Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Leave the Angles for the Shills – “… the tragic consequences of the elevation of an unnatural notion of objectivity in which newspapers abandoned any core human values — even when it comes to something as clear cut as torture …”
- Google To Cover Cost That Gays And Lesbian Employees Pay For Dependent Benefits – Bravo, Google, for addressing yet another case where the “separate but dare we call it equal?” domestic partnership workaround for gay couples retains significant legal and financial drawbacks for them vs. marriage.
- 17 Senators From States With Double-Digit Jobless Rates Repeatedly Vote To Filibuster Unemployment Benefits – And Sharon Angle is jabbering about “spoiled” folks who simply aren’t looking for work — with 14% unemployment in her state of Nevada. Stay classy, GOP!
- Candidate And Grandson Of Chinese Immigrants Wants To Shut Off Utilities To Undocumented Immigrants: anill
- Presidential scholars: Bush is the worst president of the modern era, bottom five of all time. – I’m quite inclined to agree — but these sorts of historical judgments really ought to have a decade or two to simmer away emotions from the actual events.
- IBM names Firefox its default browser | Deep Tech – CNET News – Cool …
- One Chance – Assuming the worst for the 2010 election cycle, it’s still better to be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
- Senate GOP undercuts BP probe – And they do it behind a cloak of secrecy, no less. Disgusting. Typical, but disgusting.
- Palin’s Ann Curry problem – I don’t print a lot about Palin these days, largely because it would be an endless array of gaffes and goofiness and life is too short. But it’s worth noting things like this once in a while, even though it seems inconsequential — to wit, either her own research abilities are godawful, or she has a crew of idiots working for her writing her speeches (or, perhaps, both). And this is the woman who would be vice president (or more).
- SCOTUSblog » Everything you read about the Supreme Court is wrong (Updated) – I recall hearing Kathleen Sullivan speaking about SCOTUS in much the same way — that the simple liberal/conservative labels are rarely useful. Interesting analysis of this Term.
- Chris Hayes Calls For Progressives to Organize and ‘Interrupt This Ruling Class’ to Fix Our Dangerously Broken Economy’ – “The folks that number among those millions don’t think this recession is just an ant or a bump in the road. For them, it is an existential crisis, the death of life dreams. For John Boehner and so many of his colleagues this doesn’t amount to that big a deal because it’s not their ox being gored.”
- A Nightmare for Justice in the Middle of the Caribbean – Remember — this is our government at work.
- Third time wasn’t the charm for unemployed – “When was the last time Congress allowed benefits to expire with unemployment rates this high? It’s simply never happened.” But let’s not let that stand in the way of a 38 vote “majority” having its way.
- BP plans to get rid of safety watchdog, sources say – CNN.com – These guys go beyond tone-deaf (and beyond merely negligent). A “serial environmental criminal,” and, the way it treats employee safety, far worse.
- Dilemma – SMBC July 01, 2010 – Heh. I will never be able to see this trope again without thinking of this cartoon.
- How To Train Your Dragon Has Become Dreamwork Animation’s Highest Grossing Non-Shrek Movie – Good to hear — it was a great film.
- HOAs Foreclose On Homes Over $500 In Late Dues Then Flip For Personal Profit – The prospect of this was part of the heated debate in my neighborhood a few years back over expanded HOA powers.
- White House wants to help you “blog anonymously” – Waiting for lunatic fringe to claim the Obama Administration wants to take over the Internet and make everyone sign in with their personal Number of the Beast in 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 …
- Suspicious login protection extended to all Google accounts – Overall, this is a very good thing, though with the caveat in the update at the bottom.
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