Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Town Hall Turns Ugly For Hatch, Conservatives Yell That He’s Shilling For Bankers – I hope we see more of this.
- Right Wing Tries To Score Political Points Off LeBron, Claims His Decision Proves Taxes Are Too High – When you start with a conclusion, it’s not to difficult to assume the premises you need.
- GOP Rep. Bob Inglis slams Republicans for being led by hate radio, ‘preying on fears.’ – And, of course, he can say that now that he lost his primary bid.
- BBC News – Russian sub ‘could stop oil leak’ – It’s certainly an interesting idea — though getting to the leak and actually stopping it once there are two different things.
- The Burger Lab: How to Shape a Burger For Grilling or Broiling – Mmmmmmm …
- Patent trolls names Microsoft, HTC, LG and everyone else in mobile e-mail suite – Sorry, NTP — doesn’t pass the laugh test.
- Life-Altering Bicycle Design of the Day: De Montfort University… – That’s pretty cool (if not truly life-altering).
- Epstein Echoes Sessions: “Massive Resistance” to Citizens United – The argument that the “Citizens United” decision (which said that corporations had a First Amendment right to spend as much as they want in political campaigns) is in any way like Brown v. Board of Ed (which said that “separate but equal” school segregation was illegal) is morally repugnant, not to mention legally dubious.
- Playing the ‘girl’ card? – Wow. Desperate, despicable, or what?
- Falling short of the bare minimum for fiscal credibility – Which, of course, only begs the issue whether Palin is being ignorant, doctrinaire, or deceptive. Or, of course, all of the above.
- Maybe actual deficit hawks will be more persuasive – “If genuine deficit hawks don’t have a problem with short-term deficit spending to improve the economy, faux deficit hawks in Congress really don’t have much of an excuse.”
- 10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Apple – Always loved the Dogcow.
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