Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Tea Party Float Depicts Obama Whipping A White ‘Future Tax Payer’ Pulling A Wagon – Gee … remember when conservatives used to demand knee-jerk respect for the president?
- Adobe issues security advisory for Flash Player, plans fix “during the week of September 27” – Boing Boing – (1) May I recommend FlashBlock for Firefox or Chrome (so you only open up Flash at trusted locations where and when you want it)? (2) Man, I am so tired of stupid Flash updates.
- Microsoft responds to Russian crackdown by extending software licenses to NGOs — Engadget – A bit shamed by the recent bad press on this, but at least reacting in a positive fashion.
- More Research Proves Vaccinations Don’t Cause Autism In Kids – But ..! But ..! I saw my favorite TV star on TV yesterday and the TV said she said that it does! Who am I supposed to believe?!
- Law Enforcement Group: Legalize Pot So Cops Have Time To Fight Real Crime – I mean, it’s pretty straightforward. Pot’s hardly harmless, but it’s also not significantly worse than cigarettes and booze … and the War on Pot not only enriches the violent drug cartels (“Decaptations! In the Desert!”), but sucks away law enforcement and court space (and prison space) from, y’know, crimes where people are actually HURTING other people.
- Damning Zuckerberg IMs confirmed – I guess it’s too late to include these IMs in the movie … (And … another reason not to get too involved in Facebook.)
- Where religion and evolution go hand-in-hand – But ..! But ..! That’s not evolution! That’s pagan magic Satanic influence! Just ask Pat Robertson!
- Moviehole. Cameron doing True Lies TV series – Hrm. On the plus side, Cameron. On the minus side … TV sequel many years after the original. I have my doubts.
- Appeals court guts landmark computer privacy ruling – Ugh. I’m sorry, but merely urging law enforcement officials to “greater vigilance” in balancing law enforcement vs privacy rights is almost worse than useless.
- The Stakes In Today’s Primaries: Go Tea Partiers! – I’m too conservative (so to speak) of a gambler. Even if the (more) whackos get the nomination, it will make me even more worried lest they actually get into office, even if the chances diminish.
- New Survey Reveals Why Jon Stewart is the Biggest Long Term Threat to Fox News – The compaction of Republicans into watching Fox is not surprising — it’s all about being slowly attracted to the stuff you want to hear. OTOH, I worry about the idea that Stewart and Colbert are Fox’s biggest “threat,” because, bottom line, they are entertainers. And, honestly, entertainers can end up Pied Pipering folks off in all sorts of unfortunate directions. Yes, they do a good job of poking fun in all directions, and pushing some critical thinking, and being entertaining as hell … but they’re just not what I see a long-term healthy and informed populace being able to rely upon.
- John Boehner Concedes That Reversing Bush Tax Cuts For Rich Affects Just 3% Of Small Businesses – So it’s the Big Small Businesses he’s most concerned with.
- Are Tea Partiers Proud Of This? – Wow. True American values on display here.
- Keira Rathbone’s Crazy Typewriter Art – Okay, I’m impressed.
- HFCS Rebranding As “Corn Sugar” – It’s corn! It’s sugar! It must be all-natural and healthy for you and there must be some strange mistake about how studies show it actually gets processed differently in the body than cane sugar! Gimme some!
- Best Buy – Boehner and Gingrich — two of the finest the GOP has to offer. God help us all.
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