Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Marketing A Female Viagra Pill: Moynihan Explains // Pharmalot – A classic case of not just responding to a market need, but creating a market need — which is a real problem, when the market is what’s considered a medical condition and how you test and treat it.
- (VIDEO) Anti-Choice-Tea Party Video on Amendment 62 Full of Lies, Distortions and Grotesquery | RHRealityCheck.org – More on that lovely Amendment 62 ad …
- The Economic Argument – Economic Use as Empirical Proof. I like it.
- The Case for Obama | Rolling Stone Politics – “But such selective indictments — legitimate and troubling in many of their particulars — grossly distort the sweep of the 44th presidency. It’s one thing to call the president on his shit. It’s quite another to paint his entire presidency as shit — even if Joe Biden and Robert Gibbs are losing their shit, accusing you of being a ‘whining’ member of the ‘professional left.'”
- Iran Infuriated by Film of Woman’s Stoning : Greg Laden’s Blog – So if you’re infuriated because it’s untrue, then deny it. If you’re infuriated because it doesn’t provide the justification for the practice, then defend it. If you’re infuriated because it makes you look bad … well, tough shit.
- Virginia Thomas Leaves Anita Hill a Voicemail Asking for An Apology — Hill Says No – Political Punch – What’s more fascinating than the exchange here is the vitriol in the comments (mostly, though not solely, at Hill). Some may think this is ancient history; if so, it’s ancient history that some people are still fighting. (Oh, and, Virginia, someone doesn’t have to apologize for you to forgive.)
- snopes.com: Hunter Stalked by Mountain Lion – Yeah, I’ve seen this one circulating lately. Good to see Snopes catching up with it.
- 5 Things You Won’t Believe Aren’t In the Bible | Cracked.com – Once again, Cracked does a better job than most churches teaching what is (and isn’t) in the Bible.
- A Striking Beauty: 10 Eerie Abandoned Bowling Alleys : WebUrbanist – Cool and creepy.
- J.K. Rowling spreadsheet plot – Fascinating.
- Finding the fun in Star Wars again | Random Average
- Wadhams now believes Maes won’t pull 10 percent | The Spot — Colorado politics and political news, information, analysis — The Denver Post – Okay, never mind the nightmare scenario of Tom Tancredo, let me just say I'd be wildly amused of the GOP dropped to "minor party status" if Dan Maes pulls < 10%.
- Cosmic Log – Going to Mars … on a one-way trip – Um … I’ll follow along on their blog avidly, thanks.
- Stephen Fry on Grammar Nazis – Seeking out opportunities to point out grammatical errors? Sure, that’s dickish. But there’s a middle ground between that and “as long as other people understand your grunts and gestures, you’re doing great.” (And I suspect Fry would agree.) Context and circumstance are all.
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