Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Jury convicts Tom DeLay in money laundering trial – The Denver Post – HA-HA[/nelsonlaugh]
- The Technology of Turkey Harvesting Uncovered [Video] – A nicely balanced article between “MEAT IS MURDER” and “THEY’S DUMB ANIMALS SO SHUT UP AND BUY MORE MEAT.” There should be a middle path.
- 11 Unusual Security Measures Employed By the TSA [Tsa] – I can think of a hundred reasons why these all make sense, and a thousand reasons why the Bad Guys can work around it.
- Vaccinate the Kids, Please – So tempted to run off a few copies of these and post them at some local schools, clinics, stores …
- Napolitano: New Security Measures May Have To Be Introduced For Subways & Trains; Ron Paul Calls For Airline Boycott – It’s difficult — the old “if I were a terrorist” game points to trains and subways as easy targets (cf. Spain), but, really, how much are we going to bankrupt ourselves putting in multi-zillion dollar full body scanner programs for trains? And then assuming that nobody will find a way around them, sabotage attacks, etc. If every time we get attacked by potential terrorists, we spend a billion dollars in precautions plus dreadfully inconvenience ourselves, then, yes, the terrorists have won.
- TSA Head Apologizes To Traveler Whose Bladder Bag Burst During Pat-Down – They’re lucky they didn’t fine him for trying to bring through more than 3 oz. …
- Scammed In A Refi, Woman Loses Home – The American Dream …
- Tom the Dancing Bug: A Security Issue at the Office – Heh.
- The 5 Stupidest Questions People Ask The Butterball Turkey Hotline – I’d like to think that some of these are prank questions. But …
- 6 Deadly Injuries You Think You’d Survive (Thanks to Movies) | Cracked.com – Some notes for all you writers out there …
- Politics should not dictate design of NASA rockets – opinion – 24 November 2010 – New Scientist – Or, more properly, only dictate them to the extent of driving the eventual goals of the program. That local businesses (in Utah, in this case) are trying to politically drive NASA decisions is, given the precedents of defense program funding, hardly a surprise.
- Avoiding fried turkey disaster [infographic] – Holy Kaw! – All good advice, three quarters of which can be avoided using an electric turkey fryer (ahem), and the other quarter by following the directions and using common sense.
- rc3.org – Things we do to innocent people to prevent terrorism – It’s like we’re busy tearing down Maslow’s pyramid of needs in desperation to protect its foundation of physical security.
- Palin Book Attacks Obama’s Love Of America – Those already brainwashed by this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they get brainwashed by.
- Voters Strongly Support A Constitutional Amendment Restricting Corporate Political Spending – Looks good to me, though it’s so “first principle” that, even it were passed, there would be a lot of wiggle room for interesting interpretations.
- GOP Congressional Handbook Warns Freshmen: Avoid The Press – You can claim you can run the country, but you have to hide from the press? Classy.
- Homeland Security Recommends Ending Color-Coded Terror Alert System – I was listening to the PA at DIA the other day, referring to the “heightened” security of orange … and it made me think, “Heightened from what? It’s been this way for years, and there’s no sign it will ever lower again.”
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