEOs of firms receiving bailout money? Yeah, sounds just like the sort of thing the Wehrmacht demanded be stopped as it rolled into France.
- DIA plans hotel atop rail station – The Denver Post – The hotel is nice, but getting a train station there will be the real success.
- How Much Is a CEO Worth? – BusinessWeek – Not a huge surprise here, but there’s little correlation between CEO pay and company performance. Their pay seems to be largely pre-negotiated and fixed, and if the board doesn’t like the job being done, they cut their losses, pay the golden parachute, and move to another CEO. Not much accountability there.
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