Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- CIA used a fake vaccination campaign in hunt for Bin Laden – Boing Boing – Capturing OBL? Important and worthwhile … but not at the cost of both endangering the health of children in the region AND endangering future vaccination efforts.
- Mitch McConnell: We Must Rewrite The Constitution Because ‘Elections’ Haven’t ‘Worked’ | ThinkProgress – To be fair, the same criticism could be made of any attempt to amend the Constitution — most of which seem to have worked out pretty well.
- 742-2: Articles: Your carriage awaits, Mr Holmes – Can’t tell your carriages without a program!
- How to help your server and how not to help – Denver Restaurants and Dining – Cafe Society – I’d agree with most of these — though sometimes you have to tackle a spill with napkins to keep it from getting onto people at the table.
- Three reasons why Colorado wines still suck (and three Colorado winemakers who are getting it right) – Denver Restaurants and Dining – Cafe Society – Probably should try a few of the recommendations here — just to be helpful.
- The Sanctity of Marriage, Bible Style
- Keith Olberman on allegedly being blackmailed by Fox: Chris in Paris
- 522 – Calling America: Phone Zones as Alternate States – An interesting grouping of self-selecting neighbors.
- Taco Bell in the Eighties – There, but for the Grace of “Working at Burger King Instead,” go I.
- The Map of America As Seen by a New Yorker from Dan Abramson – Heh.
- DC Circuit Reinstates Torture Claim Against Exxon Despite Bush Appointee’s Claim That Corporations Are Immune To The Law – Hey, if corporations are “people” for purposes of free speech rights, then they should be subject to the same sort of prosecutions as “people” for “torture, extrajudicial killing, or prolonged detention.”
- Post-Debt Ceiling Threats – Heh.
- 94% of computer users still risk data loss – In theory, the closer we get to pervasive cloud computing, the less that the casual user will need to back up their PC. In practice … back up your PC, dummy!
- Atlantis’ Last Approach
- Arizona Town Council Declares State of Emergency After Being Criticized – Crikey.
- Such Sadness. Leiby Kletzky, R.I.P.: lskenazy
- Heroics – SMBC July 13, 2011
42 view(s)