Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- DOJ Trusts Wall Street To ‘Police Itself’ As It Takes A ‘Softer Approach’ To Corporate Crime – Best government money can buy.
- House Republicans Look To Push Lower Capital Standards For Banks In Through The Back Door – Because why should we ever worry about banks undercapitalizing again? I mean, it’s been a couple of years now — I’m sure they’ve learned their lesson, after all.
- Firefighter loses bid to sue over New York mosque | World | News | Toronto Sun – Injury to the ability to commemorate? Crikey. If having a mosque a few blocks away damages your ability to commemorate the lives of your colleagues lost on 9/11, I suggest you seek therapy, not a court injunction.
- AZ State Senator Points Loaded Gun At Reporter – So will we actually hear the NRA criticize this pol for her appalling lack of gun safety?
- Fred Upton Pushes Vote to Kill His Own Light Bulb Efficiency Standards – Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
- Wingnut Camper Art Project Shares How-To Secrets For Sexing Obama – Wow, that’s … that’s … actually not all that different from the rhetoric one’s heard all over the Right in the past 2-3 years. Simply in special concentrate form (just add water).
- July 11, 2011 – Simply the Best – Well, if you can do the latter, why worry in the least about the former?
- Obama: “I Have Bent Over Backwards To Work With Republicans” – But … why?
- $140 Google eBooks reader, iriver Story HD, hits stores July 17 – I remain happy with my Kindle — but I’ll note both this and the recent Nook ads show those platforms with home screens more attractive and useful than the Kindle’s …
- Feature: Leaks, riots, and monocles: how a $60 in-game item almost destroyed EVE Online – Games are like societies writ intense. Screw with the economy, and folks get antsy, to say the least. Present them with a situation that seems unfair, and they will, metaphorically or literally, riot.
- First Footage & Posters For ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ – Woot!
- Please Don’t Put Fireworks Through a Coffee Grinder. They’ll Blow Up [Wtf] – /facepalm
- This Freaky Optical Illusion Turns People Into Horrible Monsters [Video] – Majorly freaky!
- Chile Might Soon Recognize Same-Sex Civil Unions – If the GOP take back the White House, maybe they’ll stage another coup in Chile to prevent it.
- Arizona State Rep. Points Her ‘Raspberry-Pink’ Loaded Gun At Journalist | ThinkProgress – Lovely.
- Colo. pot proposal faces another legal challenge – The Denver Post – If something becomes legal and taxable and taxed … is that actually a tax increase?
- Misleading Missouri Measure: Amendment Harms, Not Helps Religious Liberty « The Wall of Separation
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Re: the facial optical illusion. I know I have a sinus infection coming on when people’s faces start to look like that, in person. No idea why, but it’s useful.