Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Pastor Terry Jones Calls Off Koran Burning, Deal Over Ground Zero Mosque Denied – ABC News – Well, there’s an interesting twist. I’ll be curious to see how this plays out.
- Side view of the Moon! – Very cool.
- Ben Nelson’s misplaced priorities – “Just to be clear, neither Nelson nor his Republican allies intend to pay for these tax cuts for the rich. Why bother? Adding to the deficit is fine, so long as it’s the wealthy who’ll benefit. But don’t ask for extended unemployment benefits — aid that actually stimulates the economy — because those who are struggling are just going to have to sacrifice.”
- So Gross And Notorious An Act Of Despotism – The Obama Administration’s continuance, if not actual expansion, of unfettered executive powers regarding national security is one of the most deeply disappointing and dangerous aspects of his presidency. The irony is that cases like this — that trample on very real, very clear Constitutional rights — aren’t what the Right are up in arms about. Probably because they never think that they might eventually be victims of them.
- Appeals Court Stays Decision Blocking Stem Cell Research – Good.
- Palin-Beck 9/11 Profiteering Event Promotor Says Rally Date Is Just A Coincidence – Of course it’s a coincidence! You don’t think Beck or Palin would exploit historical events for their own personal or political gain, do you?!
- Barbour Suddenly Cares About Paying For Tax Cuts, Attacking Obama’s While Ignoring The Cost Of Bush’s – Tax cuts without paying for them for me, but not for thee!
- Lawmakers From States With Deteriorating Infrastructure Oppose Obama’s Infrastructure Investment – Another reason I’m not wildly enthused about Bennet — or am only insofar as I’m enthused about anyone who’s not Ken Buck.
- The puzzle of industry and society – “When you see rhetoric about “job-killing regulations”, don’t be fooled by the stock photos of handsome men and women in neatly pressed blue work shirts and hard hats; they are not the source of the expensive advertisement. You can be sure the real source is an advertising agency, and they are charging a lot of money to people who will lose profits if they are required to provide a safe workplace. Often, it isn’t even about the icing on their corporate cake we’re talking about, but the thickness of the icing, or whether there are sprinkles.”
- Koran Burning Pastor In Florida Inspires Copycat in Tennessee – And the lunatic publicity seekers begin to ooze out of the woodwork.
- Who Is This Strange Goateed Man Trying To Sell Us KFC Products?: Chris Morran
- Castro: ‘The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore’: Chris in Paris
- Ryanair’s Newest Cost Cutting Idea: Remove Second Pilot – The Consumerist – I am SO never flying Ryanair. I don’t care if the alternative costs twice as much.
- Pregnant Traveler: TSA Screeners Bullied Me Into Full-Body Scan – The Consumerist – While it doesn’t sound like the TSA folks in question actually blackmailed her into it (“Go through the scanner or you don’t fly” is the usual sort of line you hear), that they did not listen to her request for a pat-down is both against their own rules and, frankly, par for the course with these yahoos.
- Airport “Naked” Body Scanners Get Privacy Upgrade to Anonymize Your Naughty Bits – Actually, remapping the image to an average body form, assuming it doesn’t distort possible contraband, is a rather clever idea.
- Fred Phelps’ daughter: ‘Westboro Church has already burned Qurans’ – How dare those hater-come-latelies out-publicize us!?
- 5 tips for using Priority Inbox – I’ve been playing with this, and it is helpful. I remain concerned about ‘non-important’ stuff slipping out of my line of sight, though.
- The Little Ice Age: Skeptics skating on thin ice
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